Default argument values for nagios check commands

[Jochen Bern]

On 11/04/2010 03:50 PM, Bostjan Skufca wrote:
> I was wondering if it is possible (or would be easy to implement) default
> values for nagios check commands.

Well, if you don't mind the extra subshells, it's already "implemented":


# tail -22 commands-misc.cfg
define command{
        command_name    check_defaults
        command_line    echo "OK - value A is `echo $ARG1$ 2000 | awk '{
print $$1 }'`, value B is `echo $ARG2$ 5000 | awk '{ print $$1 }'`"
        }
define service {
        use                     generic-service
        host_name               Nagios
        service_description     Defaults - 0
        check_command           check_defaults
        }
define service {
        use                     generic-service
        host_name               Nagios
        service_description     Defaults - 1
        check_command           check_defaults!foo
        }
define service {
        use                     generic-service
        host_name               Nagios
        service_description     Defaults - 2
        check_command           check_defaults!foo!bar
        }



# grep value ../../var/spool/status.dat
        plugin_output=OK - value A is 2000, value B is 5000
        plugin_output=OK - value A is foo, value B is 5000
        plugin_output=OK - value A is foo, value B is bar


Kind regards,
								J. Bern
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