[1/2OT]Adding services to services.cfg (apan) - follow-up

stefmit stefmit at comcast.net
Thu Jun 5 17:01:01 CEST 2003


If I understand you right, then this contradicts what I just had to do, 
doesn't it? Because it looks like I still had to define all fields, otherwise 
the newly defined service won't be accepted (#nagios -v ./nagios.cfg 
compplaints/results from my previous posting).

Stef


On Thursday 05 June 2003 09:10 am, Fredrik Wänglund wrote:
> The purpose of templates (generic-service) is that all parameters should
> be defined there and only in
> the service if it differs from the template. This way the length of the
> object-definitions will be very
> short and nice.
>
>
> /FredrikW
>
> stefmit wrote:
> >Sorry for the previous posting. Have just discovered (by trial and error
> > :)) that I need to fill in ALL fields as defined in the generic-service,
> > for the new one to be accepted. Once I changed:
> >
> >define service {
> >        use                              generic-service
> >        host_name                  bcn
> >        service_description     Net-usage
> >        check_command           apan!snmpget!10!20
> >        normal_check_interval   1
> >}
> >
> >to:
> >
> >define service {
> >	use					generic-service
> >	host_name              		bcn
> >	service_description    	Net-usage
> >	is_volatile				0
> >	check_period			24x7
> >	max_check_attempts	3
> >	normal_check_interval	5
> >	retry_check_interval		1
> >	contact_groups		w2k-admins
> >	notification_interval		120
> >	notification_period		24x7
> >	notification_options		c,r
> >	check_command          	apan!snmpget!10!20
> >}
> >
> >no more complaints from #nagios -v ./nagios.cfg
> >
> >Now on to trying to make it work ;)
> >
> >Sorry for jumping the gun so fast ;)
> >
> >Stef
> >
> >
> >
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