Using arguments in the serviceextinfo file

[Karl Skidmore]

I'm not sure if $ARG1$ can/can't be passed, but here's one way of achieving
what you want:  The host/script pointed to by your notes_url directive could
parse the http-referrer for the host name and service.  

I did something similar to integrate a twiki knowledge base with service
checks.  i.e. after a fault (detected by Nagios) is fixed by an engineer,
information related to the fix can be caught as-it-happens rather than being
lost forever.

HTH... Karl

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Bambic [mailto:listbox at azsupersport.com] 
Sent: 14 April 2004 02:38
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Using arguments in the serviceextinfo file

OK here's a better description of what I'm trying to do:
define command{
    command_name                     check_url_local
    command_line                     $USER1$/urlize
'https://monitordb.server.com/MonDB/view.php?MonID=$ARG4$'
"$USER1$/check_http -t 20 -f follow -H $HOSTNAME$ -I $HOSTADDRESS$ -u
'$ARG1$' -R '$ARG2$' -a '$ARG3$'"
  }

define service{
    use                                 generic_service
    host_name                           stupid.server.com
    service_description                 stupid_service_check
    check_command
check_url_local!/monitor/Check.asp!is operational!!233
  }

define serviceextinfo  {
host_name              stupid.server.com
service_description    stupid_service_check
notes_url              http://$HOSTNAME$/$ARG1$
icon_image             graph.png
icon_image_alt         Click to view monitor
                       }


So if you click on the extended info it takes you to the web page that the
monitor is checking. If you check on the link that is associated with the
monitor that takes you to an escalation procedure for that monitor.

I wouldn't mind if it worked backwards either, just as long as one link
takes you to the page it's checking and the other to the escalation
procedure.

Thx
Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Johannes Dagemark [mailto:jd at op5.se] 
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 11:24 PM
To: Michael Bambic
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Using arguments in the serviceextinfo file

We do it in hostextinfo.cfg and it works fine so it probably will in 
serviceextinfo.cfg as well.

/Johannes

Michael Bambic wrote:

> I need to use $ARG.$ in my serviceextinfo to be able to open the url the 
> check is checking.
> 
> So http://$HOSTNAME$$ARG1$ <http://$hostname$$arg1$/> where $HOSTNAME$ = 
> www.blah.com <http://www.blah.com/> and $ARG1$ = /checkthispage.asp
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Anybody done this?
> 
>  
> 
> Mike
> 




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