Problem with false status

[Dale Hobbs]

You may want to modify your hosts.cfg file as follows

# 'jello' host definition
define host{
         use                     generic-host            ; Name of host

template to use

         host_name               jello2
         alias                   jello2
         address                 172.16.1.x
         check_command           check_host_alive
         max_check_attempts      10
         notification_interval   30
         notification_period     24x7
         notification_options    d,u,r

Also you should have something in relating to the check_ping in your
checkcommands.cfg file similar to this

# 'check_ping' command definition
define command{
	command_name	check_ping
	command_line	$USER1$/check_fping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $ARG1$
-c $ARG2$ -n $ARG3$
	}

I believe by default it uses the check_fping instead of check ping. If
you compiled Nagios yourself then there is a file called REQUIREMENTS
that is included with all the files that says the following

check_fping:
        - Requires the fping utility distributed with SATAN.  Either
          download and install SATAN or grab the fping program from
          http://www.fping.com
          http://www.stanford.edu/~schemers/docs/fping/fping.html
 
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/libc6/SRPMS/fping-2.2b1-1.src.rpm
 
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/libc6/RPMS/fping-2.2b1-1.i386.rpm
          Note that the fping command must be setuid root to function.


That will most likely fix the problem for you. Or you could just change
the fping to ping in the checkcommands.cfg file


-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of lmcilwain
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 7:23 AM
To: Darren.Lichty at alltel.com
Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Problem with false status

Sorry I didn't see this e mail before.  Here is what you wanted to see.

It is only one machine that I need to monitor.

Here is what my hosts.cfg file looks like.

# 'jello' host definition
define host{
         use                     generic-host            ; Name of host

template to use

         host_name               jello2
         alias                   jello2
         address                 172.16.1.x
         check_command           check_ping
         max_check_attempts      10
         notification_interval   30
         notification_period     24x7
         notification_options    d,u,r

Here is my services.cfg file for that same machine:


# Service definition
define service{
         use                             generic-service         ; Name

of service template to use

         host_name                       jello2
         service_description             check_ping
         is_volatile                     0
         check_period                    24x7
         max_check_attempts              3
         normal_check_interval           3
         retry_check_interval            1
         contact_groups                  opnet-admins
         notification_interval           30
         notification_period             24x7
         notification_options            w,u,c,r
         check_command                   check_ping


On Aug 19, 2004, at 11:05 PM, <Darren.Lichty at alltel.com> wrote:

> Can you provide an example of the host and service definitions?
>
> At first glance, I would have to say there is an option in the host  
> definition that needs adjustment, but it is difficult to say for sure.

>  Seeing the definition may help in trying to isolate the issue.
>
> -Darren
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of
lmcilwain
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 1:51 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Problem with false status
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am new to installing nagios and I am having a common problem that I
> can't seem to solve.
>
> Right now I have configured nagios to monitor a machine to check and
> see if it is up or down using ping.  Nagios has noticed that the
> particular machine was done when I did a reboot to test to see if the
> notification was working.  That worked with no problems.  However...
> Now that the machine is back up and running, nagios is still saying
> that this machine is down.  If I look at the web interface it says
that
> its down and I am getting a page every 2 hours letting me know that
the
> machine is still down.  I can get the machine that it is monitoring
> with no problems and even the machine that nagios is running on can
get
> to this machine.
>
> I checked the FAQ on nagios.org and it told me to "Make sure that the
> host check command in your host definition is configured correctly."
> Unfortunately I don't know which file they are talking about.  I
> checked the hosts.cfg file and it seems to be fine (from what I can
> tell).  Can anyone give me a better idea of what I am looking for and
> how to solve this?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
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