Checkcommands.cfg vs command.cfg

[Julian Hein]

Hi Minkov,				



> Which one of these files should I use to add new check 

> commands? I read something about "the new way of doing it is 

> using checkcommands.cfg and the old way is using 

> command.cfg"... Is this correct?



You can handle that as you like. Just make shure, that both or all
 of your commands are included in nagios.cfg.



> What is the best practice? Check_* commands in 

> checkcommands.cfg and notify-by-* commands in command.cfg?



I would recommend to split them up even further and use seperated
 file for all kinds of need. We have here:

- check_nsclient.cfg

- check_ssh.cfg

- check_network.cfg

- check_http.cfg

- notifications.cfg



and so on and put them all in a subdirectory called "commands".



> And if there are 2 different check commands with the same name,
 

> one in checkcommands.cfg, the other one in command.cfg, which
 

> one is going to be used by nagios if referenced in services.cfg?



None, because you will get an error message, when you restart Nagios
 or test the configs.



Julian


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