Advice on host notifications

[Cook, Garry]

nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> I have a situation here where, for the moment, I am unable to
> do host checks on several hosts which are located at an
> outsourced facility.  I have no access to ping, trace, udp,
> etc.  The only thing I can really do is to check_http (which
> I can do successfully).  We're working on some firewall rule
> changes to allow for NSClient and NRPE, but they may take a little
> while. 
> 
> What I want to do is continue to monitor the services I can
> (limited, I know), but bypass the host issues.  What would be
> the most appropriate approach here?

Make the host check use the check_http plugin instead of check_ping.


> 
> Steve

Garry W. Cook, CCNA
Network Infrastructure Manager
MACTEC, Inc. - http://www.mactec.com/
303.308.6228 (Office) - 720.220.1862 (Mobile)


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