Distributed Nagios / Service Definitions

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rodney Caston [mailto:rodney.caston at match.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:54 PM
> To: Marc Powell; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Distributed Nagios / Service Definitions
> 
> In setting up a distributed nagios environment, the documents say the
> central server needs the host definitions and the service definitions
of
> the devices.
> 
> We've added the host definitions without issue, however, when adding
the
> service definitions, nagios wants a valid check_command.
> 
> This seems odd to me since the central server should not be running
the
> check_command ever, this makes me think we're not doing this right.
> 
> Can someone who has set this up comment and or provide a sample
service
> definition as it would appear on the central server (not the
collector)

There was a very thorough discussion on this very topic just last week.
Go to http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.nagios.user and look for the
subject of " [Nagios-users] Setting up a passive check problem". The
archive will have more detail but the gist is that you must specify a
check_command, even if it doesn't get run. The config verification logic
is much simpler if it's a requirement, IMHO. If you're not using
freshness checks you can use check_dummy as your check_command on your
central server. I personally use the same command that's in use on my
distributed servers. That way I can use a template on my central host
that basically says to accept passive checks and never perform active
checks and a template of the same name on my distributed servers that
says the opposite. That way I can generate one set of config files and
just rsync them out and they just work.

--
Marc 


-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI.
Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in
creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info,
new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728
_______________________________________________
Nagios-users mailing list
Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users
::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. 
::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null