SOLVED - passive checks AGAIN

[Mariano Cunietti]

turn on external commands in nagios.cfg:

check_external_commands=1

it took all day to read Nagios source code and understand what the hell
was waiting for to parse nagios.cmd.
BTW, nagios documentation is a real sh*t....
bye all

On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 19:57, Marc Powell wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> > admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Mariano Cunietti
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:29 AM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] passive checks AGAIN
> > 
> > Hello everybody,
> > I'm getting crazy to get passive checks to work on Nagios 1.2.
> > I've set up everything so that snmp traps sent from Cisco ATM router
> > write correctly to nagios.cmd.
> > I've set up a service to handle more Virtual lines, and to declare
> which
> > VRF virtual line is going up or down, using the text space in the
> > nagios.cmd line.
> > 
> > Here's nagios.cmd:
> > 
> > [1120576366] PROCESS_SERVICE_CHECK_RESULT;atm1-mi;MPLS-VRF;0;milko
> > 
> > Yet, I was forced by Nagios to set up also a dummy active check
> > (check_dummy), otherwise it would refuse to startup.
> > 
> > services.cfg
> > 
> > define service {
> >         use                             generic-service
> >         name                            passive-service
> >         is_volatile                     1
> >         passive_checks_enabled          1
> >         max_check_attempts              10
> >         normal_check_interval           1
> >         retry_check_interval            1
> >         notification_interval           60     ; 2h
> >         active_checks_enabled           0
> >         notification_period             24x7
> >         notification_options            c,r
> >         check_command                   check_dummy!3
> >         check_period                    24x7
> >         check_freshness                 1
> >         register                        0
> > }
> > 
> > define service{
> >         use                             passive-service
> >         host_name                       atm1-mi
> >         service_description             MPLS-VRF
> >         contact_groups                  admins-SMS
> >         }
> > 
> > checkcommands.cfg:
> > 
> > define command{
> >         command_name    check_dummy
> >         command_line    $USER1$/check_dummy $ARG1$
> >         }
> > 
> > Now, the BIG problem is that Nagios parses nagios.cmd, but the status
> > reported is the one set in check_command statement, and not the one
> > reported in nagios.cmd. So I always get all lines in UNKNOWN(=exit
> > status 3) state.
> > 
> > Any hint? Please help
> 
> Do you have retention enabled? If so, read the Retention Notes at
> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/xodtemplate.html.
> 
> Does the Scheduling Queue show a valid Next Check time for this service?
> It should show 'N/A'. A valid time would indicate a retention problem.
> 
> You also have freshness checking enabled but didn't specify your
> freshness_check_interval from nagios.cfg. If your
> freshness_check_interval is <= 60 seconds you'd probably see the results
> above. I'd try disabling freshness checking on this service to see if
> that helps resolve the problem. More information on how freshness
> checking works can be found at
> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/freshness.html
> 
> --
> Marc
> 
> 
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