Adding arguments to the host check_command

[Tedman Eng]

Only a small set of variables are available to the host_check command.

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/macros.html




-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Russell [mailto:drussell at mpifix.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:40 PM
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagios-users] Adding arguments to the host check_command


I am having a problem adding arguments to the host check_command. The reason
I want to do this, is that the ports I want to check are running on a non
pingable ip address, so I want to ping the router directly in front of them.
 
I am having problems using:
define host{
        use                                   generic-host            ; Name
of host template to use
        host_name                        Rotters 2
        alias                                 Rotters Auto Clinic -
Olympia,WA
        address                             1.2.3.1
        check_command               check_ping!1.2.3.4!300.0,30%!500.0,75%
        max_check_attempts         10
        notification_interval             5
        notification_period              24x7
        notification_options            d,u,r
        }
 
I would think this would work, but when I run Nagios -v
/etc/Nagios/Nagios.cfg:
Checking hosts...
Error: Host check command 'check_ping_special!1.2.3.4!300.0,30%!500.0,75%'
specified for host 'R
otters 2' is not defined anywhere!
 
It's like you cannot pass parameters on the host check_command? Is this
correct?
 
For a temporary work around I created my own check-host-alive-rotters
command that has the router's ip hard coded in the customer
checkcommands.cfg file.
 
 
What would you suggest to solve my problem?
 
 
Thanks!
 
 
Danny Russell
Mobile Productivity, Inc.
drussell at mpifix.com
Enabling the World To Work
 
 


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