passive checks; some work some don't

[Demetri Mouratis]

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Steve Wray wrote:

> Demetri Mouratis wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Steve Wray wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi there,
>>> 
>>> I've been using nagios for quite some time, but never used passive checks 
>>> or distributed monitoring.
>>> 
>>> I've come across a very strange situation.
> [big snip]
>>> Any clues would be appreciated!
>> 
>> 
>> Are you running the web interface on the distributed Nagios sites?  If so, 
>> log into both Distributed and Central web interfaces and look at the 
>> results side by side.
>
> Yes... I've been pondering over this quite a bit!
>
>> Then, try scheduling active checks through the web interface on the 
>> Distributed side.
>
> Done that...
>
>> Are you using nsca to send the results from distributed to central?  Is it 
>> configured out of inet on Central or running standalone?
>
> Yes, using nsca and configured out of inet.
>
> I've modified the script given in:
> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/distributed.html
>
> so that it logs its actions into a file and found that it never *ever* sends 
> a passive alert for anything other than my 'ping' checks, and even then only 
> for some of them.
>
> I've been following the documentation quite closely.
So are you certain you have on distributed:

obsess_over_services=1
ocsp_command=obsessive_service_handler

Then, pick a host on distributed and schedule service checks for all 
services on that host.  Watch the logs on distribued and central to see 
what is happening.


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