Newbie: I can't register hosts?

[Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists)]

The hostname is "host_name", not "name"

Andy.

nic gna wrote:
> This is my host.cfg and I can't register the hosts.
> I get this error:
>  
> Error: Host name, alias, or address is NULL
> Error: Could not register host (config file '/etc/nagios/hosts.cfg', 
> starting on line 1)
> --------
> define host{
>         name                    routers
>         use                     routers
>         check_command           check-host-alive
>         max_check_attempts      15
>         notification_interval   30
>         notification_period     24x7
>         contact_groups          admins
>         notification_options    d,r
>         register                1
>         }
> define host{
>         name                    frontends
>         use                     frontends
>         check_command           check-host-alive
>         max_check_attempts      15
>         notification_interval   30
>         notification_period     24x7
>         contact_groups          admins
>         notification_options    d,r
>         register                1
>         }
> define host{
>         use                     frontends
>         host_name          luke 
>         alias                   luke
>         address                 129.11.4.169
>         }
> define host{
>         use                     computes
>         host_name             leia
>         alias                    leia
>         address                 129.11.4.170
>         }
>
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