Host check doesn't wait in-between checks.

[Josh Konkol]

Kyle Tucker <kylet <at> panix.com> writes:

> 
> > 
> > What is the point of setting a Host max_check_attempts if 
Nagios isn't going to
> > wait in between checking?
> 
> I too wish I had more time between host checks and you've prompted me
> to try something in my check_alive script. Would this snippet do the 
> trick?
> 
> TIMEGAP=10  # number of seconds before host checks
> 
> if [ $HOSTSTATE$ = "DOWN" -a $HOSTSTATETYPE$ = "SOFT" ]
> then
> 	sleep $TIMEGAP
> fi
> 
> exit 2
> 
> I would have used ...
> 
> if [ $HOSTSTATE$ = "DOWN" -a $HOSTATTEMPT$ -lt 
$MAXHOSTATTEMPT$ ]
> then
> 	sleep $TIMEGAP
> fi
> 
> ... but oddly there seems to be no $MAXHOSTATTEMPT$ macro.
> 


OK so the simple solution would be to change my check-host-command 
to include a sleep 10 at the end.  i.e.:

$USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% 
-p 3 && sleep 10

You think that would work?

Josh



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