Host File Clean-Up

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Pete Shelfo
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 6:29 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Host File Clean-Up
> 
> bAll my hosts definitions are setup the same way:
> 
> 
> 
> # 'servername' host definition
> 
> define host{
> 
>       use               generic-host            ; Name of host
template to
> use
> 
>       host_name         servername
> 
>       alias             servername
> 
>       address                 0.0.0.0
> 
>       parents                 switch
> 
>       check_command           check-host-alive
> 
>       max_check_attempts      10
> 
>       notification_interval   120
> 
>       notification_period     24x7
> 
>       notification_options    d,u,r
> 
>       contact_groups          sys-admins
> 
>       }
> 
> 
> 
> Do I need the bottom half of my definition list for each host if my
> generic host definition template on the bottom of my host file already
> includes that information:

If your template already contains a variable entry you do not need to
re-specify it in the host/service definition unless it's changed so your
example is correct. Templates would be useless if you had to. With a
fully fleshed out template you might only need to specify use, host_name
and address in a host definition.

--
Marc


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