Fwd: Multiple host in hosts.cfg

[spdesai at gnvfc.net]

thanks for yr reply... 

what i want  to do is to reduce the typeing in hosts.cfg file but in  your 
suggestion also i need to difine individual hosts in hosts.cfg file.

is their any best way to do this

thanks and regardrs,
suhag


Quoting Thomas Sluyter <nagios at kilala.nl>:

> Hi all...
> 
> I know I'm getting back to this discussion quite late (I've had a  
> 2.5w vacation, hence my absence from the ML), but I thought I'd  
> contribute a little.
> 
> 
> On 9 Nov, 2006, at 12:32, Giles Coochey wrote:
> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: spdesai at gnvfc.net [mailto:spdesai at gnvfc.net]
> >> Sent: 09 November 2006 12:16
> >> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Fwd: Multiple host in hosts.cfg
> >>
> >> I have found that we can add multiple host in hosts.cfg from
> >> below nagios FAQ,
> >>
> >> http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?faq_id=146&expand=false
> >> &showdesc=false
> >
> > While you can use any string for the host address you can then only  
> > use
> > check plugins that will handle multiple addresses.
> > ...
> > To fix your problem with the SMTP service in particular would be to
> > write a wrapper script for the SMTP plugin to run it twice or more  
> > times
> 
> IMHO a better way is thusly:
> * Define all your hosts individually.
> * Create one service description for "SMTP".
> * Add the list of hosts to the "host" parameter of the service  
> description.
> 
> That way you won't need a wrapper and you're not mucking about with  
> address ranges.
> 
> An even better method would be:
> * Create a host group, for example "SMTP-hosts".
> * Create one service description for "SMTP".
> * Add the host group to the "hostgroup" parameter of the service  
> description.
> * "Subscribe" your hosts to the host group.
> 
> That way, adding new hosts to the service check is a cinch and you  
> won't have to repeatedly edit the service description itself. All you  
> do is add host group subscriptions to the hosts.
> 
> Naturally this idea can be carried through the whole of your  
> configuration, which makes for a wonderfully clear and transparent  
> configuration.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> Thomas
> 
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