defining domain for check_http for each host

[Morris, Patrick]

> I am trying to setup a domain for each host that I want 
> check_http to check. In other words, for host colo1.colo.com 
> I want check_http to check www.yahoo.com (as if yahoo.com was 
> hosted on colo1.colo.com). The idea I had to this was the following:
> 
> Add a directive in the host definition block for each host 
> for a domain such as "domain_check" and then pass this 
> variable in the definition for check_http, such as 
> $PATH$/check_http -H $DOMAINCHECK$ -w...
> 
> Is something like this possible? Or can anyone else suggest 
> an easier or more effective solution? I considered changing 
> the address of each host to that domain, but I considered 
> this is an inelegant and flawed method.

Yes, that's how you would check virtual hosts. You'd set your parameter
in the service definition.

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