CFG_DIR recursive feature..

[Chris Haulmark]

> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Haulmark [mailto:chris at sigd.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:57 AM
> > To: Cipriani, Robert C; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] CFG_DIR recursive feature..
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Chris Haulmark [mailto:chris at sigd.net]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 5:44 PM
> > > > To: Cipriani, Robert C; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] CFG_DIR recursive feature..
> > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Yep.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I could see that it did not include the deeper config
> files.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Excuse me:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm using nagios-3.0.b7 on FreeBSD 6.2.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Here are the sample lines that I pasted from the nagios.cfg.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > cfg_dir=svchosts.FBSD03/
> > > > > > cfg_dir=svchosts.FBSD03/clients
> > > > > > cfg_dir=svchosts.FBSD03/servers
> > > > > > cfg_dir=svchosts.FBSD03/networks
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I commented out the last 3 lines and did nagios -v on the
> > > > nagios.cfg.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It errors with no hosts and services defined.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I removed the comments from those last 3 lines and
redid
> > the
> > > > > > nagios -v on the nagios.cfg....it did not error.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > [...snip....]
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hmm...maybe try dropping the trailing slash? I know this
worked
> > for
> > > me
> > > > > on 3.0.b6. I'm setting up 3.0.rc1 on a new box now, will test.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I tried either:
> > > >
> > > > cfg_dir=svchosts.FBSD03
> > > > cfg_dir=/usr/local/etc/nagios/svchosts.FBSD03
> > > >
> > > > Both were still giving errors as long as the last 3 lines, that
I
> > > > mentioned
> > > > in my previous email, were commented out.
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Chris,
> > >
> > > Any luck yet? It works for me with 3.0rc1.  Maybe try without the
.
> > > character (a long shot...I haven't looked at the source
code...that
> > > shouldn't cause a problem but it's worth a try).
> > >
> > >
> >
> > No luck.  I tried to change the . to - (dash):
> >
> > ### NAGIOS2 ###
> >
> > cfg_dir=svchosts-NAGIOS2/
> > #cfg_dir=svchosts-NAGIOS2/clients
> > #cfg_dir=svchosts-NAGIOS2/servers
> > #cfg_dir=svchosts-NAGIOS2/networks
> >
> > I also upgraded nagios-devel to RC1.  It has failed.
> >
> > I could not enable the debugging level to show the startup
> > stats when the config files are getting loaded.
> >
> > I got someone else to look thru the source for me.
> >
> > Any new insights are welcome.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Robert C. Cipriani
> > > Senior Network Administrator
> > > Tampa Bay Division IT
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> 
> Try an absolute path.
> This is mine:
> 
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/printers
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/switches
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/routers
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostgroups
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/services
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/servicegroups
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostdependencies
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/servicedependencies
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contacts
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contactgroups
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/timeperiods
> cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/commands
> 

This is the first thing I did when I noticed this problem.

I noticed that you may not have a directory containing the cfg files
in those listed directories?  They look like default paths?

My actual directories are:

/usr/local/etc/nagios/svchosts-NAGIOS2/clients
/usr/local/etc/nagios/svchosts-NAGIOS2/servers
/usr/local/etc/nagios/svchosts-NAGIOS2/networks

There are cfg files in each of those directories relevant to
its purposes. 

In the nagios.cfg, I have those lines:

cfg_dir=svchosts.FBSD02/
#cfg_dir=svchosts.FBSD02/clients
#cfg_dir=svchosts.FBSD02/servers
#cfg_dir=svchosts.FBSD02/networks

Testings were done to make sure the . (period) was not the culprit.
I tried dashes and without any special characters.  I used absolute
paths too.

Nagios always failed with no services or hosts found.  Those services
and hosts .cfg files are in those three directories.  If I removed
the comments from those three cfg_dir lines, nagios would start up
successfully.

It is apparent that you are running Linux because of the different etc
path compared to FreeBSD's.  It is not supposed to be relevant to this
situation.

Right now, I am using nagios-devel RC1 on FreeBSD 6.2.  There are two
different slaves that are using either svchosts.FBSD02 and
svchosts.FBSD03.  I had hoped to use the master which would load both
svchosts.FBSD01, svchosts.FBSD02, and svchosts.FBSD03.

It would have been easy to use three of cfg_dir lines instead of several
for each directories inside those primary directories.

Chris


> Robert C. Cipriani
> Senior Network Administrator
> Tampa Bay Division IT
> Bright House Networks
> W: (727) 329-2000 x74264
> M: (727) 365-1231
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