Force Hard State with Passive Checks

[Morris, Patrick]

> I need to implement a certain logic into Nagios that I can't 
> figure out if it's possible. What I want to do is check 
> processes running on various boxes using the following logic 
> when a non-OK state is returned:
>  
> Using active checks, I want Nagios to follow the standard 
> logic, changing into a SOFT state and upon the 
> max_check_attempts reached, going into a hard state.
>  
> With passive checks though, I would like to force Nagios into 
> a HARD state right away (so notifications are sent out 
> immediately). I can't figure out how to either by-pass the 
> max_check_attempts, increment it to the max so it switches 
> states right away or force into into a hard state right away. 
> I looked into writing a script but I can't find any way to 
> pass that info back into Nagios either.

Are you using both active and passive checks on the same service? If
not, setting "is_volatile" on your passive checks should do what you
want.

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