can not read localhost.cfg file that is cratedwebgui

[Arno Lehmann]

Hi,

01.10.2007 23:15,, Nedim Bicic wrote::
> Here is what i have in the commands.cfg file
>  
> *# 'check_ping' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    check_ping
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $ARG1$ -c 
> $ARG2$ -p 5

The line above calls the *plugin command* check_ping.

>         }*
>  
> this should be workign regardless i mean i dont need a plugin this is a 
> standard check that came with the distribution package

As far as I know there are no check_* commands included in the Nagios 
core distribution. All the programs that do the actual checking are 
defined as plugins.


>  why do i need to 
> install a plugin i dont understand when i dont need to be running fancy 
> commnads.

That's got nothing to do with fancy. Nagios itself *does not contain* 
the check commands, these are by definition plugins to Nagios.

The plugins are distributed as separate packages.

> also some one mentioned the resource.cfg file its pointing to the follwing :
>  
> *# Sets $USER1$ to be the path to the plugins
> $USER1$=/usr/local/nagios/libexec*
> ** 
> *should this last line be tweaked to be like this:*
> **$USER1$=/usr/local/nagios/commands.cfg ---> since the commads are 
> defined here how to do the checks??**
> ** 

No, this would be wrong.

$USER1$ is not supposed to point to a configuration file. You should 
reread the manual to refresh your knowledge of these variables, and 
why they are defined in a separate file.

Arno

> Please help me
>  
> thanks
> ** 
> ** 
> ** 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> On 10/1/07, *Marc Powell* <marc at ena.com <mailto:marc at ena.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>      > -----Original Message-----
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>     [mailto:nagios-users- <mailto:nagios-users->
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>     <mailto:bounces at lists.sourceforge.net>] On Behalf Of Nedim Bicic
>      > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 2:24 PM
>      > To: Jim Perrin
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>     <mailto:nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>      > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] can not read localhost.cfg file that is
>      > cratedwebgui
>      >
>      > Is is possible not to run the macros i see ur right dont see the
>     plugin in
>      > the path shown in the resource.cfg
>      >
>      > i want to use an existing commands.cfg , i dotn want to use no plugin
>     is
>      > this possible or do i still have to install nagios plugin
>      > in order to get local info running again
> 
>     I believe you had/have a working nagios that is checking hosts and
>     services already, correct? What did you change? Are the previous checks
>     you had still working? If so, how are the new service checks different
>     than the working ones? Without seeing your service/command definitions
>     in question, it sounds like you've got a check_command or command_line
>     wrong.
> 
>     --
>     Marc
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