Special characters in services.cfg file

[Chris Dos]

Patrick Morris wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Chris Dos wrote:
> 
>> I'm having problem getting a command to run in services.cfg file when it works fine from the command line.
>>
>> >From the command line:
>> /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H 10.20.40.41 -w 2 -c 5 -t 10 -u
>> http://cleopatra/userservice/signup/getstates.flx -T 'text/xml' -P '<request foruser="1" forgroup="1"
>> fordomain="1" basedomain="1" cultureinfo="en-US" coreproductid="1" products="" systemtypeid="1"
>> timezoneinfo="1|Mountain Standard Time (US & Canada & Mexico)|MST|Mountain Daylight
>> Time|-7|0|1|0|3|0|1|2|0|11|0|0|2|0"> <getStates countryid="1" /> </request>' -s 'Colorado'
>>
>> results in:
>> HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 0.004 second response time
>>
>> Putting in services.cfg:
>> define service{
>>         use                             generic-service         ; Name of service template to use
>>         host_name                       Cleopatra
>>         service_description             HTTP_Post_States
>>         is_volatile                     0
>>         check_period                    24x7
>>         max_check_attempts              3
>>         normal_check_interval           1
>>         retry_check_interval            1
>>         contact_groups                  Admins_E-mails,Admins_Pagers
>>         notification_interval           30
>>         notification_period             24x7
>>         notification_options            w,u,c,r
>>         check_command                   check_http!-w 2 -c 5 -t 10 -u
>> http://cleopatra/userservice/signup/getstates.flx -T 'text/xml' -P '<request foruser="1" forgroup="1"
>> fordomain="1" basedomain="1" cultureinfo="en-US" coreproductid="1" products="" systemtypeid="1"
>> timezoneinfo="1|Mountain Standard Time (US & Canada & Mexico)|MST|Mountain Daylight
>> Time|-7|0|1|0|3|0|1|2|0|11|0|0|2|0"> <getStates countryid="1" /> </request>'
>>         }
> 
> Wow. That may be the ugliest check command I've ever seen. :)
> 
> What's your definition for the check_http check command look like?
> 
> I'd normally suggest you set up a specialized check command for this
> rather than to try to pass all those parameters in the service
> definition, but that's up to you.

Yea, it's the most awful check I've been ask to set up.

I've been taking out characters to try and find the culprit.  It seems that it does not like a semicolon.  Is
there any way to escape this character?

	Chris

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