Notification Problem

[Shaun Martin]

Hi Marc,

Ok I did the following below and included updated config info. Submitted a
passive check result of ok and the host still turned red to a down status
and I still do not get my services notifying anyone.

- set active_checks_enabled in the host definition to '0'
THIS ONE HERE DID NOT WORK IT YELLED AT ME ABOUT A CONFIGURATION ERROR    -
set the host check_period to 'none'
    - do not specify the check_command directive _at all_ in the host
definition. You should also set the check_period to none.

UPDATED TEMPLATE 

define host{
        name                            linux-server-isovera    ; The name
of th
is host template
        use                             generic-host    ; This template
inherits
 other values from the generic-host template
    check_period                    none            ; By default, Linux host
s are checked round the clock
    active_checks_enabled            0
        check_interval                  5               ; Actively check the
hos
t every 5 minutes
        retry_interval                  1               ; Schedule host
check re
tries at 1 minute intervals
        max_check_attempts              10              ; Check each Linux
host 
10 times (max)
;        check_command                   check-host-alive ; Default command
to c
heck Linux hosts
        notification_period             24x7       ; Linux admins hate to be
wok
en up, so we only notify during the day
                                                        ; Note that the
notifica
tion_period variable is being overridden from
                                                       ; the value that is
inher
ited from the generic-host template!
        notification_interval           120             ; Resend
notifications e
very 2 hours
        notification_options            d,u,r           ; Only send
notification
s for specific host states
        contact_groups                  isovera          ; Notifications get
sen
t to the admins by default
        register                        0               ; DONT REGISTER THIS
DEF
INITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
        }

Thanks,
Shaun

On 9/2/08 2:24 PM, "Marc Powell" <marc at ena.com> wrote:

> Please always respond on-list so that others, now and in the future,
> learn from your experience. More below --
> 
> On Sep 2, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Shaun Martin wrote:
> 
>> Hi Marc,
>> 
>> Nagios will suppress service
>> notifications if the host check returns a non-OK state.
>> 
>> I had no idea the host has to be up for services to notify. That is
>> my issue
>> the host is not pingable from my network. How can I resolve this? As
>> the
>> host entry has to have the right ip for the services to work so I
>> cannot
>> change that to localhost. How do I disable the host check in such a
>> way that
>> the services still work and notify?
> 
> You have a few options --
> - Change the host check_command to something that works when the host
> is up and doesn't when it's down. Ping is just the most common case
> but you can use any plugin/test you like.
> - use the 'check_dummy' plugin instead of check_[ping,icmp,fping] to
> always return an OK state for the host check.
> - set active_checks_enabled in the host definition to '0'
> - set the host check_period to 'none'
> - do not specify the check_command directive _at all_ in the host
> definition. You should also set the check_period to none.
> 
> --
> Marc
> 
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