Notification Problem

[Shaun Martin]

Hi Marc,

Nevermind stupid error all set :) Thanks for all your help.

Thanks,
Shaun


On 9/2/08 3:51 PM, "Shaun Martin" <smartin at akazaresearch.com> wrote:

> 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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