How-to DO NOT check_alive host?

[Jon Angliss]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:13:09 +0400, Proskurin Kirill
<k.proskurin at fxclub.org> wrote:

>Hello.
>
>Im have some servers what don`t accept any icmp packets.
>Im check http port on it. But nagios by default does check_alive - and 
>say what host is down.
>
>How can im evade this?


define command {
	command_name		check_http
	command_line		$USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$
}


define host {
	check_command		check_http
	host_name		myhost
	address			1.2.3.4
	[..other configs options..]
}

This makes nagios use check_http as the "host alive" status, rather
than pings.
-- 
Jon Angliss


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