service definitions & use

[David Rosenstrauch]

Natalie Aloi wrote:
> does anyone have any documentation about the USE parameter listed below - I have been unable to locate this option in the nagios documentation
> 
> define service{
>  name sensor-service
>  use generic-service
>  check_period 24x7
>  max_check_attempts 4
>  normal_check_interval 5
>  retry_check_interval 1
>  contact_groups sensor-admins
>  notification_options w,u,c,r
>  notification_interval 60
>  notification_period 24x7
>  register 0
>  }

It specifies a parent template to inherit from.

See:

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectinheritance.html

HTH,

DR

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