Copied and modified localhost.cfg, but new host stays unmonitored

[Matej]

linux-server, is the default host definition template. I think you cant use
the same name for a template and a hostgroup. When adding host you specify a
host template to use with a line like this

use                     linux-server

I specify the hostgroup in a seperate file, where I state the name of the
group and its members. I never do it with host definitions.

later
Matej




On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Dayo Adewunmi <contactdayo at gmail.com>wrote:

> This is what I got: http://pastebin.com/m761159a1
>
> So, in ebola.cfg I commented out
>
> hostgroup_name  linux-servers ; The name of the hostgroup
>
> And now it works. How come?
>
>
>
> Matej wrote:
>
>> start nagios with
>> nagios -v nagios.cfg
>>
>> You have a error  in you config file. The above command will provide you
>> with a detailed output, and you will see in what line the error is .. Go and
>> fix it and retry.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Dayo Adewunmi <contactdayo at gmail.com<mailto:
>> contactdayo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi
>>
>>    I tried adding either of these lines to nagios.cfg:
>>
>>    cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/ebola.cfg
>>    cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/desktops
>>
>>    And when I restart nagios this is what happens:
>>
>>    "Running configuration check... CONFIG ERROR!  Restart aborted.
>>     Check your Nagios configuration."
>>
>>
>>    Matej wrote:
>>
>>        Check the Configuration tab in nagios web interface, there it
>>        shows the "live" config aka. what it read and loaded.
>>        You probably need to add the new config  to your nagios.cfg
>>        file, so Nagios can read it. You also have a parameter in
>>        nagios.cfg, that you can set to a folder, and it reads all
>>        *.cfg files in that folder, thaat way you dont need to specify
>>        all config files seperatly.
>>
>>        On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Dayo Adewunmi
>>        <contactdayo at gmail.com <mailto:contactdayo at gmail.com>
>>        <mailto:contactdayo at gmail.com <mailto:contactdayo at gmail.com>>>
>>        wrote:
>>
>>           Hi all
>>
>>           I copied localhost.cfg to create an object definition for a
>>        new host:
>>           http://pastebin.com/f21c9df1c
>>
>>           No matter how often I restart nagios, the new host isn't being
>>           monitored.
>>
>>           Best regards
>>
>>           Dayo Adewunmi
>>
>>
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