migration from nagios2 => nagios3 ; host name definition

Thomas Guyot-Sionnest dermoth at aei.ca
Fri Mar 6 21:38:15 CET 2009


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On 05/03/09 05:31 PM, Steve Kieu wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> The first question is, what is the meaning of directive  *name*  in host
> definition? The document says there is no such thing, only *host_name*
> but if put name there nagios (both 2 and 3 does not complain)
> 
> Longer explanation follows.
> 
> When using nagios config version 2 in nagios3 I have some errors.
> Looking at the config of version 2 I see:
> 
> define host{
>   name      standard-host
>   use     generic-host    ; Name of host template to use
>   register    0       ; Template - don't register
>   host_name   not-defined
>   alias     not-defined
>   check_command   check-host-alive
>   contact_groups pager
>   notification_period 24x7
>   }
> 
> 
> define host{
>         name                    virtual-host
>         use                     generic-host            ; Name of host
> template
> to use
>         register                0                       ; Template -
> don't regis
> ter
>         host_name               not-defined
>         alias                   not-defined
>         check_command           check-host-alive
>         contact_groups          pager
>         notification_period     workhours
> }
> 
> 
> It worked with nagios2 ; nagios3 Warning: Duplicate definition found for
> host 'not-defined'
> and then error  Could not add object property at line point to host_name
> not-defined.

Since these are templates (register 0) you should just leave host_name
and alias undefined (remove the lines). You'll have to define them
anyway when you use the template.

Seems like this is a bug, though a very minor one.

- --
Thomas
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