execute_service_checks and distributed monitoring

[Assaf Flatto]

stan wrote:
> We wre trying to set up our first "child" Nagios instnace. I have it
> working for checcking some things in the child instance. We have configured
> the existing "parent" with some of the new checks. In reading the
> documention, it is stated that we need to set execute_service_checks to 0
> for the services that are actuaklly monitored by the "child". My problem is
> that I do not understand where to put this directive to overide the
> default, which is located in nagios.conf, and must be1 as we are continuing
> to monitor all the existing services from it. I have tried several places,
> but they all seem to give me a syntax error when starting nagios.
>
> If it helps, the configuration for the "parent: was initaly created using
> nagiosql.
>
> Thanks.
>
>   

the definition is in the specific service definition on the Parent nagios
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html#service

That way the service is "passive" and will not be executed , but receive 
the status from the child nagios via the NSCA transfers.


Assaf



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