timeperiod not behaving as expected

[Carl Karsten]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Assaf Flatto <nagios at flatto.net> wrote:
> Carl Karsten wrote:
>> I made that change, and also backed the end of the period off a min to
>> avoid the race between the check and the ifdown.  /etc/init.d/nagios
>> reload, still got an email every hour it was down:
>>
>> first: Date/Time: Tue Jul 27 20:03:34 CDT 2010
>> last: Date/Time: Wed Jul 28 05:03:34 CDT 2010
>> recovery notice: Date/Time: Wed Jul 28 06:03:34 CDT 2010
>>
>> define timeperiod{
>>         timeperiod_name credit_card_hours
>>         alias           when credit cards can be processed
>>
>>         sunday          06:00-19:59
>>         monday          06:00-19:59
>>         tuesday         06:00-19:59
>>         wednesday       06:00-19:59
>>         thursday        06:00-19:59
>>         friday          06:00-19:59
>>         saturday        06:00-19:59
>>         }
>>
>>
>>
>> define host{
>>         use                             linux-server    ; This
>> template inherits other values from the generic-host template
>>         host_name                       mcve.cteusa.com         ; The
>> name of this host
>>         hostgroups                      linux-servers
>>         check_period                    credit_card_hours
>>         check_interval                  5               ; Actively
>> check the host every 5 minutes
>>         retry_interval                  1               ; Schedule
>> host check retries at 1 minute intervals
>>         max_check_attempts              10              ; Check each
>> Linux host 10 times (max)
>>         check_command                   check-host-alive ; Default
>> command to check Linux hosts
>>         notification_period             credit_card_hours
>>         notification_interval           60
>>         notification_options            d,u,r           ; Only send
>> notifications for specific host states
>>         contact_groups                  admins          ;
>> Notifications get sent to the admins by default
>>         register                        1
>>         }
>>
>> define service{
>>         use             generic-service         ; Inherit default
>> values from a template
>>         host_name               mcve.cteusa.com
>>         service_description     SMTP
>>         check_command   check_smtp!-t 5
>>         }
>>
>>
> You'll need to define the check time and notification time for the
> services too .
>
>

I figured it was something like that.    There are only 3, but it
seems like I should use a template.  is there a recommended place?
(timeperiods, linuxservers.cfg...)


-- 
Carl K

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