Patterns in serviceextinfo.conf?

[Litwin, Matthew]

On Mar 6, 2010, at 3:38 AM, Jim Avery wrote:

> On 6 March 2010 01:04, Litwin, Matthew <mlitwin at stubhub.com> wrote:
>> Is it possible to set up entries in serviceextinfo.conf to match a pattern to avoid having to re-enter similarly named services with the exact same notes_url definition?
>> 
>> For instance, can entries like this:
>> 
>> define serviceextinfo {
>>       service_description     Oracle Tablespace - STSPDB - STREAMS_TBS
>>       hostgroup       SRWC-solaris-siebel-db
>>       notes_url       /nagiosgraph/show.cgi?host=$HOSTNAME$&service=$SERVICEDESC$
>> }
>> define serviceextinfo {
>>       service_description     Oracle Tablespace - SBLDB - USERS
>>       hostgroup       SRWC-solaris-siebel-db
>>       notes_url       /nagiosgraph/show.cgi?host=$HOSTNAME$&service=$SERVICEDESC$
>> }
>> define serviceextinfo {
>>       service_description     Oracle Tablespace - SBLDB - STUB_DATA01
>>       hostgroup       SRWC-solaris-siebel-db
>>       notes_url       /nagiosgraph/show.cgi?host=$HOSTNAME$&service=$SERVICEDESC$
>> }
>> ....
>> 
>> which all have a service_description that starts with "Oracle Tablespace" be defined in a singular definition somehow?
> 
> 
> Which release of Nagios are you using?
> 
> In Nagios 3 serviceextinfo definitions are deprecated.  You can now
> put the notes_url directive in the service definition itself.  You can
> set up a service template which just contains the notes_url directive
> and apply that template only to your Oracle Tablespace service
> definitions.
> 
> hth,
> 
> Jim


I am running 3.0.6. I guess I should have read the updated docs. :-) I really just should put this in my templates if that is the case.

Thanks,
Matthew Litwin
mlitwin at stubhub.com
415.222.8475


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