Wildcard Escalations

[Duncan Berriman]

Hi,

 

There seems to be some issues with Service Escalations and wildcards.

 

If you use wildcards on hosts every host has to have a service associated
with it otherwise the configuration does not validate.

 

Example

 

define serviceescalation{

        host_name               .*

        service_description     .*

        first_notification      1

        last_notification       99

        notification_interval   60

        contact_groups          admins

        escalation_period       24x7

        escalation_options      w,u,c,r

        }

 

Causes 

 

Error: Could not find a service matching host name 'pix' and description
'.*'

 

I got round that by creating a dummy service for items like firewalls and
routers which have no service as below.

 

define service{

    use generic-service

    # Hostname of remote system

    host_name pix

    service_description dummy

    is_volatile 0

    check_period 24x7

    max_check_attempts 1

    normal_check_interval 5

    retry_check_interval 1

    check_command check-dummy

}

 

Now I am trying to use wildcards on the service names within the
escalations, the validation fails on any host that does not have a service
that matches the wildcard.

 

define serviceescalation{

        host_name               .*

        service_description     .*Bandwidth.*

        first_notification      2

        last_notification       2

        notification_interval   60

        contact_groups          support

        escalation_period       24x7

        escalation_options      w,u,c,r

        }

 

Causes

 

Error: Could not find a service matching host name 'pix' and description
'.*Bandwidth.*

 

Why when a wildcard is in use should every host have to have a service and
every host have to have a service matching the wildcard? It makes no sense
(to me at least).

Is this a bug or is it designed to work this way? 

 

Is there any way to turn off these checks as they appear to me at least
incorrect and pointless?

 

Thanks

Duncan

 

 

 

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