FTP Server is shown alive, but Nagios says DOWN!

[C. Bensend]

The check_command in the *host* definition, not the service definition.

Is this a Windows 2008 FTP server?  If so, Win2008 disables pings out
of the box, and a custom rule must be added to the Windows Firewall
to allow ICMP ECHOREQ.

Or use a check_command that would indeed show the correct status of
the host.  Do *not* blindly disable the Windows Firewall to "fix"
this, if this is what's going on.

Benny


> Check_command is set to check_ftp and that is shown as UP, can't figure
> out
> why Nagios is showing ftp server as DOWN!!
>
> Please see the configuration file below.
>
> # Define a service to check host alive  the remote machine
>
>  define service{
>           use                             local-service         ; Name of
> service template to use
>           host_name                       ftpsrv
>           service_description             Check FTP Service
>           check_command                   check_ftp!
>           }
>
> To which service check can we change to, so that Nagios doesn't show an UP
> server as DOWN.
>
> Regards
> Anth.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Dewell [mailto:pete at stuff-done.co.uk]
> Sent: 28 September 2010 14:49
> To: Nagios Users List
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] FTP Server is shown alive, but Nagios says
> DOWN!
>
> The host up/down status will be defined by the check_command in the host
> definition.
>
> What is this set to ? I would guess that it's been set to check
> something that the host doesn't repond to.
>
> P
>
> On 28/09/2010 09:16, Bram Gillemon wrote:
>> Does the server reply to ping checks?
>>
>> As far as i know the server show "up" if the server reply's to pings.
>>
>> Kr,
>> Bram Gillemon
>>
>> On 28 Sep 2010, at 08:30, IT Toonz wrote:
>>
>>> 2 queries....
>>>
>>> Please see the two reports!! How can we rectify this error? FTP server
>>> is
> not down, please see the times of checking..
>>>
>>> What is telling Nagios, FTP srv is down? Please advice.
>>>
>>> <image001.jpg><image002.jpg>
>>>
>>> # Define a service to check host alive  the remote machine
>>>
>>> define service{
>>>          use                             local-service         ; Name
>>> of
> service template to use
>>>          host_name                       ftpsrv
>>>          service_description             Check FTP Service
>>>          check_command                   check_ftp!
>>>          }
>>>
>>> Please see the below config, we want to see the free disk space in home
> directory. But seems it's not working
>>>
>>>
>>> # Define a service to check the disk space of the home partition
>>>
>>> define service{
>>>          use                             local-service         ; Name
>>> of
> service template to use
>>>          host_name                       ftpsrv
>>>          service_description             Home Partition
>>>          check_command                   check_local_disk!20%!10%!/home
>>>          }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are using FAN 2.0 NagiosR 3.0.6
>>>
>>> Thanks and regards
>>> Anth.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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