Using contacts and contact_groups on same service definition

[Andreas Ericsson]

On 08/25/2011 01:03 PM, ramesh chaitanya wrote:
> Hi,
> We have nagios 2.6 running and have our environment monitored by nagios. Recently I had a scenario where I had to add a new contact to get notified on one of the services.I added the contact to the contacts.cfg and when trying to add the contact to the service definition as below - 
> define service{
> 
>         
> use                            
> generic-public-service
> 
>         
> service_description            
> HTTPS-Shard6-testEvent
> 
>         
> servicegroups                  
> Live HTTP Sites
> 
>         
> host_name                       XXXXXXXXXXXX
>          check_command                  
> check_httpS!"/tracking/api/core/testEvent?shardId=6"!"resultCode\":0,"
> 
>          
> max_check_attempts             
> 10
> 
>         
> contacts                        test
> 
>         
> contact_groups                 
> sys,noc
>          notification_interval          
> 30
> It errors out saying Error: Invalid service object
> directive 'contacts'.
> 
> Error: Could not add object property in file '/etc/nagios/cfg/public/svc.cfg' 
> Does having contacts and contact_groups on the same service definition not allowed?
> 

In 2.6 it's not allowed. Upgrade to 3.2.x or 3.3.1 if you want
that feature.

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