Expand service group error in 43 line test config (why?)

[Yueh-Hung Liu]

try to remove the line 'register 0' from the definition of your servicegroup.


On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Eric B. <barnabus.pinklehorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Brandon,
>
> I would normally agree with you, but there are numerous undocumented
> features w/i nagios, and it actually does recognize the option (the file I
> posted is completely self-contained); if you misspell the option (like
> serviceXgroup_name), it reports it as an unknown option.  My much larger
> config uses this parameter for serviceescalation in other parts with no
> problems.The error says it can't 'expand the servicegroups specified', so
> I'm leaning towards that the problem you mentioned as a red herring...
>
> Hopefully your thought isn't the case, otherwise, I have a big problem
> rewriting all my configs... :-/
>
> -Eric
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Brandon Williams <bwilliams at zynga.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Looking at
>>
>>
>>
>> define serviceescalation {
>>    servicegroup_name       group-1
>>    first_notification      1
>>    last_notification       6
>>    notification_interval   5
>>    contacts                primary-oncall
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> I don’t see an option for :
>>
>>
>>
>> servicegroup_name       group-1
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> In the Nagios documentation.  I would try removing that line and trying
>> again.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html#serviceescalation
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Eric B. [mailto:barnabus.pinklehorn at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 2:46 PM
>> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: [Nagios-users] Expand service group error in 43 line test config
>> (why?)
>>
>>
>>
>> This has me stumped. I whittled my ugly config down to 35 lines, and was
>> still able to re-create the error. Any ideas what is wrong? I'm running
>> Nagios Core v. 3.2.3. Much thanks in advance!
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>> Error is:
>>
>> Error: Could not expand servicegroups specified in service escalation
>> (config file '/home/opsmon/etc/nagios/objects/qbo/foo.cfg', starting on line
>> 13)
>>    Error processing object config files!
>>
>> Here's the config:
>>
>> define servicegroup {
>>    servicegroup_name       group-1
>>    alias                   All Services
>>    register                0
>> }
>>
>> define contact {
>>    contact_name            primary-oncall
>>    alias                   Primary Oncall
>>    email                   foo at bar.com
>> }
>>
>> define serviceescalation {
>>    servicegroup_name       group-1
>>    first_notification      1
>>    last_notification       6
>>    notification_interval   5
>>    contacts                primary-oncall
>> }
>>
>> define service {
>>    servicegroups           group-1
>>    host_name               admin.qa
>>    check_command           check_foo
>> }
>>
>> define host {
>>    host_name               admin.qa
>>    address                 127.0.0.1
>> }
>>
>> define command {
>>    command_name   check_foo
>>    command_line   /bin/true
>> }
>>
>>
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