Macro Expansion Problem

[Yueh-Hung Liu]

you can use host groups in service definitions


On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Terry Carmen <terry at cnysupport.com> wrote:
> Quoting Jonathan Angliss <jon at netdork.net>:
>
>
>
>> That's not to say you won't see it defined in a service, but less likely
>> than a command.  What made you think $HOSTNAME$ was valid there? If it
>> was valid, what value should it take? What are you trying to achieve?
>
> I would like to define it in the "define host" section as below, and have it
> expanded in the "define service" section right below it (in the same file).
>
> It seems inefficient to be required to define an explicit hostname in each
> section of an object definition.
>
> define host{
> host_name               mymachine
> hostgroups              MyGroup
> alias                   mymachine
> address                 10.1.2.100
> max_check_attempts      5
> contact_groups          admins
> check_command           check-host-alive
> }
> define service{
> use generic-service
> host_name       %HOSTNAME%
> ^^^^^^^^ should expand to mymachine
>
> service_description             PING
> check_command                   check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
> }
>
>
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