<html> <head> </head> <body> Save yourself more clutter: define command { command_name check_http_port command_line $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $ARG1$ } then in your service definitions, the check_command line can be: check_command check_http_port!80 or check_command check_http_port!8000 or whatever port you want to check. Now you only have one entry in the checkcommands.cfg and the same number of entries you would have in the services.cfg. -Russell <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:8lb4fmllhm001@sneakemail.com">8lb4fmllhm001@sneakemail.com</a> wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:666418513.1029948492464.JavaMail.root@monkey"> <pre wrap="">Max, you're making it unnecessarily hard on yourself. What you need to do is tweak the checkcommands.cfg to allow you to poke at different http ports. You tweak services.cfg to leverage these new definitions. Take a look at what I'm doing, as a baseline. In my checkcommands.cfg: # 'check_http' command definition define command{ command_name check_http command_line $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ } # 'check_http_8000' command definition define command{ command_name check_http_8000 command_line $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 8000 } # 'check_http_8080' command definition define command{ command_name check_http_8080 command_line $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 8080 } And in my services.cfg: define service{ name icmp use generic-service service_description PING is_volatile 0 check_period 24x7 max_check_attempts 3 normal_check_interval 5 retry_check_interval 1 notification_interval 60 notification_period 24x7 notification_options c,r check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60% register 0 } define service{ name http use icmp service_description HTTP notification_options w,u,c,r check_command check_http register 0 } define service{ name http_ 8000 use http service_description HTTP_8000 notification_options w,u,c,r check_command check_http_8000 register 0 } define service{ name http_8080 use http service_description HTTP_8080 notification_options w,u,c,r check_command check_http_8080 register 0 } And further down in services.cfg: define service{ host_name host1,host7 use http contact_groups unix-admins } define service{ host_name host2,host8,host9 use http_8000 contact_groups linux-admins } define service{ host_name host3,host10 use http_8080 contact_groups unix-admins } (Hostnames changed, just cuz.) Does this help? This should save you *lots* of clutter. Bonus: If you use hostgroups, you can save more keystrokes by specifying "hostgroup_name" and the name(s) of the hostgroup(s) instead of using "host_name" with a long list of hosts. (You'll need to have that defined in hostgroups.cfg first.) Max Clark wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I am a brand new nagios user and so far have been able to configure and use the program without too much difficulty. I am trying to configure http service checks for a series of virtual hosts on my web servers. What is the best way to do this? From my understanding I need to create a host, customize the check_http in check commands like (create check_http_vhost1 - check_http -H <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.host1.com">www.host1.com</a>, check_http_vhost2 - check_http -H <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.host2.com">www.host2.com</a>, etc...), and define services where I correlate the service to the host. Is there a better way to do this? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> ----------------------------------------------------- Protect yourself from spam, use <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sneakemail.com">http://sneakemail.com</a> ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390">https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="$mailwrapcol">-- Russell Scibetti Quadrix Solutions, Inc. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.quadrix.com">http://www.quadrix.com</a> (732) 235-2335, ext. 7038 </pre> </body> </html>