<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2656.60"> <TITLE>RE : [Nagios-users] Dynamic IP</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> You can put any string in the address field (which, for me, shouldn't be mandatory, like alias). And if you prefer using the alias field, you can use $HOSTALIAS$. > -----Original Message----- > From: admin@jpk236.com [<A HREF="mailto:admin@jpk236.com">mailto:admin@jpk236.com</A>] > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:13 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] Dynamic IP > > > One of the hosts I monitor has a dynamic IP. I have a script which > automatically updates DNS to keep the hostname updated with > the current > IP. > Most of the commands in the checkcommands.cfg use the $HOSTADDRESS$, > which is the specified IP address for the host configuration. > Is there > a macro which utilizes the alias setting in the host configuration? > > - Justin Kulikowski > [ <A HREF="http://www.jpk236.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.jpk236.com</A> ] > > </BODY> </HTML>