<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Howdy,<div><br></div><div>I'm trying to design a multiple-inheritance structure for a new Nagios 3 setup. Consider the following:</div><div><br></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><div>define service{</div><div> name oracle</div><div> use fast,default</div><div> service_description Oracle Server</div><div> contact_groups +oracle_dba</div><div><div> check_command check_nrpe!check_oracle</div></div><div> register 0</div><div>}</div><div><br></div><div>define service{</div><div> name fast</div><div> retry_check_interval 2</div><div> normal_check_interval 5</div><div> register 0</div><div>}</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">define service{</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"> name production</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"> use default</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"> contact_groups prod_responders</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"> register 0</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier">}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><div><div>define service{</div><div> name filesystem</div><div> use slow,default</div><div> contact_groups<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> +storage_admins</div><div> register 0</div><div>}</div></div><div><br></div><div>define service{</div><div> name slow</div><div> normal_check_interval 30</div><div> register 0</div><div>}</div></font></div></span></div><div><br></div></font></div><div>In this scenario "default" contains the default definitions, this is sometimes written as "generic-service."</div><div><br></div><div>Now, for some examples: <b>Production Oracle</b></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><div>define service{</div><div> use<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> oracle,production</div><div></div><div> host_name<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> lnx50</div><div>}</div></span></div><div> </div><div>I expect by using production that prod_responders replaces the default contact_group. Next, the additive (+) inheritance of oracle_dba should create a <i>union</i> between the two contact_groups. Will this declaration work as expected?</div><div><br></div><div>Next... an <b>Production Oracle Filesystem</b></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><div>define service{</div><div> use<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> filesystem,oracle,production</div><div><div> service_description Filesystem: /oradata</div></div><div></div><div> host_name<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> lnx50</div><div><div><div> check_command check_nrpe!check_oradata</div></div></div><div>}</div></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I only partially understand the precedence at work here. I understand that it will operate with a "slow" check interval, but what about the contact_groups? Since "filesystem" brings in the default early (with it's own default contact groups), then does it ever add the contact_group oracle_dba, or does it all get replaced by production_responders?</div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div><br></div></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>---</div><div><br></div><div>Caylan</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span> </div><br></div></body></html>