For some reason notifications are not being sent from nagios when i unplug the network cable from one of the hosts being monitored. Nagios recognizes that the hose is down but no notification... [1246567497] HOST ALERT: psefilesrv;DOWN;SOFT;1;(No Information Returned From Host Check) [1246567528] Warning: Host check command '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H 10.139.68.39 -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 5' for host 'psefilesrv' timed out after 30 seconds [1246567528] HOST ALERT: psefilesrv;DOWN;SOFT;2;(No Information Returned From Host Check) [1246567559] Warning: Host check command '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H 10.139.68.39 -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 5' for host 'psefilesrv' timed out after 30 seconds [1246567559] HOST ALERT: psefilesrv;DOWN;HARD;3;(No Information Returned From Host Check) [1246567559] HOST NOTIFICATION: root;psefilesrv;DOWN;host-notify-by-email;(No Information Returned From Host Check) Here is the host config... define host{ host_name psefilesrv alias misc address 10.139.68.39 use generic-host check_command check_alive notification_options d,r max_check_attempts 3 check_interval 1 notification_interval 1 notification_period 24x7 notifications_enabled 1 parents switch-office } And the command... define command { command_name check_alive command_line /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 5 } Any thoughts to why this isn't working? Email notifications for other services is working fine. Maybe i need to add check_alive as a service? Thanks, JJ <div class="gmail_quote"> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Jeremiah Jester <<a href="mailto:jeremiahjester@gmail.com">jeremiahjester@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I removed it and notifications are still being sent for all services associated with this host. Thoughts? JJ<div><div></div><div class="h5"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Jon Angliss <<a href="mailto:jon@netdork.net" target="_blank">jon@netdork.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Jeremiah Jester wrote: > Hmmm, tryied this...but not working. Also, i get an error when i specify > 'retry_interval'. maybe n agios3 only? > > define host{ > host_name psedev2 > alias dev > check_command check-host-alive > notification_options d,r > max_check_attempts 3 > check_interval 1 > retry_interval 1 > address 10.139.10.42 > use generic-host > parents switch-office > } > > Error log: > [1246481763] Error: Invalid host object directive 'retry_interval'. > [1246481763] Error: Could not add object property in file > '/etc/nagios2/conf.d/generic-host_nagios2.cfg' on line 143. > [1246481763] Bailing out due to one or more errors encountered in the > configuration files. Run Nagios from the command line with the -v > option to verify your config before restarting. (PID=27490) </div>Yep, that'd be a nagios 3 option. I'd not realized (or maybe missed) you were using v2. Just remove that option. -- <div>Jon Angliss <<a href="mailto:jon@netdork.net" target="_blank">jon@netdork.net</a>> > > > Thanks, > JJ > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Jon Angliss <<a href="mailto:jon@netdork.net" target="_blank">jon@netdork.net</a> </div><div><div></div><div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jon@netdork.net" target="_blank">jon@netdork.net</a>>> wrote: > > Jeremiah Jester wrote: > > Jon, > > > > Thanks for the reply. I've been struggling with this for some > days. Can > > you give me an example of what how to define this and in what file? I > > would appreciate your help. > > Files don't really matter. Nagios loads them all, and processes. > Its up to you how you want to format. Sometimes it's easier to > group by type (hosts, services, commands, etc), and others by > location (server room, etc). How you format is up to you. If you > want, you can even bundle it all in a single file. > > Lines ending in \ are wrapped and should appear on a single line in > your config. > > define command { > command_name check-host-alive > command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ \ > -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% \ > -p 5 > } > > define command { > command_name check_http > command_line $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTNAME$ > } > > define host { > host_name myhost > address 1.1.1.1 > check_command check-host-alive > notification_options d,r > check_period All > max_check_attempts 3 > check_interval 1 > retry_interval 1 > contact_groups mycontacts > } > > define service { > host_name myhost > check_command check_http > {.. other stuff here .. } > } > > This will execute check_http against the "myhost". check-host-alive > will be executed every 1 minute. If check-host-alive fails 3 times, > host is considered down, and alerts for check_http will be > suppressed. You should read up on host checks [1], service checks > [2], and notifications [3]. > > > Also, I've not seen v3 in the repsository but maybe i need to > change my > > sources? > > You didn't mention which version of ubuntu you were using, but > jaunty has nagios3... > > <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/nagios3" target="_blank">http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/nagios3</a> > > > > [1]: <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/hostchecks.html" target="_blank">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/hostchecks.html</a> > [2]: <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/servicechecks.html" target="_blank">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/servicechecks.html</a> > [3]: <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/notifications.html" target="_blank">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/notifications.html</a> > > -- > Jon Angliss </div></div>> <<a href="mailto:jon@netdork.net" target="_blank">jon@netdork.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jon@netdork.net" target="_blank">jon@netdork.net</a>>> > > -- <div><div></div><div>Jon Angliss <<a href="mailto:jon@netdork.net" target="_blank">jon@netdork.net</a>> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div></div></blockquote></div>