<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Assaf Flatto <<a href="mailto:nagios@flatto.net">nagios@flatto.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><div></div><div class="h5">Asrai khn wrote: > Hi list, > > I want to define service dependency, i have read the relevant nagios > docs but I am not getting how to define one. we are running nagios > 3.2.x (pre build binary on centos 5.4) > Eg, I want to define service dependency for all services that been > checked with nrpe, ie if nrpe not running on remote host then nagios > shouldn't send notifications for these services instead just for nrpe. > > Few days back our monitoring host send lot of notifications coz of > nrpe wasn't running on remote hosts, in this case I want nagios only > alert for 'nrpe' not all the services that being checked with nrpe. > > 1. So first I have define a service to check nrpe on remote hosts. > > # Command def for checking nrpe on remote hosts. > define command{ > command_name nrpe_service > command_line $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ > } > > > 2. define a service for each hostgroup. > > # service def. > define service{ > use check-interval-service > service_description nrpe > check_command nrpe_service > hostgroup_name Sol-Servers > } > > So far so good, I have several hosts (linux, solaris, hp) all of them > have the following standard service definition for checking remote > hosts service via check_nrpe > > define service{ > use local-service > host_name BB-2,NB-1 > service_description SCC Procs > check_command check_nrpe!check_scc_procs > } > define service{ > use local-service > host_name BB-2 > service_description SCC Partition > check_command nrpe_disk!check_disk4 > } > > we have 5-10 nrpe check for each hosts which are scattered in > different hostgroups. > > Now how to define a dependency so that if 'nrpe' service fail on > remote hosts nagios shouldn't send alerts for services whom check via > nrpe. > > Any configuration example will be greatly appreciated. > > Due to binary version of nagios installed it will not possible for me > to go for any patching solution. </div></div>You got so far and stopped near the finish line !! define servicedependency{ <div class="im"> host_name BB-2,NB-1 </div> service nrpe dependent_host BB-2,NB-1 dendent_service SCC Partition execution_failure_criteria u,c,p notification_failure_criteria u,c,p } this is of the top of my head - you will need to make sure the directives are according to the nagios definitions (I'm sure i got at least one wrong) , but that is the way to move on. </blockquote><div>Thanks Assaf, I ended up with the following working version, define servicedependency{ dependent_host_name Sol-1 dependent_service_description Root Partition,Var Partition,Data Partition,Current Load,FTP-BB host_name Sol-1 service_description nrpe execution_failure_criteria w,u,c notification_failure_criteria w,u,c } Later I'll switch my dependency configuration to something simple by using "Time-saving Tricks" ---> <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html#same_host_dependency">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html#same_host_dependency</a> Tell me one thing, is it ok to get ... Checking service dependencies... Checked 10 service dependencies. For the 5 dependent_service_description above? Thanks. </div></div>