<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> hello David, Not saying its the best way but I have a separate file in my objects dir called servicegroup.cfg where I set up as follows : define servicegroup{ servicegroup_name Legacy Checks alias Store Legacy Checks } then in my services.cfg file, I have a line added as follows : define service{ use generic-service servicegroups Legacy Checks I have multiple checks that I wanted to group together under a single service group heading. This is the only (?) way I found to do it. You can add the members ( hosts) to the servicegroup file and the checks but I found this way to be easier. if you create a separate file, dont forget to be sure its identified in your nagios .cfg file. If anyone has a better way to do this, would love to hear about it. This way does work for my config.... your mileage may vary..... Good Luck, Steve <hr id="stopSpelling">From: dlh@cayuga-cc.edu To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:25:32 -0500 Subject: [Nagios-users] ServiceGroup Best Practices Question <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"><style> .ExternalClass p.ecxMsoNormal, .ExternalClass li.ecxMsoNormal, .ExternalClass div.ecxMsoNormal {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';} .ExternalClass a:link, .ExternalClass span.ecxMsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass a:visited, .ExternalClass span.ecxMsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass span.ecxEmailStyle17 {font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';color:windowtext;} .ExternalClass .ecxMsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in;} .ExternalClass div.ecxWordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style><div class="ecxWordSection1">I’m new to Nagios. Running Nagios 3.2.3. I want to start using Service Groups, but I’m not sure of the best place to put the service group definitions. What is making me question the location is eventually I will want to create a service group that contains services hosted on both Linux and Windows machines, so I’m thinking of creating a new config file to hold the service groups, then in nagios.cfg use cfg_file= to load it in after the Windows and Linux machines are loaded. Where do you create service groups? </div> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </body> </html>