That is really strange. Have you tried changing its ip to an invalid one and see if you can recreate the problem? <div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 28, 2012 5:29 PM, "Net Warrior" <<a href="mailto:netwarrior863@gmail.com">netwarrior863@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Thanks for your advice, I know what you mean, but this is not the case unfortunately, In the logs I can see the 3 time check was reached and the alarm did not fired, now the server is up and I did not get the notification the server is back on line either. Is critical and not SOFT for the host and the service [1346193488] HOST ALERT: hostname;DOWN;HARD;3;(Host Check Timed Out) [1346193328] SERVICE ALERT: hostname;SSH;CRITICAL;HARD;3;CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 30 seconds [1346198377] HOST ALERT: hostname;UP;SOFT;3;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 4.84 ms This is weird. Thanks for your time and support Regards 2012/8/28 Travis Runyard <<a href="mailto:travisrunyard@gmail.com">travisrunyard@gmail.com</a>>: > Your should look at the log before the service notification was suppressed > because the host was down. I'm 90% sure the reason why your host down > notification was not sent was because the host was in a soft state type and > came back online before it was determined to be in a hard state. And you > didn't post your linux-server template config so you will have to check your > and retry_interval definition. > > For my host objects I set a retry_interval of 1 and max_check_attemps of 2 > in the template so I get notified a little quicker when a host goes down. > > <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html" target="_blank">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html</a> > > -Travis Runyard > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Net Warrior <<a href="mailto:netwarrior863@gmail.com">netwarrior863@gmail.com</a>> > wrote: >> >> Hi there guys. >> >> I have face something weird, I did not get a notificationn of a down >> state for a particular host, >> this is the host config. >> >> define service{ >> use local-service ; Name >> of service template to use >> host_name hostname >> service_description SSH >> check_command check_ssh >> flap_detection_enabled 0 >> notifications_enabled 1 >> notification_options w,u,r,c >> check_period 24x7 >> check_interval 1 >> max_check_attempts 3 >> first_notification_delay 0 >> notification_interval 10 >> } >> >> >> >> define host{ >> use linux-server ; Name of host >> template to use >> ; This host >> definition will inherit all variables that are defined >> ; in (or >> inherited by) the linux-server host template definition. >> host_name hostname >> alias the alias >> address x.x.x.x >> contact_groups admins >> contacts nagiosadmin >> check_interval 1 >> max_check_attempts 3 >> notification_interval 10 >> flap_detection_enabled 0 >> first_notification_delay 0 >> } >> >> and in the logs I got >> [1346196987.097821] [032.0] [pid=21145] ** Service Notification >> Attempt ** Host: 'hostname', Service: 'SSH', Type: 0, Options: 0, >> Current State: 2, Last Notification: Wed Dec 31 21:00:00 1969 >> [1346196987.097843] [032.1] [pid=21145] The host is either down or >> unreachable, so we won't notify contacts about this service. >> [1346196987.097851] [032.0] [pid=21145] Notification viability test >> failed. No notification will be sent out. >> >> The host is either down or unreachable --- Of coure, so why the >> notification was not fired? >> >> Any idea what could be wrong?, I got some notification with other host >> and all have the same configuration, I have already restarted nagios >> >> Thanks for your time and support >> Best regards. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Live Security Virtual Conference >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. 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