> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Mansfield > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:55 AM > To: Terry > Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] per host custom macros > > > > Terry wrote: > > You could maybe write an "intelligent" plugin to query the host > > information from another source based on the service name or something > > but nagios needs to know the IP address somehow. Where would you want > > to put this information so nagios can perform the service > > appropriately? > > > > Something like: > > define host { > use generic-host > host_name myhost.mydomain.com > alias myhost > address 1.2.3.4 > > custom_macro FOOPROPERTY=AA:BB:CC:DD > custom_macro BARVALUE=BigImportantValue > > hostgroups all_foo,all_bar > }
To maybe short-circuit this direction -- http://www.nagios.org/development/upcoming.php User-Defined Object Directives: Object definitions will be extended to allow for user-defined variables/directives to be entered. This custom variables will be inheritable, just like the standard variables now. Custom variables will likely look something like this... define host{ host_name host1 ... _customvar1 "This is a custom variable of some kind" _location "Host is physically located in Room 301..." _snmp_community_string public } -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ 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
