Hi Mohamed, Thanks for your response - this worked.
Have a nice day, Jonathan On 16/08/12 08:08, mohamed ben romdhane wrote: > Hello Jonathan, > > I think that you must put > define service { > service_description Oracle > host_name oddjob.resnet.bris.ac.uk > use resnet-service > max_check_attempts 1 > check_freshness 1 > freshness_threshold 86400 > check_command check_dummy!1 "no news since 24h" > } > => The check_dummy command will run if no passive check has been > received within 24 hours (86400seconds) and display warnig alert (1) > and info status "no news since 24h" > > Regards, > Mohamed > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *De :* Jonathan Gazeley <jonathan.gaze...@bristol.ac.uk> > *À :* nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > *Envoyé le :* Mercredi 15 août 2012 15h07 > *Objet :* [Nagios-users] Defining passive checks > > I'm a long-time user of Nagios with active checks. Today I started using > passive checks with NSCA and I'm having a problem. > > The documentation states "A service must be defined in Nagios before you > can submit passive check results for it". > > I defined a config block like this, to define a service for the Oracle > service that I want to monitor passively - omitting the check_command > directive. > > define service { > service_description Oracle > host_name oddjob.resnet.bris.ac.uk > use resnet-service > } > > > > But running nagios -v gives this output: > > Error: Service description, host name, or check command is NULL > Error: Could not register service (config file > '/etc/nagios/nagios_service.cfg', starting on line 8618) > Error processing object config files! > > > So what's the approved way of defining a service without specifying a > command for active checks? > > Thanks, > Jonathan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto: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 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ 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