Typo in the email post, I do have host_name in the .cfg file, not host-name. Still returning error.
Thank you, Joel -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:a...@op5.se] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:21 PM To: Nagios Users List Cc: Joel Roberts Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios3 switch.cfg On 05/15/2013 10:24 PM, Joel Roberts wrote: > I'm deploying a new Nagios server on Debian Linux 6. Have installed the > Nagios3 packages, am able to log into the web interface. I'm trying to > monitor our network switches and routers, the nagios3.cfg file points to > /etc/nagios3/objects/switch.cfg. That folder doesn't exist, the .cfg files > are all under /etc/nagios3/conf.d/, but there is no switch.cfg file. So I've > created one from scratch, just trying to get the first switch in, but when I > try to verify the config files I get the following error: > > Error: Could not add property in file '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/switch_nagios2.cfg > on line 3. Error processing object config files. > > I've created the file from scratch, but pretty basic stuff, line 3 is just > the host_name entry: > > Define host{ > use generic-host > host-name cisco2811 > alias Cisco 2811 Router > address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > hostgroups allhosts,network-switches > } > > The documentation I've found still lists host-name as a valid entry, not sure > what's going on, any help would be appreciated. > host_name, not host-name. Programs tend to be picky about that sort of thing... -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.erics...@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d _______________________________________________ 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
