Re: [Nagios-users] Disable inherited checks?
You can disable inherited service checks for a host by putting an exclamation mark in front of the host name in the service definition. Look for Excluding Hosts in http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html. Thanks Chris. The problem with that is that I need to list all hosts in the service definition. The problem I'm trying to solve is that we monitor around 70 nodes with Nagios, and when we add a new monitor, we have to update all host files and it's easy for some services to be missed on some nodes. To avoid that, I'd rather set things up so that all hosts monitor all services except where specifically excluded. In other words, everything on by default and selectively turn off what is not needed; it seems that Nagios works by having everything off by default and selectively turning things on. I can, of course, put host_name * in the service definition, but then I need to disable that service for some hosts. Hmm, thinking aloud, maybe I can do host_name *, !not_this_one, !or_this_one ... I'll try that. Thanks, Keith -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Disable inherited checks?
Another way to make scaling host configurations easier is to use the service - hostgroup - host relationship in your configuration. For example, we have one set of SNMP-based checks that work for the Net-SNMP SNMp agent, and another set that work with the commercial SysEdge agent.. So, combining the previous poster's idea with this relationship, we create a base sysedge-host host template and then add the host template and all of the Sysedge checks to the sysedge-hosts host group. This way hosts can inherit from a single template and get all the checks associated with that group. We use this dual template and host group method when we have custom attributes that we need to add in order for the custom checks to work .. in cases where you don't have custom attributes like SNMP ports and community strings etc, you could just create related groups of services, add them to a host group, then just add new or existing hosts to the host group through the host group attribute of the host .. and voila .. done. - max -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Disable inherited checks? [OT: outlook settings]
On Feb 2, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Chris Beattie wrote: Sorry for the top-posting: I'm stuck with Outlook. heh. That's an excuse? ;) Here's what I do to make it more 'standard' when I have to use it -- Tools - Options - Email Options - Remove extra line breaks in plain text messages - Read all standard mail in plain text - On replies and forwards - Prefix each line of the original message - Prefix each line of the original message - - Mail Format - Compose in this message format: Plain Text - Internet Format... - Outlook Rich Text options - Convert to plain text format -- Marc -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Disable inherited checks? [OT: outlook settings]
Marc Powell wrote: On Feb 2, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Chris Beattie wrote: Sorry for the top-posting: I'm stuck with Outlook. heh. That's an excuse? ;) Here's what I do to make it more 'standard' when I have to use it -- I started with BBSes in the early eighties, so to this day combining Outlook and mailing lists is like being a parent stuck with a crying baby in a restaurant: embarrassing and one should try not to do it too often. I tried your suggestions in the past, but unfortunately it makes it difficult to communicate with the rest of the company since everyone else uses the default settings. What I *could* do (if I was going to recommend circumventing a company's IT policy in a public forum) is surreptitiously re-enable IMAP on my Exchange account, install a proper mail client on my Nagios testing box (since Websense blocks the sites to install anything interesting for Windows, but not the CentOS repositories), and hope nobody notices. :-) Nothing in this message is intended to make or accept and offer or to form a contract, except that an attachment that is an image of a contract bearing the signature of an officer of our company may be or become a contract. This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. It may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, we hereby notify you that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and delete this message immediately. Thank you. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Disable inherited checks?
You can disable inherited service checks for a host by putting an exclamation mark in front of the host name in the service definition. Look for Excluding Hosts in http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html. From: Keith Edmunds [mailto:k...@midnighthax.com] Sent: Sun 2/1/2009 10:52 AM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] Disable inherited checks? Is there a way to disable inherited checks? I would like to have a master host file that lists all checks that are valid on any host, and then override that on a per-host basis. For example, I may have a check_pgsql in the master host file, but host_x which inherits from the master file doesn't run PostgreSQL, so I'd like to disable it in the host_x file. Doable? Thanks, Keith -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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 Nothing in this message is intended to make or accept and offer or to form a contract, except that an attachment that is an image of a contract bearing the signature of an officer of our company may be or become a contract. This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. It may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, we hereby notify you that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and delete this message immediately. Thank you. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword___ 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
Re: [Nagios-users] Disable inherited checks?
Sorry for the top-posting: I'm stuck with Outlook. Have you tried templates? We have ~550 hosts and ~4500 services, and it'd be a real pain to not use templates. I have a host template definition for Windows servers, which adds anything assigned that template to a windows_servers host group. I have a bunch of services defined which are assigned to everything in the windows_servers host group. When I add a new Windows host, I put use prod_windows_server in the host definition, and the host is automatically assigned service checks for CPU, C drive, E drive, memory, page file, running antivirus, and a couple others. I have a similar setup for development servers, but we don't let them send notifications outside of work hours. For servers needing extra checks, I just add the extra service checks to the hosts that need them. For the servers which aren't standard for our environment (some predate the standardization push and have a D: instead of an E: drive, for example), I put a !hostname in the appropriate service check definition. -Original Message- From: Keith Edmunds [mailto:k...@midnighthax.com] Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:19 AM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Disable inherited checks? You can disable inherited service checks for a host by putting an exclamation mark in front of the host name in the service definition. Look for Excluding Hosts in http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html. Thanks Chris. The problem with that is that I need to list all hosts in the service definition. The problem I'm trying to solve is that we monitor around 70 nodes with Nagios, and when we add a new monitor, we have to update all host files and it's easy for some services to be missed on some nodes. To avoid that, I'd rather set things up so that all hosts monitor all services except where specifically excluded. In other words, everything on by default and selectively turn off what is not needed; it seems that Nagios works by having everything off by default and selectively turning things on. I can, of course, put host_name * in the service definition, but then I need to disable that service for some hosts. Hmm, thinking aloud, maybe I can do host_name *, !not_this_one, !or_this_one ... I'll try that. Thanks, Keith -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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 Nothing in this message is intended to make or accept and offer or to form a contract, except that an attachment that is an image of a contract bearing the signature of an officer of our company may be or become a contract. This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. It may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, we hereby notify you that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and delete this message immediately. Thank you. -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ 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
