define host{
use nn-ping ; Name of host template to use
host_name Ryan Whalen
alias Ryan Whalen
address 192.168.1.15
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 10
notification_interval 120
notification_period 24x7
notification_options d,r
contact_groups admins
}
Here is the service template:
define service{
name nn-service ; The 'name' of this service template
active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service checks are enabled
passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted
parallelize_check 1 ; Active service checks should be parallelized (disabling this can lead t
obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over this service (if necessary)
check_freshness 0 ; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness'
notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are enabled
event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event handler is enabled
flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled
failure_prediction_enabled 1 ; Failure prediction is enabled
process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data
retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts
retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE
}
Here is the actual service:
define service{
use nn-service ; Name of service template to use
host_name Ryan Whalen,(other hosts go here)
service_description PING
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 4
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval 1
contact_groups admins
notification_interval 960
notification_period 24x7
check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
}
On 1/27/06, Marc Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ryan Whalen
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 12:09 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Pinging every host at a specific interval?
>
> Hey everyone-
>
> I am new to Nagios, and this morning set everything up...everything
seems
> to be working, and I have nagios pinging a small number of hosts
(~50).
> What I would like to happen is for Nagios to ping them all every 5
> minutes, and display their status. However, some hosts have not been
> polled for over 2 hours.
>
> It appears that since one device is down, Nagios is putting the
priority
> on polling that device rather than polling the other devices in the
list.
> I would like to avaid that, because the devices that are being polled
are
> at customer locations, so there will be times when either the device
is
> unplugged or simply locked up.
I wouldn't consider this normal behavior and may indicate a
configuration issue. Can you post your host and service definitions for
one of these 'priority' hosts? You'll probably want to specifically look
at normal_check_interval, retry_check_interval and max_check_attempts.
Those specify how long nagios will 'dwell' on a particular host or
service. For service checks nagios will continue to process other checks
while performing retry checks of downed services. For host checks,
nagios will stop all other processing while performing a host check (up
to max_check_attempts for that host) but will then move back to normal
scheduling after reaching max_check_attempts.
--
Marc
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