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?
On 3/29/06, David Mansfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Terry wrote:
> > You can specify custom macros in resources.cfg:
> >
> > $USER2$="192.168.0.30"
>
> >
> > However, this is not what you want and is no different than specifying
> > it in the command itself with $ARG#$ rather than using the
>
> Right. This is useful for a global macro, but I'm looking for something
> host specific.
>
> > $hostaddress$. Pass the dnscacheaddress onto the command via the
> > argument.
> >
> > check_dnscache -H $ARG1$
> >
> > service foo {
> > check_command check_dnscache!192.168.0.1
> > ....
> >
> >
>
> See my other reply where I have two strong arguments against doing it
> this way (to summarize: host information in multiple places, one service
> for each host instead of hostgroup).
>
>
> David
>
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