Thanks for the info Wes, As it appears to work OK I'll try it out on my new box before it goes live, I was a bit cautious with all the warnings about un-tested consequences etc. Can you not do your web request with the check_http plugin, or does it require something a bit more complicated?
Andy. wnorth wrote: > Thanks Patrick that fixed it. > > I had to change the interval_length from 60 to 1 which equates to seconds > now instead of minutes I have to specify all my values in seconds, as > follows: > > max_check_attempts 3 > retry_check_interval 30s > normal_check_interval 300 > > > This causes it to check every 5 minutes, if it receives a non-OK message > back it will try 3 times before marking it HARD down, each interval check is > set to 30 seconds, so 1.5 minutes before an alert is sent out. > > Also, I had to specify the notification_interval, which was set to 30 > minutes by default, to 1800 which equates to 30 minutes. I think that value > should probably be equal to if not greater by 2X the normal check interval, > at least that's what I think. This way each time it checks if the condition > is still bad it will notify, then again you don't want to get flooded, so > perhaps every other time it checks send an email? It's really up to me to > decide that. > > Oh well, onto the next task, trying to see if I can build some sort of > transaction based monitor, which will hit a home page, navigate to a > specific screen and execute a web query. This is where something like Gomez, > Mercury or Netcool would be great at, with Nagios...have to think a bit more > out of the box, besides its free right? And from the last 1-2 days I've > spent on it, very powerful...starting to like it more and more. ;-) > > -Wes > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Morris, > Patrick > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:26 AM > To: Andy Shellam (Mailing Lists) > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Service Alerts and Notifications > > >> I tried setting the retry value to 30s, and it interpreted it >> as 30 minutes: >> >> max_check_attempts 3 >> retry_check_interval 30s >> normal_check_interval 5 >> >> I would have thought the above would set a HARD alert after >> 1.5 minutes, but it checked, then scheduled the next check 30 >> minutes later. Is there a global setting somewhere that I >> missed that needs to be changed from minutes to seconds? >> > > Check your interval_length in nagios.cfg. That determines how long a > single unit it. > > If "30" gives you 30 minutes, then it's probably set to 60 (60 seconds/1 > minute). Sticking an "s" on your retry interval isn't going to change > anything; it'll just be ignored. > > You'll need to adjust your interval if you want things to happen in > under 1 time unit (in the default case, 60 seconds). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > [email protected] > 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 > > > > !DSPAM:37,45a033fa137101071920780! > > > -- Andy Shellam NetServe Support Team the Mail Network "an alternative in a standardised world" p: +44 (0) 121 288 0832/0839 m: +44 (0) 7818 000834 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] 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
