On Jun 29, 2007, at 8:48 AM, Caylan Van Larson wrote:
Howdy,
I think I've found a bug with the "Object Definition Tricks" found
at http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/templatetricks.html#service.
Here is my configuration using the tricks above, which works...
define host {
use production-host
host_name myhost
alias My Host
address x.x.x.x
hostgroups dell-servers
}
define hostgroup{
hostgroup_name dell-servers
alias Dell Servers
}
define service{
name dell-hardware
service_description Dell Hardware
hostgroup_name dell-servers
contact_groups sysadmins
check_command check_nrpe!check_dell
}
Right up until I add back in a legacy host/service definition...
define host {
use production-host
host_name newhost
alias New Host
address y.y.y.y
}
define service {
use dell-hardware
host newhost
}
Error: Service 'Dell Hardware' on host 'myhost' has already been
defined
Error: Could not register service (config file .... newhost.cfg on
line XX)
Question: Why does "using" dell-hardware in a normal syntax
(remember, my goal is to migrate the old style in red to the new
hostgroups trick style above), is not compatible when the service
has a hostgroup_name defined? This looks to me like a bug, where
it's trying to redefine the service instead of just using it.
Thoughts?
My thought is that you need a unique "name" directive in the second
service that uses dell-hardware. Otherwise the service with the use
directive has the same name as the service it is using, causing
exactly what the error says- the service dell hardware has already
been defined, and yes, you are trying to re-define it. Basically,
when you insert the use directive, it copies everything from the
service (or whatever) you tell it to use into the new one, except for
any directives that are explicitly set in the new on. And since you
can't have two service definitions with the same name, you get that
error.
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