On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 10:02:51AM -0500, Marc Powell wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael W. Lucas > > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:46 AM > > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Nagios-users] managing latency-induced host down alerts > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using Nagios 2.9 on FreeBSD, on a wide area network that has > > remote networks scattered across the USA and Mexico. > > > > We have a problem where latency on some remote circuits rises due to > > congestion. This means that various service checks time out, as they > > take more than 10 seconds to complete. (Yes, this is a real problem, > > and we're addressing it. I'm using smokeping to track latency at > > these sites now, analyzing traffic, etc.) > > > > I'd like to separate the latency problem from a site down problem. I > > can think of a couple ways to do this: > > > > 1) increase the 10-second maximum timeout for a service check to > > complete. Can this be done in Nagios? > > Yes, and is the route I would take since it's the simplest. All standard > plugins support a timeout parameter, usually -t. You can run ./plugin > --help to verify if it's supported. Just add an appropriate timeout for > the test you're trying to complete in the command{} definition. You'll > also need to increase the master service_check_timeout parameter in > nagios.cfg. That's a fallback timeout in case the plugin doesn't > terminate itself properly. I have my plugin timeouts generally set at 45 > seconds and the master at 60.
Hi, My understanding was that Nagios terminated service checks after 10 seconds, no matter how long the plugin took to complete? I have my plugins set to 10 seconds, but when I increase them beyond 10 seconds Nagios still reports the maximum time for any check is 10 seconds. Thanks, ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Coming Soon: "Absolute FreeBSD" -- http://www.AbsoluteFreeBSD.com On 5/4/2007, the TSA kept 3 pairs of my soiled undies "for security reasons." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ 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