Thanks everyone for your help. /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg really is my best friend. Found all the errors, and now it's happy.
Thanks for all the help. Scott Miller -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Powell Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Monitor a Linux Machine > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Miller > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nagios-users] Monitor a Linux Machine > > I have nagios 3.x installed as per the quick install guide, and it seems to > be working fine with the default config, looking only at localhost. > > 2. Create Service Definitions: > > /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/servers.cfg (in same file as above) > > define service{ > use generic-service ; Inherit default values from a > template > host_name remotehost > service_description HTTP > check_command check_ping!200.0,20%!600.0,60% > } Not relevant to your problem (likely), but PING is probably a better service_description. > Running configuration check... CONFIG ERROR! Restart aborted. Check your > Nagios configuration. Run /path/to/nagios -v /path/to/nagios.cfg to check your Nagios configuration. It will detail the cause of the error. > The directions say I can have the Host definition and Service definition in > any object configuration file specified by a cfg_file directive. That's correct. > It's been a few years since I've messed with nagios, but I was certain there > was more to do than the above. I've read through the docs and just don't > see where I went wrong. > > Anyone have any pointers or suggestions? I have a suspicion but verifying your config will be better than guessing. -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javao ne _______________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ 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
