On 13 Aug 2008 22:31:49 -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have just installed Fedora 9 and then setup Nagios. I followed Quick > Install and it worked wonderfully. > I want to Monitor 1 remote server's SMTP. I have been experimenting with 2 > configuration files (Pasted > at the end for reference) without much luck. With config #1, I receive > messages telling me the host is > down constantly (I assume this is because it blocks ICMP ping requests) I > then found a sample on one > of the forums which I tried to implement; but I recieve no messages and > Nagios still says host is down in > the browser. Basically I'd like to show the host as up and recieve messages > when SMTP is unavailable. > Does anyone have any samples (Pref with comments) that I can experiment with? > I am particually > interested in monitoring publically available services.
>#================================== >#CONFIG FILE #1 >#================================== >define host{ >use windows-server >host_name myserver >alias My Mail >address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >checks_enabled 0 >} Is there any resaon you have checks_enabled set to 0? I also cannot find a checks_enabled directive, it's either active_checks_enabled or passive_checks_enabled. >define hostgroup{ >hostgroup_name windows-servers >alias Windows Servers >} >#===============================EOF >#================================== >#CONFIG FILE #2 >#================================== >define command{ >command_name check_upmail >command_line $USER1$/check_smtp -H 64.62.20.243 >} You should try using variables instead of hard coding services, especially when it comes to commands, and host variables. You should try using $HOSTADDRESS$. This'll make it so you can reuse the same command later. > >define host{ >use generic-host >host_name myserver >alias My Mail >address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >check_command check_upmail >max_check_attempts 10 >notification_interval 120 >notification_period 24x7 >notification_options n >contact_groups admins >} >===============================EOF Have you tried forcing a check of the server? Does it still say it's down? Can you run check_smtp -H <hostaddress> from the command, as nagios user to validate the service can talk to it? -- Jon Angliss ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ 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