However if you use a squid proxy, running the service on the cache would be a better choice.
If not, running on your external gateway might be a good idea. After all, if your internet connection goes down, it doesn't mean www.google.com isn't available -- it means you can't see it. -- Paul Weaver Systems Development Engineer News Production Facilities, BBC News Work: 020 822 58109 Room 1244 Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, W12 7RJ > -----Original Message----- > From: Assaf Flatto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 October 2008 16:03 > To: Nagios User list > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] How do I check if a website is up? > > > No , you don't have to define a host . > > you define a service check with the fix parameters ( as i > gave in the previous mail ) and assign > this check to an existing host . > > that host will execute the check and report the status > returned from the command ( personally i'd > run it from the nagios server itself) . > > > On Monday 20 October 2008 15:58:25 Josh Wells wrote: > > Ok so if the website is external to my network I need to > create a host > > definition? What would that look like for a URL? I've only > made host > > definitions for internal hosts using the IP address. Because the > > website is a hosted solution I would rather define it by > URL than IP > > address. 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