Yes that was my thought. Plus it gives me the added benefit of not having to change the host definition if the IP address of the domain changes. If I am checking a website to be sure it is up and it becomes available only by IP address because of a DNS issue I would want to be made aware of that. That wouldn't happen if I defined the host by IP address instead of URL.
-----Original Message----- From: Patrick Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:43 PM To: Andy Shellam Cc: Josh Wells; nagios Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] How do I check if a website is up? On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Andy Shellam wrote: > Hi Josh, > > You can, I believe, define a host using it's DNS name, however I and > I'm sure the rest of the community would discourage that for the > simple reason that if the DNS doesn't resolve, that host will be deemed down. FWIW, I almost always define hosts by DNS name rather than IP address wherever possible. It's easier to maintain and you get the added benefit of being alerted if DNS breaks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
