Mark , first - please always post your questions to the list , you'll get faster answers and will share the knowledge earned with other members .
As for your issue , see below : > Background info: > SSH Service: Reconfigure to non-standard port. 22 => 2270 > HTTPD Service: Reconfigure to non-standard port. 80 => 8080 (I've got > multiple web servers on the LAN serving different purposes. Apache on > the Nagios server, (this server is my sandbox) listens on port 8080. > > In the localhost.cfg file: > ========================= > define host{ > use linux-server ; Name of host > template to use > ; This host > definition will inherit all variables that are defined > ; in (or > inherited by) the linux-server host template definition. > host_name localhost > alias localhost > address 127.0.0.1 > } > > define service{ > use local-service ; Name of > service template to use > host_name localhost > service_description HTTP > check_command check_http > notifications_enabled 1 > } > > ================== > > in the services.cfg file > =============== > # 'check_http' command definition > define command{ > command_name check_http > command_line $USER1$/check_http -I $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$ > } since you define a command to wait a argument , you need to supply that in the command call in the check execution - meaning in the declaration of the service . so your service definition should be something like this : define service{ use local-service ; Name of service template to use host_name localhost service_description HTTP check_command check_http!$ARG1$ notifications_enabled 1 } where $ARG!$ is the "-p 8080 " string you with to direct the HTTP request to . Assaf -- Assaf Flatto SSP Ops Team Linux System Administrator 169 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AE IMPORTANT . this email and the information in it may be confidential, legally privileged and/or protected by law. It is intended solely for the use of the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Please also delete all copies of this email and any attachments from your system. We cannot guarantee the security or confidentiality of email communications. We do not accept any liability for losses or damages that you may suffer as a result of your receipt of this email including but not limited to computer service or system failure, access delays or interruption, data non-delivery or mis-delivery, computer viruses or other harmful components. Copyright in this email and any attachments belong to Select Service Partner UK Limited. Should you communicate with anyone at Select Service Partner UK Limited by email, you consent to us monitoring and reading any such correspondence. Nothing in this email shall be taken or read as suggesting, proposing or relating to any agreement concerted practice or other practice that could infringe UK or EC competition legislation. Select Service Partner UK Limited is a company registered in England and Wales (company number 05687183) whose registered office is at 1 The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge. Surrey. KT13 0NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ 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