Thanks for the suggestion. I have the following: # This should give me generic-host cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/templates.cfg
# This is where the config I sent in my previous email is located cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/servers So that should do it? The config I displayed below are in the servers folder in the file hgsec.cfg. Thanks, Nate On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Assaf Flatto wrote: > Nate Hausrath wrote: >> Hello, >> >> This should be simple, but for some reason I can't get my nagios config to >> validate with a new server I want to monitor. I am monitoring plenty of >> hosts, but this is the first one I've used the "check_http" command for. I >> am following the examples found here: >> >> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/monitoring-publicservices.html >> >> I am using Nagios Core 3.2.0. >> >> The error message during validation is "Error: Host 'HGSec' specified in >> service 'HTTP' not defined anywhere!" >> >> And here is my simple config. >> >> define host { >> use generic-host >> host_name HGSec >> alias HGSec >> address X.X.X.X >> notification_period 24x7 >> notification_interval 30 >> notification_options d,r >> contact_groups admins >> register 0 >> } >> >> define service { >> use generic-service >> host_name HGSec >> service_description HTTP >> check_command check_http >> } >> >> I'm sure I am overlooking something simple and I feel like I've been banging >> my head against a wall. I probably just need to walk away from this and >> come back... I just want to make sure the HTTP service is running on this >> server. Any help is much appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> Nate >> > > did you check the section of the nagios.cfg that lists whcih files and > directories it loads the host/services definitions from ? > and made sure the host entry is in one of those files/directories ? > > Assaf > > > -- > Never,Ever Cut A Deal With a Dragon > > > Next year I will be doing the London to Paris bike ride to > raise money for the DogTrust (www.dogtrust.co.uk) . > Please Sponsor me at http://www.justgiving.com/Assaf-Flatto > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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 Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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
