Not sure if this is the same but... I use members instead of hostgroup_members and it works for me
define hostgroup { hostgroup_name search-servers alias Search Servers members search.* } -- Fnord... <-- http://23.me.uk --> <-- http://wiki.s23.org --> <-- http://twitter.com/23me --> <- -Only the lavender prairie dogs know the key to unlock the secret of the tumble-weeds. --> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:03 PM, <olourkin-nag...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks again Duncan, it's good to at least know you got the same result. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Duncan Berriman <dun...@dcl.co.uk> > To: Nagios Users List <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Thu, October 21, 2010 9:56:47 AM > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Wildcards in hostgroup definitions > > Looks ok to me - my test was > > define hostgroup{ > hostgroup_name ALL-SERVERS ; The name of the hostgroup > alias ALL-SERVERS ; The name of the hostgroup > hostgroup_members .* > } > > That parses ok but I end up with nothing in the group when I look at the > nagios display. > > If I use individual members it works and they appear in the nagios display. > > Looks like it doesn't work at any rate. > > I just upgrade to the latest version as I was having issues with wildcards > but I think that was more down to my understanding. I've been trying to use > them for escalations. I think I finally got there (I think - time will tell) > but I had to add a lot of service groups to make it work the way I wanted. > > Duncan > > -----Original Message----- > From: olourkin-nag...@yahoo.com [mailto:olourkin-nag...@yahoo.com] > Sent: 21 October 2010 17:07 > To: Nagios Users List > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Wildcards in hostgroup definitions > > Thanks for checking it out, Duncan. Here are the config snippets to > illustrate the mystery: > > define hostgroup { > hostgroup_name ecomUs > alias ecom servers - US > members .* > } > > - This works. We get an ecomUs hostgroup with all our hosts. > > > define hostgroup { > hostgroup_name ecomUs > alias ecom servers - US > hostgroup_members .* > } > > - This doesn't work. We get this error after running a config verification: > > "Error: Could not find member group '.*' specified in hostgroup (config > file '/etc/nagios/conf.d/tier12/env-specific/vdev/hostgroup.d/ecomUs.cfg', > starting on line 7)." > > Cheers, > Erik > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Duncan Berriman <dun...@dcl.co.uk> > To: Nagios Users List <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Thu, October 21, 2010 2:11:44 AM > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Wildcards in hostgroup definitions > > Hi Erik, > > Appears to work just fine for me if I am testing your case correctly. > > Perhaps you could post the config file (or snip of) that's causing the > issue. > > Duncan > > -----Original Message----- > From: olourkin-nag...@yahoo.com [mailto:olourkin-nag...@yahoo.com] > Sent: 20 October 2010 22:45 > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] Wildcards in hostgroup definitions > > Hi all - > > Got a mystery regarding the use of regex matching that I hope someone on the > listserv might clear. We have the appropriate config options to use regex, > and > it works just fine for the members directive - ie. "members .*" expands > just > as we'd expect. > > But "hostgroup_members .*" returns an error along the lines of "Could not > > find member group '.*' specified in hostgroup....", leading us to believe > that Nagios is simply ignoring regex matching for the hostgroup_members > directive. > Anyone know if we're off our rockers, or if Nagios really does handle things > this way? > > Thanks, > Erik Larkin > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - 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