Actually it seems that the "hostgroups" parameter does not support negation.
I would go with Mark's answer instead, as that seems to work fine in my tests. -Brandon On 11/08/2011 10:42 AM, Brandon Phelps wrote: > The correct parameter for defining a host's hostgroups is "hostgroups", > not "hostgroup". > > Try: > > define host { > ... > hostgroups !ping-servers > } > > (Note the pural form, rather than singular) > > Brandon Phelps > Global Linking Solutions > O: (704) 973-6855 > C: (704) 222-2103 > E: bphe...@gls.com > > On 11/08/2011 09:45 AM, Tim AtLee wrote: >> Hello >> >> I have a hostgroup defined as: >> >> define hostgroup { >> >> hostgroup_name ping-servers >> >> alias Pingable hosts >> >> members * >> >> } >> >> I have recently added a host outside our firewall that has ping >> disabled. I have changed the host’s check_command to be ‘check_tcp!80’ >> so that the host won’t be offline permanently, but I am wondering if >> there is a way to exclude this host from the ‘ping-servers’ hostgroup in >> the host definition? >> >> Ideally, something like: >> >> define host { >> >> host_name outsidefirewallhost >> >> alias Host outside firewall >> >> address some.ip.address >> >> use generic-host >> >> hostgroup !ping-servers >> >> } >> >> This generates an error when I test the configuration. The only way I >> have been able to achieve this is to change the ping-servers hostgroup >> definition to exclude this individual host (*,!outsidefirewallhost), but >> I’d rather keep the exclusion define in the host, not in the “blanket rule”. >> >> Maybe it’s just me being OCD… but is this possible? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tim >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> RSA(R) Conference 2012 >> Save $700 by Nov 18 >> Register now >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ 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