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Still having the issue... i'll try and sort it out... hopefully i'll find a solution

Hi Jsmurphy, thanks for the tip. The check-host-alive is defined with the -H $HostADDRESS$ as shown below: # 'check-host-alive' command definition define command{ command_name check-host-alive command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 3000.0,80% -c 500$ } However, to leave no stone untouch...

Hi Jsmurphy, that was an example of my config for other hosts. This is the entry I created for the Local-hosts yesterday and this didn't solve the problem as I'm still getting the Local_host down message: define host{ use generic-host host_name Local_host alias Local_host address 127.0.0.1 check_com...

spoke too soon... the message just popped up again after the delay. Still having the same issue. Need help please...

Hey Mguthrie, thanks for that question 'What's the check_command defined for localhost?'... I added the local host as a host with the ip address 127.0.0.1 and it's 2 hours later and I haven't received the message 'local host down'... I think it's sorted now... If there's anyone with this issue, just...

Thanks for your reply Mguthrie and apologies for the late reply. On the hosts.cfg section I don't have local hosts defined anywhere like I have other network devices. This is the same for the services.cfg. Could this be the reason? do i need to create an entry for the local host of the nagios server...

Hi all, I'm a newbie with nagios and I must say 'great thanks to the development team. I have the version 3.0.5 installed and I'm constantly getting this message every two hours: Notification Type: PROBLEM Host: localhost State: DOWN Address: 127.0.0.1 Info: (Host Check Timed Out) I'm pretty sure th...