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It looks like is was max_check_attempts. My own fault for not setting that low enough and/or not being patient enough. Thanks for the pointers.

Sure. I did pull the IP address but the rest is verbatim from object.cache define host { host_name station2 alias station2 address redacted check_period 24x7 check_command check-host-alive contact_groups admins notification_period 24x7 initial_state o check_interval 5.000000 retry_interval 1.000000 ...

I've looked through the documentation extensively and cannot figure out why my service status notifications are working 100% of the time and my host status notifications are not working 100% of the time. All the services in question use this template. I always get notifications on these. define serv...

Forgive the stupid question. I've got a host that's down. I've clicked "Disable Notifications" in the web UI on the host's only service. There's a now a bullhorn icon with a red X that says notifications are disabled on hover. And yet nagios continues to fire off emails telling me that thi...