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Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:23 am**

This is the host definition for one of the servers I want to monitor.

define host {
	use linux-server
	host_name srv001
	address 192.168.15.53
	hostgroups hostgroup1
	}

define service {
	use generic-service
	host_name srv001
	service_description process
	check_command check_remote_process
	}

Under Current Status > Services, I can see that the "check_remote_process" check for this host working just fine.
But under Current Status > Hosts, the default check is ping, and this server is configured NOT to reply to pings.

How/where do I change the default check for this server to something else, besides ping? Is there an option to change this for all the servers using a universal setting, so I don't have to make a change on all the hosts definitions?

Thanks

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:30 am**

being there isn't a check_command specified it must be specified in the template
this is a template

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use linux-server

And that definition could contain other templates.
BUt to override it you can add the command right to the host

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check_command     your_other_check

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:36 am**

thanks, that did it.

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:40 am**

Great. Locking thread.

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