Nagios XI Execution Dependency via GUI

[JakeHatMacys]

Hello, I'd like to set up an Execution dependency on a Service Monitor that depends on the host being in a good / green state before running. Not really seeing how to do this via the GUI in Nagios XI. Does anyone have a doc or can point in the direction on how to do this with XI? Or is this something that has to be configured in Core???

[lmiltchev]

You can add a service dependency by going to: CCM->Advanced->Service Dependencies->Add New

Note: For more info, select "execution_failure_criteria" from the "Help & Documentation" drop-down menu. You can also review the Nagios Core documentation on host and service dependencies here:

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/nagi ... ncies.html

Hope this helps.

[JakeHatMacys]

Thanks that did help, I still haven't quite got it to work yet though. Maybe I'm reading this wrong. But I want the URL Content check to not run once I take down the URL:

[JakeHatMacys]

This is my current config. The URL Content is set under the "Manage Services" (I don't want it to run when dependency is crit) and the URL is set in the Manage Service Dependency tab. I take down the URL and the URL content still runs when the URL is in a critical state.

Any ideas? Am I interpreting this wrong?

[lmiltchev]

Go to the CCM->Service Dependencies, click on the "View Text Config" next to "Service Dependency Test", copy/paste your config, so that we can take a look at it.

[JakeHatMacys]

define servicedependency {
dependent_host_name mt000xsksm105
dependent_service_description HTTP
host_name mt000xsksm105
service_description _SiteScope_Content URL Content
inherits_parent 1
execution_failure_criteria w,u,c,p,
notification_failure_criteria w,u,o,p,
dependency_period 24x7

}

[lmiltchev]

Aren't these reversed?

You have:

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dependent_service_description HTTP //This directive is used to identify the description of the dependent service.
service_description _SiteScope_Content URL Content // This directive is used to identify the description of the service that is being depended upon (also referred to as the master service)

I believe, you need to have:

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dependent_service_description _SiteScope_Content URL Content
service_description HTTP

[JakeHatMacys]

Aren't these reversed?

You have:

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dependent_service_description HTTP //This directive is used to identify the description of the dependent service.
service_description _SiteScope_Content URL Content // This directive is used to identify the description of the service that is being depended upon (also referred to as the master service)

I believe, you need to have:

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dependent_service_description _SiteScope_Content URL Content
service_description HTTP

So you're saying:

define servicedependency {
dependent_host_name mt000xsksm105
dependent_service_description _SiteScope_Content URL Content
host_name mt000xsksm105
service_description HTTP
inherits_parent 1
execution_failure_criteria w,u,c,p,
notification_failure_criteria w,u,o,p,
dependency_period 24x7

}

Trying this now

[lmiltchev]

Sure. Let us know how it went.

[JakeHatMacys]

Worked well, for some reason my brain was processing things backwards.

So random question, is there an easy way to reset the attempts counter in Nagios??? I'm not seeing an obvious way to do it, I did realize the dependency didn't kick in until the dependent monitor hit a Hard state. That's why I thought it was working before when I had reversed them originally (which ended up being correct).