Service Check Timeout

[sjoerd]

Hi there,

I am using a perl script as a service check and this check takes more then 60 seconds to run.
Is there a way to individualy extend the service check timeout, rather then to extend the default of 60 seconds for all service checks?

Cheers
Sjoerd

[lmiltchev]

If you want to set up the plugin's timeout to a value greater than 60 sec, you will need to also increase the "default" timeout in the nagios.cfg file, i.e.

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service_check_timeout=120

and restart nagios:

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service nagios restart

[sjoerd]

Thanks for the response.
I can set this default timeout. However sometimes my perl script would take 2/3 minutes. If I set this default timeout then all service checks can potentially cause long timeouts.
Isn't there another way?

[lmiltchev]

Setting up the "global" timeout to let's say 120 doesn't mean that ALL of your scripts will be running for 120 sec. You have a granular control as most of the plugins provide a timeout option. Individual scripts won't run longer than their timeout value.