Importing Configs into fresh Nagios XI Server

[philip.ianni]

Hey there,

A while back, we tried to update our old Nagios installation, but it failed so we decided to build a new VM from scratch and import the configs.

Following the instructions and ordering for importing existing configs, I received an error when importing the files in my services directory. The import tool is failing with the following error:

You must enter a proper host name. You can not use the characters: \~!$%^&*"'|<>?,()=

Here's an example configuration that is failing:

define service {
host_name dc01-cache-01,dc01-cache-02,dc01-cache-03,dc01-cache-04,dc01-cache-05,dc01-cache-06
service_description Apache Status - Cache
use Standard Check Settings,Critical to VictorOps [System Administrators - Email]
check_command check_apache!-a '-H localhost -p 8888 ' !!!!!!!
check_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
notification_period xi_timeperiod_24x7
_xiwizard linux-server
register 1
}

It seems like it's interpreting the comma separated list of hostname as a single host. I especially think this is true because the services.cfg that only have one host (ie localhost) all imported successfully. I have tried added a space, but it still is not working.

[rajasegar]

You cannot use multiple hostnames in the following line

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  host_name dc01-cache-01,dc01-cache-02,dc01-cache-03,dc01-cache-04,dc01-cache-05,dc01-cache-06

You must use the config file prep tool which will create 6 service entries if I am not mistaken.
Personally I just import them with 1 entry and then add the next 5 in the UI.

[bwallace]

You are correct - multiple hosts comma separated will be interpreted as one long name by the config import /prep tool, and thanks for posting the solution you found. So is this is now resolved or did you have other questions on the topic?

[philip.ianni]

That actually wasn't the OP that posted the solution lol. I'm the OP.

The solutions makes sense, but I'm scared it won't work for our configuration structure.

We currently have a pretty big configuration that's composed on various services call about a dozen linux VM health checks (CPU, DISK, RAM etc). Each of these services has about 75 hostnames. When I go to run the config prep, it does not seem to work.

Here's my config file:

http://pastebin.com/VHwDkYxy

When I run something like:

/usr/local/nagiosxi/tools/xiprepimport.php /tmp/sample1 (sample1 is my cfg file)

It creates _multiple_hosts.cfg, sample1 in the directory. sample1 is completely empty file, _multiple_hosts.cfg is seemingly the exact same file I passed in. When I try to import _multiple_hosts.cfg, it fails with the same error.

[gormank]

Better to attach a hostgroup to the service rather than hosts. This solves multiple problems.

[avandemore]

Are you following these instructions? Using The Config Import Prep Tool

Can you upload your sample1 file? Please PM to myself or other support personnel if privacy is an issue.