Need help on Macro name

[bsivavani]

Hi,

Can you let me know the macro name for red highlighted value (2). We would like to restart the service at SOFT 2.

Event Handler 2017-10-25 20:03:12 SERVICE EVENT HANDLER: s910a3000;test_service_restart;CRITICAL;SOFT;2;gwd_service_restart
Event Handler 2017-10-25 20:03:12 GLOBAL SERVICE EVENT HANDLER: s910a3000;test_service_restart;CRITICAL;SOFT;2;xi_service_event_handler
Service Critical 2017-10-25 20:03:12 SERVICE ALERT: s910a3000;test_service_restart;CRITICAL;SOFT;2;iphlpsvc: Stopped

Kindly advice ?

[kyang]

You are probably looking for the macro of $HOSTSTATETYPE$ or $SERVICESTATETYPE$

The $HOSTSTATETYPE$ or $SERVICESTATETYPE$ macros will have a value of "SOFT" when event handlers are executed, which allows your event handler scripts to know when they should take corrective action. More information on event handlers can be found here

Here's the link for an explanation as well.

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... types.html

Does this help?

[bsivavani]

Hi,

We would like to execute the service at SOFT 2, not in HARD and SOFT1 state.

[npolovenko]

Thanks for the reference, @kyang!
@bsivavani, Seems like the macro that you're looking for is called $SERVICESTATETYPE$ .

We would like to execute the service at SOFT 2, not in HARD and SOFT1 state.

Generally, in Nagios OK state refers to 1(SOFT STATE), WARNING is 2(soft state), and CRITICAL is 3(hard state).

Could you describe what you're trying to achieve? Seems like you want the event handler to start working after the second warning, but before the critical state?

[mcapra]

In a pseudocode, to capture a SOFT 2:

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if(($SERVICESTATETYPE$ == 'SOFT') && ($SERVICESTATEID$ == 2)) {
    // do the thing
}

[kyang]

Thanks for the example @mcapra!

@bsivavani, does this help?

[bsivavani]

Hi,

Thanks for the update. We have tested the suggested solution but it is not working, the macro SERVICESTATEID has different definition.

$SERVICESTATEID$ - A number that corresponds to the current state of the service: 0=OK, 1=WARNING, 2=CRITICAL, 3=UNKNOWN.

[mcapra]

Ah, I've been out of the game too long

In the context of those log entries, the 2 actually represents the current attempt (logging.c#L270-L275), eg how many times a problem state has been detected since the last OK state. See if $SERVICEATTEMPT$ gets you what you're looking for:

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if(($SERVICESTATETYPE$ == 'SOFT') && ($SERVICEATTEMPT$ == 2)) {
    // do the thing
}

[kyang]

Thanks again for the example @mcapra!

@bsivavani, let us know if this works for you.