Does manually running check command update the status ?

[yosh]

Hi Everyone,

In case if I want to run a check before its (scheduled) Next Scheduled Active Check Time, I can execute the command in the command-line with required parameters. Thats all good.
Now my question is, if I execute a check from the command-line before its Next Scheduled Active Check Time with it updates the check status in Nagios system before its scheduled check time ?

Thanks.

[mcapra]

if I execute a check from the command-line before its Next Scheduled Active Check Time with it updates the check status in Nagios system before its scheduled check time ?

If you submit the check via the external commands file via a command like SCHEDULE_HOST_CHECK or SCHEDULE_SVC_CHECK, yes it will update the status once that check is completed.

If you simply run the check's associated plugin from the command-line, that will not necessarily update any given check's status.

[npolovenko]

Thanks for the assist, @mcapra!
@yosh, Do you have any other questions for us so far?

[yosh]

Thanks @mcapra

This is what I was exactly looking for.

We are good to close the thread @npolovenko. Thanks..!

[tmcdonald]

We're re-opening this at OP's request - please let us know what else we can help you with!

[yosh]

if I execute a check from the command-line before its Next Scheduled Active Check Time with it updates the check status in Nagios system before its scheduled check time ?

If you submit the check via the external commands file via a command like SCHEDULE_HOST_CHECK or SCHEDULE_SVC_CHECK, yes it will update the status once that check is completed.

If you simply run the check's associated plugin from the command-line, that will not necessarily update any given check's status.

I have checked the SCHEDULE_HOST_CHECK and SCHEDULE_SVC_CHECK as adviced in above response.

There we can see the below code in SCHEDULE_HOST_CHECK script.

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#!/bin/sh
# This is a sample shell script showing how you can submit the SCHEDULE_HOST_CHECK command
# to Nagios.  Adjust variables to fit your environment as necessary.

now=`date +%s`
commandfile='/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd'

/bin/printf "[%lu] SCHEDULE_HOST_CHECK;host1;1110741500\n" $now > $commandfile

Could you please let me know what is represented by the number 1110741500 in the script ? As per its description it should be the new schedule time. But why we need to supply the current date $now as well ?

Thank you..!

[yosh]

Hi Everyone,

I found the answer under the sections "Submitting Passive Service Check Results" and "Submitting Passive Host Check Results" in.

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

We can close the thread now.
Thank you..!

[kyang]

Sounds good! I'll be closing this thread!

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