Hi Andreas,
> > For example, let's assume we have three services, A, B and C. A is a
> > meta-service, and B and C "depend" on it. A does not have any check of its
> > own; its state is entirely determined from the states of its dependent
> > services. If B and C both fail, then A is determined to have failed, and
> > not otherwise.
> >
> This can be done today, using service dependancies.
>
> > This is not the same as B and C both depending on A, because if B and C
> > both fail, then how does one make A fail automatically in Nagios? I don't
> > think it's possible, do you?
>
> Yes. What you're talking about is modifications to the core logic.
> Having plugins checking this would be 'the long way around'.
I'm sorry, I don't understand. It looks to me like these two answers are
contradictory. It can be done today, and it requires changes to the core
logic?
Cheers, Chris.
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