[Nagios-devel] Possible discrepancy in Documentation and Functionality of Nagios v2.0b6
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:23 am
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Hello,
I have been running nagios 1.x for a long time now and am very excited t=
o
start using v2. I have setup a development system and am re-organizing my
config with some of the new features. I have run into an issue that,
according to the way I am interpreting the documentation should work.
What I am trying to do, is remove the hostgroup definitions in favor of
putting the hostgroup line in the host definition template. I am hoping to
remove the long lists of hosts on the members line. In the documentation i=
t
states that it can be "used as an alternative to (or in addition to) the *
hostgroups* directive in host
definitions."
but this doesn't seem to be the case. If I do not make a hostgroup
definition, and only use the hostgroup line in the host definition, I get
the error that the hostgroup doesn't exist. If I create the hostgroup and
put 1 host in the members line, everything works, but it breaks my
templates, or puts a duplicate host or service in the group and makes my
config files more confusing. If I create a hostgroup with no members line,
it errors out as well.
My question is, is it planned that I can use the hostgroup directive in the
host definition as a complete alternative to the hostgroup definition? I
understand we need to define the alias for the host group, and I would be
fine with creating the hostgroup definition and only populating the name an=
d
alias, but I really want to avoid duplication or messy members lines. Sorr=
y
if this is to the wrong group, but I didn't get an answer other than using
config generators from the nagios-users list, which I am not ready to do
yet. Thank you for your response.
-Zac Israel
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Hello,
I have been running nagios 1.x for a long time now and am
very excited to start using v2. I have setup a development system
and am re-organizing my config with some of the new features. I
have run into an issue that, according to the way I am interpreting the
documentation should work.
What I am trying to do, is remove the hostgroup definitions in favor of
putting the hostgroup line in the host definition template. I am
hoping to remove the long lists of hosts on the members line. In
the documentation it states that it can be "used as an alternative to
(or in addition to) the hostgroups directive in host definitions."
but this doesn't seem to be the case. If I do not make a
hostgroup definition, and only use the hostgroup line in the host
definition, I get the error that the hostgroup doesn't exist. If
I create the hostgroup and put 1 host in the members line, everything
works, but it breaks my templates, or puts a duplicate host or service
in the group and makes my config files more confusing. If I
create a hostgroup with no members line, it errors out as well.
My question is, is it planned that I can use the hostgroup directive in
the host definition as a complete alternative to the hostgroup
definition? I understand we need to define the alias for the host
group, and I would be fine with creating the hostgroup definition and
only populating the name and alias, but I really want to avoid
duplication or messy members lines. Sorry if this is to the wrong
group, but I didn't get an answer other than using config generators
from the nagios-users list, which I am not ready to do yet. Thank
you for your response.
-Zac Israel
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Hello,
I have been running nagios 1.x for a long time now and am very excited t=
o
start using v2. I have setup a development system and am re-organizing my
config with some of the new features. I have run into an issue that,
according to the way I am interpreting the documentation should work.
What I am trying to do, is remove the hostgroup definitions in favor of
putting the hostgroup line in the host definition template. I am hoping to
remove the long lists of hosts on the members line. In the documentation i=
t
states that it can be "used as an alternative to (or in addition to) the *
hostgroups* directive in host
definitions."
but this doesn't seem to be the case. If I do not make a hostgroup
definition, and only use the hostgroup line in the host definition, I get
the error that the hostgroup doesn't exist. If I create the hostgroup and
put 1 host in the members line, everything works, but it breaks my
templates, or puts a duplicate host or service in the group and makes my
config files more confusing. If I create a hostgroup with no members line,
it errors out as well.
My question is, is it planned that I can use the hostgroup directive in the
host definition as a complete alternative to the hostgroup definition? I
understand we need to define the alias for the host group, and I would be
fine with creating the hostgroup definition and only populating the name an=
d
alias, but I really want to avoid duplication or messy members lines. Sorr=
y
if this is to the wrong group, but I didn't get an answer other than using
config generators from the nagios-users list, which I am not ready to do
yet. Thank you for your response.
-Zac Israel
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Hello,
I have been running nagios 1.x for a long time now and am
very excited to start using v2. I have setup a development system
and am re-organizing my config with some of the new features. I
have run into an issue that, according to the way I am interpreting the
documentation should work.
What I am trying to do, is remove the hostgroup definitions in favor of
putting the hostgroup line in the host definition template. I am
hoping to remove the long lists of hosts on the members line. In
the documentation it states that it can be "used as an alternative to
(or in addition to) the hostgroups directive in host definitions."
but this doesn't seem to be the case. If I do not make a
hostgroup definition, and only use the hostgroup line in the host
definition, I get the error that the hostgroup doesn't exist. If
I create the hostgroup and put 1 host in the members line, everything
works, but it breaks my templates, or puts a duplicate host or service
in the group and makes my config files more confusing. If I
create a hostgroup with no members line, it errors out as well.
My question is, is it planned that I can use the hostgroup directive in
the host definition as a complete alternative to the hostgroup
definition? I understand we need to define the alias for the host
group, and I would be fine with creating the hostgroup definition and
only populating the name and alias, but I really want to avoid
duplication or messy members lines. Sorry if this is to the wrong
group, but I didn't get an answer other than using config generators
from the nagios-users list, which I am not ready to do yet. Thank
you for your response.
-Zac Israel
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