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Hi Support,

I noticed that Nagios is sending service notifications when its corresponding host server is down or not reachable.
How can I configure Nagios to send service notification only when host is UP and Reachable.

Quick and Simple solutions is highly appreciated, configuring services dependency would be tedious job for each service and host.

I am using Nagios Ver. 4.

Thanks,
Jayesh

Are you using templates?

hsmith wrote:Are you using templates?

Yes I am using templates, But those are default one.

When a host goes down, it suppresses it's services from sending notifications, however the services will still continue to be checked (unlike in dependencies).

One of the most overlooked setting is having your host and service check intervals set to the same. When this occurs, your service objects can send notifications out before the host object goes down.

I have this explained in a lot more detail here:
http://sites.box293.com/nagios/guides/c ... -intervals

Also, a new feature in Nagios Core 4.1.x is called host_down_disable_service_checks. It can be explained as automatic service dependencies for a hosts services.

My advice is as follows:

Make sure your host objects have the correct intervals so the host object goes down before the services do.
AND
Upgrade to Nagios Core 4.1.1 an implement the host_down_disable_service_checks=1 setting in nagios.cfg.