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Create Service Groups

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 10:13 am
by dworthcsl
Hi,

Is there a way to create service groups that included services that are assigned to a host by being a member of a host group? When I try to create a service group, it only gives me the option to use services assigned directly to a host or other service groups.

What I am trying to do is to create a group that includes a subset of services of servers. I was hoping to be able to put application checks in maintenance mode while regular health checks continued to run and send out alerts.

I am running XI 5.2.0.

Thanks,
David

Re: Create Service Groups

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 10:24 am
by eloyd
Essentially, this is what the documentation says should be able to be done, but I've had a ticket open on this subject for a year. So far, no luck.

Re: Create Service Groups

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:07 pm
by dworthcsl
Thanks for the info. It would make sense to be able to do that. I had to work around this by putting all services in to maintenance mode then using the bulk removal tool to remove specific checks.

Anyone from Nagios know how this can be an added feature?

Thanks,
David

Re: Create Service Groups

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 3:36 pm
by tmcdonald
I don't believe this is currently possible, no. This would be a Core thing, and our new(ish) Core dev is pretty on top of things. The best place to put this in would be the Github page:

https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore

You can enter one yourself or I would be happy to do so on your behalf.

However, this would be quite a significant change to the verification and checking logic, so I can't imagine it would be added any time soon.

Re: Create Service Groups

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 10:32 am
by dworthcsl
Thanks for the pointer. I went to Github and it pointed me to the Core dev forum. https://support.nagios.com/forum/viewto ... 34&t=36056

Hopefully this is something that can be added in the future. Most of our checks are assigned to host groups. It just makes adding new servers easier.

Re: Create Service Groups

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:43 am
by rkennedy
As a new post has been created for the request, I'll close this thread out and the discussion can be continued there.

Re: Create Service Groups

Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 11:09 am
by lmiltchev
Thanks for reporting this issue on the Nagios Core Development forum! I would also recommend posting the issue on GitHub, so that it won't "fall in the cracks".
Bugs can be reported by opening an issue on GitHub.
Click on the link below to report the issue on GitHub:

https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/na ... issues/new