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Adding a new contact group
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:41 am
by amprantino
I am using a cumulative service definition for all hosts:
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define service{
use generic-service
host_name server1,servr2,server3.....,serverN
service_description REACHABLE
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 5
normal_check_interval 10
retry_check_interval 2
contact_groups sys-admins
notification_interval 240
notification_period 24x7
notification_options c,r
check_command check_ping!900.0,60%!1500.0,79%
}
Suddenly, a request arrived asking a new contact_group to be added for server2 and server5.
Is there a way to add it without creating a separate service definition for these two servers?
Re: Adding a new contact group
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:14 pm
by ssax
My recommendation would be to define the contact groups on the host and not on the services so they would be inherited by the service for each host.
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... tance.html
Like this:
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define service{
use generic-service
host_name server1,servr2,server3.....,serverN
service_description REACHABLE
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 5
normal_check_interval 10
retry_check_interval 2
notification_interval 240
notification_period 24x7
notification_options c,r
check_command check_ping!900.0,60%!1500.0,79%
}
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define host {
host_name server1
use linux-server
alias localhost
contact_groups sys-admins
address 127.0.0.1
register 1
}
define host {
host_name server2
use linux-server
alias localhost
contact_groups sys-admins,other-contact-group
address 127.0.0.1
register 1
}
define host {
host_name server5
use linux-server
alias localhost
contact_groups sys-admins,other-contact-group
address 127.0.0.1
register 1
}
Re: Adding a new contact group
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 2:40 am
by amprantino
Probably I am doing something wrong:
host definition
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define host {
host_name server1
alias server1_alias
address 192.168.1.1
parents myparent
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 2
process_perf_data 0
retain_nonstatus_information 1
notification_interval 120
notification_period 24x7
notification_options d,u,r
contact_groups group1,group2
contacts user1,user2
}
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define service{
use generic-service
host_name server1
service_description Service1_definition
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 3
normal_check_interval 60
retry_check_interval 1
notification_interval 240
notification_period 24x7
notification_options c,r
check_command check_command
}
When the service is down, only the contacts in "generic-service" will get the notification.
Am I missing something here?
Re: Adding a new contact group
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:56 am
by amprantino
I had to remove "use generic-service" under service definition
Re: Adding a new contact group
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:17 pm
by rkennedy
Just to make sure - were you able to get this resolved? It looks like the template may have been inheriting when you did not want it to.
Re: Adding a new contact group
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:28 pm
by amprantino
Yes, exactly.
Also, can you please define if +contacgroup or -contactgrop are working inside a contact definition?
Re: Adding a new contact group
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:09 pm
by avandemore
I'm not sure I understand your question. Does this document help?
Object Definitions
If not, can you rephrase the question?
Re: Adding a new contact group
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:40 am
by amprantino
According to this site
http://www.techadre.com/content/nagios- ... nheritance
I can use
contactgroup_name +support
contactgroup_name !dev
etc
Are the above commands valid, as I can't find a relevant reference inside nagios documentation
Re: Adding a new contact group
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:41 pm
by avandemore
This is our offical documentation for
Object Inheritance
The url you linked to may or may not contain correct information. At the very least, its reported posting date is prior to any currently supported version.
Re: Adding a new contact group
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:49 pm
by amprantino
Yes,
are those +/- supported in nagios?
Because I couldn't find in the official documentation