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Hi,

I have defined a service in templates.cfg file "HAProxy-service". I am running Nagios 4.2.0 version in my setup.

define service{
name HAProxy-service ; The 'name' of this service template
active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service checks are enabled
passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted
parallelize_check 1 ; Active service checks should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major performance problems)
obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over this service (if necessary)
check_freshness 0 ; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness'
notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are enabled
event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event handler is enabled
flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled
process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data
retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts
retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts
is_volatile 0 ; The service is not volatile
check_period 24x7 ; The service can be checked at any time of the day
max_check_attempts 5 ; Re-check the service up to 5 times in order to determine its final (hard) state
normal_check_interval 3 ; Check the service every 3 minutes under normal conditions
retry_check_interval 1 ; Re-check the service every one minutes until a hard state can be determined
contact_groups admins ; Notifications get sent out to everyone in the 'admins' group
notification_options w,u,c,r ; Send notifications about warning, unknown, critical, and recovery events
notification_interval 60 ; Re-notify about service problems every hour
notification_period 24x7 ; Notifications can be sent out at any time
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!
}

Is the below settings correct if the service is down for more than 10 mins?

max_check_attempts 5 ; Re-check the service up to 5 times in order to determine its final (hard) state
normal_check_interval 3 ; Check the service every 3 minutes under normal conditions
retry_check_interval 1 ; Re-check the service every one minutes until a hard state can be determined

Please suggest. Any help will be highly appreciable. Thanks in Advance.

Regards,

Kaushal

With the settings you have, When the Nagios system detect that the service is down for 5 minutes "the retry_check_interval multiplied by max_check_attempts" the system will send out a notification.
If you want the notification to happen at 10 minutes, you would change max_check_attempts to 10.

Thanks tgriep for the reply. Please let me know about normal_check_interval 3 ; Check the service every 3 minutes under normal conditions ?

Is the below setting correct as per your recommendation?

max_check_attempts 10 ; Re-check the service up to 10 times in order to determine its final (hard) state
normal_check_interval 3 ; Check the service every 3 minutes under normal conditions
retry_check_interval 1 ; Re-check the service every one minutes until a hard state can be determined

Thanks again in Advance. Please suggest about the parameter normal_check_interval 3

Regards,

Kaushal

The check_interval is the interval of when the Nagios Process checks that service when that check is OK. Your settings for that service are set to run every three minutes.
Take a look at this link that describes all of the Object Definitions for hosts, services, etc...
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... tions.html