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PROCS OK: 0 processes with args 'postfix', STATE = 10

command[check_procs]=/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_procs -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ $

define service {
       use                           generic-service
       host_name                     SERVER2
       service_description           Check Postfix Service
       check_command                 check_nrpe!check_procs -a '-w 10 -c 20 -a postfix'

00_kl250 wrote:I believe that it's because of your check command:

check_command check_nrpe!check_procs -a '-w 10 -c 20 -a postfix'

if you change -w 10 to -w 0 and then run your test, what happens?

If i'm reading what you have correctly, you won't get a warning notification unless 10 "postfix" processes are running and then you won't get a critical notification until 20 "postfix" processes are running.

Edit:

Actually now that I think of it:

1). I think you have to use the -C flag for the process name
2). -c 1: -w 3: -C [process name], in this example you will get a critical alert if it can't find one process that matches and warn if it can't find atleast three.

 check_command                 check_nrpe!check_procs -a '-c 1: -w 3: -C  

PROCS WARNING: 0 processes with command name 'postfix', STATE = 1:

scottwilkerson wrote:postfix isn't a process, it's a service

scottwilkerson wrote:You may be able to do that by looking for a process that postfix starts, on my system I believe it is called "master"

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ps -ef|grep postfix |grep -v grep

PROCS WARNING: 0 processes with command name 'postfix', STATE = 1:

scottwilkerson wrote:try this

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check_command                 check_nrpe!check_procs -a '-c 1: -w 1: -C master'

then restart nagios