last_hard_state vs state_type

[nagwindmon]

team, please help me understand state_type value. when I executing API to check on host status I'm looking for last_hard_state and if its = 1, fire alert excluding 2 which mean host unreachable. But state_type is always = 1 regardless as far as I can see.
Please advise.

[lmiltchev]

This is what "state_type" means:

state_type = 0 is SOFT
state_type = 1 is HARD

Are you saying that your host is in a SOFT state, but you see:

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state_type = 1

in the REST API?

[nagwindmon]

what state_type value suppose to be when a new host being added and it is up running to start with?
yes, running REST API

[lmiltchev]

It should be:

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state_type = 1

provided the newly added host is in a HARD state.

[nagwindmon]

ok, got it. its still a bit confusing since it starts with 1 (hard state) then once issue has been detected it changes to 0 (soft) after x number of retires it goes back to 1 (hard) and stays so till another host state change occurs.

[lmiltchev]

This is by design. Let us know if you have any further questions or it's ok to close this topic. Thanks!

[nagwindmon]

I'm good, thank you, go ahead lock it.

[mbellerue]

Good to get that cleared up. Locking thread.