3.4.0 New install/setup. Host Check freshness not working.

[trey85stang]

Hey all, its been a few years since I have setup a nagios server from scratch. But I am having a problem with host checks not timing out with the check_freshness.

Here are the templates I am using:

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define host {
        name                            generic-host
        event_handler_enabled           1
        flap_detection_enabled          1
        process_perf_data               1
        retain_status_information       1
        retain_nonstatus_information    1
        notification_period             24x7
        notifications_enabled           1
        failure_prediction_enabled      1
        register                        0
}

define host {
        name                            passive_host
        check_command                   host-is-stale
        use                             generic-host
        max_check_attempts              3
        check_interval                  5
        retry_interval                  1
        active_checks_enabled           0
        passive_checks_enabled          1
        check_period                    24x7
        obsess_over_host                1
        check_freshness                 1
        freshness_threshold             480
        event_handler_enabled           1
        flap_detection_enabled          1
        process_perf_data               1
        retain_status_information       1
        retain_nonstatus_information    1
        contact_groups                  on_call
        notification_interval           60
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            d,r,s
        notifications_enabled           1
        failure_prediction_enabled      1
        register                        0
}

Any idea what I am missing here? If it matters, these hosts have never received an incoming host check... but that does not seem to matter for the service check.

Thanks,
Trey

[lmiltchev]

Is host freshness enabled globally in the nagios.cfg file?

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check_host_freshness=1

[trey85stang]

oh geez, That was it. I looked at that I swear.

Thanks for the help.

[lmiltchev]

I'm glad I could help.