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I am trying to create a service for a switch. I accidentally unchecked Port 53 Status and Bandwidth (CPU Interface) during the initial setup, so I tried to create the service via the Core Config Manager -> Services -> Add New option. The switch IP is 192.168.20.25, so I give it the name "192.168.20.25," choose "check_xi_service_ifoperstatus" in the Check command dropdown, give it the necessary arguments, then click on "Manage Hosts" and associate a host with that service.
When I try to apply the new configuration, I get the error ""

The config file in /usr/local/nagios/etc/services/192.168.20.25.cfg is not being updated with the new service as well. What am I doing wrong?

It may help to rewrite your configuration files. Navigate to Configure using the bar on top > click Core Config Manager under Advanced Configuration on the left pane > then click Config File Management under Tools > and use the buttons on that page to perform the following steps.

1. Click Delete Files to remove your problematic configuration files.

• Click Write Configs to generate new configuration files.

• Click Verify Files to check for errors.

• If any errors are returned, correct the problem they specify and then do steps 1 - 3 again.

• Once errors are cleared, click Restart Nagios Core to apply changes.

If this does not work, please provide the errors here, and send us a profile so that we can look into this further. You can do so by navigating to System Profile under System Config on the left pane > and clicking the Download Profile button on that page.

Ok, there were a couple of things.

This Nagios installation is on a virtual machine, and I mistakenly set it to fixed disk size. It filled up on me, and corrupted my databases. I started over from scratch with a new VM and new Nagios installation. I forgot to edit my /etc/hosts file, so Nagios had nothing to point to when referring to "localhost." Fixed that problem. I had to fill out the forms for the service on 192.168.20.25, and assign it a host again. Once I did those things, and applied the configuration again, it worked!

Thank you for showing me that "Delete/Write/Verify" method. That showed me a detailed enough error where I could debug properly. Along with the previously mentioned error, it also showed me

I'm glad you figured it out!

Please let me know if you have any more questions, otherwise we can lock this thread for editing.