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Host check timed out after 30.01 seconds

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:16 pm
by Christien
what is meant by Host check timed out after 30.01 seconds in nagios ? i received a lot of this alert and don't know what that means ? is that means my host is down ?

Re: Host check timed out after 30.01 seconds

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:06 pm
by benjaminsmith
Hi Christien,

That just means the plugin did get valid data back within 30 seconds. In most cases, the issue is related to a firewall or network device blocking access between the Nagios server and the host you are monitoring.

Are you able to ping the host? What type of check command is this?

--Benjamin