I have defined, in /etc/nagios/escalations.cfg, a hostgroupescalation, like so:
define hostgroupescalation{
hostgroup_name all-linux
first_notification 3
last_notification 0
contact_groups oncall,sysadmins-pgr
notification_interval 5
}
... thinking that from escalation point 3 and up, the oncall person
and the sysadmins will get notified every five minutes.
Except that it never seems to get processed. The "default" contact_groups, from the services declaration, all get their notices, but the escalation-people never get theirs.
I created a service escalation (for the service I've been using to test the escalation), and it worked just fine (it's now commented out though as I try to get the hostgroupescalation to work):
#define serviceescalation{
# host_name smtp03
# service_description SMTP
# first_notification 3
# last_notification 0
# contact_groups oncall,sysadmins-pgr
# notification_interval 5
#}
... so I know that the escalations.cfg is being processed, and it's
*willing* to escalate, just not to escalate for a hostgroup.
I confirmed that smtp03 *is* in the "all-linux" hostgroup declaration, and it appears there in all the GUI locations, so it's not that the hostgroup simply doesn't match the server in question.
What am I missing? Is this some stupid typo that I'm not noticing? The members of the service's contact_groups field all get their notices, but the people it's supposed to escalate to don't. What am I missing?
Thanks much! Cheers, D -- Derek J. Balling Systems Administrator Vassar College 124 Raymond Ave Box 13 - Computer Center 221 Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 (845) 437-7231
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