[Nagios-users] macros in check_command

[Adrian Bridgett]

I've had a google for this but can't see anyone else reporting it. I have a website which I'd like to monitor, however it will be loadbalanced and HA'd between two machines.  I'd therefore like to monitor, webA, webB and the external address. define hostgroup{         hostgroup_name  ext_web         alias           External webservers         contact_groups  web-admins         members         webA,webB         } define host{         use generic-host         host_name webA         alias webA (HA-1) } define host{         use generic-host         host_name webB         alias webB (HA-2) } define command{         command_name    check_ext_web         command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H www.example.com -I $ARG1$ -u "/" -s "Welcome to Example.com" -w 2 -c 10         } define service{         use                     frequent-service         hostgroup_name       mgmt         service_description     external web         contact_groups          web-admins         check_command           check_ext_web!www.example.com         event_handler_enabled   1         event_handler           event-handler         } define service{         use                     frequent-service         hostgroup_name          ext_web         service_description     external web         contact_groups          web-admins         check_command           check_ext_web!$HOSTADDRESS$         event_handler_enabled   1         event_handler           event-handler         } However although the first service works fine, the second one doesn't.  check_http ends up being called with "$" instead of the address of webA and webB.  I've left out the details of the "mgmt" group. This is nagios 1.3 I'm afraid.  Looking at the docs and reading between the lines a little am I correct in saying that macros are _only_ supported in commands in v1.3? http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/macros.html Many thanks, Adrian -- Adrian Bridgett