Ah, that is exactly what I was missing. Thanks! On Apr 9, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Jim Avery wrote:
> 2009/4/9 Edward Trochim <[email protected]>: >> I have a service template that specifies several host groups and one >> host to check. One of the services that inherits this template should >> not be executed by one of the host groups defined. I read the object >> tricks documentation page and found that I could include a ! before >> the name in a hostgroup_name definition in the service definition to >> exclude that hostgroup from that service. However, when I do that >> nagios excludes all hostgroups from the list from running that >> service. >> >> That explanation of the problem might be a little thick so here is an >> abbreviated example. >> >> I have a service template like this: >> >> define service{ >> name standard-check >> use generic-service >> hostgroup_name hostgroup1, hostgroup2, hostgroup3,\ >> hostgroup4, >> hostgroup5, hostgroup6,\ >> hostgroup7 >> host_name host1 >> servicegroups standard_checks >> register 0 >> } >> >> And a service definition like this. I want to exclude hostgroup5 from >> this one service definition: >> >> define service{ >> use standard-check >> hostgroup_name !hostgroup5 >> service_description Disk Space >> } >> >> Instead of doing what I want this excludes every hostgroup defined in >> the template. host1 still gets the service though. >> >> I am currently running nagios version 3.0.6. >> >> Is this a bug in nagios or am I misunderstanding the way this should >> behave? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: >> High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. >> Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com >> _______________________________________________ >> Nagios-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users >> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when >> reporting any issue. >> ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/ >> null >> > > The line "hostgroup_name !hostgroup5" will completely > supercede anything previously specified for hostgroup_name in the > template. > > If you want it to be processed as an addition to what was in your > template, you need to prefix the list with a "+". So in your service > definition, you need to put: > > hostgroup_name +!hostgroup5 > > I've only ever used this syntax myself for specifying additional > contacts, but I guess the logic would be the same for hostgroups too. > Give it a try anyway and come back if it doesn't work. > > I assume you're using Nagios 3. I don't think use of "+" in this way > was possible in version 2. > > Cheers, > > Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
