On Feb 3, 2010, at 8:16 AM, Jeff wrote: > I have a service that needs to be monitored every minute. I need some help > understanding how services go from soft to a hard state
When a service check results in a non-OK state, services go from a Soft to a Hard state when they reach max_check_attempts. http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/statetypes.html > and if an event handler can be run after a service has gone into a hard > state. Only for it's initial Hard problem state or initial Hard recovery state. http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/eventhandlers.html > I'm sure everyone has a very dynamic and custom environment to some extent. > I have event handlers that will not run if a lock file is present (cause i am > deploying code or so other scripts do not step on each other). So I for this > service that I monitor every minute, I have Max Retries set to 3, Check > Interval is 1, and retry interval is 1. Can someone help shed some light on > how I can get an event handler to run again after a service has gone into a > hard state? You can't really... The only real facility nagios has to do this (that I can think of right now) is is_volatile (http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html#service) but that's probably overkill for your needs; particularly the notification implications. -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-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
