Michael Barrett wrote: > Hi, I'm having a problem with an example given in the Tips& Tricks > documentation page. Currently I'm running: Nagios Core 3.2.0 > > Anyway, the tip I'm trying is from here > http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/nagioscore/3/en/objecttricks.html#serviceescalation > > The particular tip reads: > > All Services On Same Host: > If you want to create service escalations for all services assigned to a > particular host, you can use a wildcard in the service_description directive. > The definition below would create a service escalation for all services on > host HOST1. All the instances of the service escalation would be identical > (i.e. have the same contact groups, notification interval, etc.). > > If you feel like being particularly adventurous, you can specify a wildcard > in both the host_name and service_description directives. Doing so would > create a service escalation for all services that you've defined in your > configuration files. > > ########## > > So I tried the following: > > define serviceescalation { > name email-all > first_notification 1 > last_notification 0 > notification_interval 120 > contact_groups ops-group > > register 0 > } > > define serviceescalation { > use email-all > host_name * > service_description * > } > > And when I go to restart nagios I get the following: > > Error: Could not expand hostgroups and/or hosts specified in service (config > file '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/services.cfg', starting on line 34) > Error processing object config files! > > > Anyone know why this is a problem? Am I missing something in the > documentation, or is it just incorrect? >
You probably have some hosts that have no services assigned. Using the wildcard for both host_name and service_description will not work in that case, unfortunately. All hosts specified MUST have a service that matches the given service_description or you will get this error. Paul Dubuc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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
