Hi there, I'd like to further discuss http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=177 which is about host object declarations.
You suggest using host_name as something that resolves. However, we don't have a (DNS) hostname for each device. Also, directive description (Nagios documentation) says: "This directive is used to define a short name used to identify the host." The description for the "address" directive actually needs something useful, again, see http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html#host You say one should switch to using them differently, i.e. host_name = ip address or DNS hostname alias = description because Nagios4 will do it that way (and Icinga already does). I guess I will then try to update my config that way: - use a DNS name (if one exists) in the "host_name" field, otherwise use the IP as host_name if there is no reverse lookup for it, - in that case I use a symbolic name in the "display_name" field, - and optionally a description in the "alias" field. Furthermore for devices that have no IP but should show as different hosts, define a "virtual" hostname with the IP address of the device's management station (that may be duplicate). Anyway I'd really like to know what everyone thinks about this, and how you do it in a sensible way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 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