Check your host config for mail.myvest.com. Also when you do check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ it's expecting the IP Address of the host that you gave in the host config.
-Lori > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julie S. Lin > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 10:54 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] check_http problems > > Hi > > i wish to enable check_http monitoring for my webmail server under > nagios 1.2 but > i get the following failure .. > [1140027855] SERVICE ALERT: > mail.myvest.com;HTTP;CRITICAL;SOFT;2;Connection refused by host > [1140027915] SERVICE ALERT: > mail.myvest.com;HTTP;CRITICAL;HARD;3;Connection refused by host > > > here is my services.cfg entry > define service{ > use generic-service > host_name ns1, mail.myvest.com > service_description HTTP > is_volatile 0 > check_period 24x7 > max_check_attempts 3 > normal_check_interval 3 > retry_check_interval 1 > contact_groups admin > notification_interval 120 > notification_period 24x7 > notification_options w,u,c,r > check_command check_http > } > > here is my checkcommands.cfg entry (pretty default) > # 'check_http' command definition > define command{ > command_name check_http > command_line $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ > } > > > HOWEVER, here's the kicker, and why I'm asking for a little nudge in the > right direction ..when I manually run the check it works! Any advice > would be > greatly appreciated. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] plugins]# ./check_http -H mail.myvest.com > HTTP ok: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 0.003 second response time |time= 0.003 > > i can do it as any user and it works. and the ns1 http check is working > fine. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log > files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ 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