Re: [Nagios-users] check_http (bogus) setup

2010-04-16 Thread Gerard Petersen
Dear Marc, Thanx for you elaborate feedback. The joke is somewhat on me, but more on that in a second. You're documentation is good and to the point! The configuration I used was a apt-get installed nagios3 on Ubuntu 9.10 which seems a recipe from a modern kitchen. I ofcourse totally agree wit

Re: [Nagios-users] check_http (bogus) setup

2010-04-15 Thread Morris, Patrick
Gerard Petersen wrote: > Hi All, > > I've been testing with the check_http service. I always was under the > assumption that the setup below would check www.example.com > > define service{ > use generic-service > host_name myhost1 >

Re: [Nagios-users] check_http (bogus) setup

2010-04-15 Thread Marc Powell
On Apr 15, 2010, at 3:50 AM, Gerard Petersen wrote: > Hi All, > > I've been testing with the check_http service. I always was under the > assumption that the setup below would check www.example.com Why did you make this assumption? It's not documented to work like this. > check_command

[Nagios-users] check_http (bogus) setup

2010-04-15 Thread Gerard Petersen
Hi All, I've been testing with the check_http service. I always was under the assumption that the setup below would check www.example.com define service{ use generic-service host_name myhost1 service_description http -