On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Hienz, Michael <mhi...@lear.com> wrote:
> Hi Jean,
>
>
>
> Let me try to explain again it in “old fashioned” Nagios style. I setup a
> host in hosts.cfg where I tell the host to use a template configuration from
> templates.cfg. Within the template there is a hostgroup defined, so all
> hosts that are assigned to that template should be in that hostgroup.
>
> Additionally I used the hostgroups.cfg file and created a different
> hostgroup, where I added the host already defined with the template.
>
> This causes to have two different groups with the same hosts and I am not
> sure if that is really wanted.
>
>
>
> Simple example:
>
>
>
> templates.cfg
>
>
>
> define host{
>
> name
> linux-server
>
>
> use
> generic-host
>
> check_period
> 24x7
>
> check_interval
> 5
>
> retry_interval
> 5
>
> max_check_attempts
> 2
>
> check_command
> check_dummy!0
>
> notification_period 24x7
>
> notification_interval
> 1
>
> notification_options
> d,u,r
>
> contact_groups
> admins
>
> register
> 0
>
> hostgroups
> ServeursRedHat
>
> }
>
>
>
>
>
> hosts.cfg :
>
>
>
> define host{
>
> use
> linux-server
>
> contact_groups admins
>
> host_name
> srv-ipvs-1
>
> realm
> EMEA
>
> alias
> srv-ipvs-1
>
> address
> 192.168.0.1
>
> check_interval 1
>
> check_command
> check_host_alive
>
> }
>
>
>
> hostgroups.cfg:
>
>
>
> define hostgroup{
>
> hostgroup_name sql_server
>
>
> alias
> SQL Servers
>
> members
> srv-ipvs-1
>
> realm
> EMEA
>
> }
>
>
>
> This will end up Thruk displaying two hostgroups (ServeursRedHat and
> sql_server) with the srv-ipvs-1 hosts assigned to each hostgroup.
>
Hi,
Thans for this example. I think it's a feature. I think it's a valid way of
doing, There are two ways of adding host into hostgroups, and I think it's a
pure additive way. If I'm not wrong, Nagios is also doing as this too.
So "not a bug, it's a feature" seems true here :)
Jean
>
> So I thought if one group should be overwritten, so just one is displayed,
> or if that is a wanted feature.
>
>
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> *Von:* nap [mailto:napar...@gmail.com]
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 28. März 2011 16:43
> *An:* shinken-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Betreff:* Re: [Shinken-devel] Duplicate creation of hostgroups when
> defined in template and hostgroup file
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Hienz, Michael <mhi...@lear.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
>
> when I use a template where a hostgroup is already defined and then also
> assign a hostgroup_name which is different from the one in the template in
> the hostgroup.cfg, I can see two entries through the Thruk interface, with
> the same host being in the two different hostgroups. Not sure if that is
> really a feature, but from my point of view it seems to be a bug, because
> generally, the “last” configuration options of the host, service, etc.
> usually overwrites the top level or template confs.
>
> Yes, the template should over right the host one, unless this value start
> with a '+' (additive inheritance). But here it's another problem if I can
> understand : you set a hostgroup in the host configuration, and in another
> hostgroup, you set this host as a member is that right?
>
> If I'm not wrong such configuration say "add to both" in Nagios, and it
> sound logical to me (you got 2 way of adding into hostgroups, I don't think
> one is a preferred way to the other).
>
> Is it a configuration inherited from a Nagios ?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jean
>
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
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