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Apply a service to a host - NAGIOS

I'm a Nagios newbie and after reading several doc about hosts, services, commands definitions I came across a pretty dumb error which I can't get pass by.

I followed this tutorial: Official Nagios Tuto

Here is my nagios.cfg code (just a sample, not all the conf):

cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/timperiodds.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/templates.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/hosts.cfg
cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/services.cfg

Now my hosts.cfg:

define host {
    host_name         nas_01
    alias             NAS Eth0
    address           192.168.1.x     ; I did not put 'x' ;)
}

Finally my services.cfg:

define service {
    use                 generic-service     ; Inherit default values from a template
    host_name           nas_01
    service_description HTTP
    check_command       check_http
}

I try to validate the conf file using: /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg

But I get this error:

Error: Invalid max_check_attempts value for host 'nas_01'
Error: Could not register host (config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/hosts.cfg', starting on line 7)

If I try to put my host definition in my services.cfg I have the following error:

Warning: Duplicate definition found for host 'nas_01' (config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/services.cfg', starting on line 7)
Error: Could not add object property in file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/services.cfg' on line 9.
Error: Invalid max_check_attempts value for host 'nas_01'
Error: Could not register host (config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/hosts.cfg', starting on line 7)
   Error processing object config files!

Something seems shady with max_check_attempts no?

Any ideas?

Solution

  • Alright, so it was nothing...

    Basically I forgot to put the 'use linux-server' in my hosts.cfg so it fails because it misses several mandatory attributes such as max_check_attempts.

    hosts.cfg:

    define host {
    use                     linux-server
    host_name               nas_01
    alias                   NAS Eth02 
    address                 192.168.1.16
}

    services.cfg:

    define service {
    use                     generic-service
    host_name               nas_01
    service_description     HTTP Check
    check_command           check_http
}

    Thanks a lot to @Rohlik as he put me on the right way!

    Cheers