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1

Greetings :frowning:

I installed Nagios and have 9 hosts monitored so far. As I’m reading through nagios how-to’s, many people config their cfg files differently than how I have mine setup. Is there a recommended method? For example, by default, there was a localhost.cfg file and I created additional host definitions as well as creating additional service definitions and it worked like a charm. but now that I want to create additional cfg’s for checking internet connectivity (ping isp nameserver) yet when I restart nagios I’m receiving Running configuration check… CONFIG ERROR! Restart aborted. Check your Nagios configuration.

here’s my internet.cfg file:
define host{
use generic-host ; Name of host template to use
host_name google
alias Google Webserver
address www.google.com
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 20
notification_interval 120
notification_period 24x7
notification_options d,u,r
}

Define an optional hostgroup for Linux machines

define hostgroup{
hostgroup_name web ; The name of the hostgroup
alias Internet connectivityers ; Long name of the group
members google ; Comma separated list of hosts that belong to this group
}

define service{
use generic-service
host_name www.google.com
service_description PING
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 3
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval 1
contact_groups select-users-my_cluster
notification_interval 120
notification_period 24x7
notification_options c,r
check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
}

2

You have to add the additional internet.cfg to the nagios configuration. ( /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg )

3

Hi,

your problem is in your service definition:
in the host_name option, you should put the name of the host; not the address, as you’ve done :slight_smile:

=> host_name google

that should work a bit better.

And, moreover, when you restart nagios and you get a configuration check error, you should use this command:
nagios-inst-dir/bin/nagios -v nagios.cfg

=> it will tell you what the problem is