I tried to post it to the Nagios users mailing list but couldn’t get this resolved. So I am trying it here.
My Nagios install seems to be in a perpetual pending state. When I checked the archives, I found a lot of threads regarding this “pending” status and “Host has not been checked yet” messages that users have been getting on a fresh install. But unfortunately none of the suggestions (at least most of them) did not work for me. Hence I am posting my question (again?) - How do I get the Nagios to actually check the services? What am I missing?
Here are the config details:
Nagios 2.0b3
Copyright © 1999-2005 Ethan Galstad (www.nagios.org)
Last Modified: 04-03-2005
License: GPL
Reading configuration data…
Running pre-flight check on configuration data…
Checking services…
Checked 5 services.
Checking hosts…
Checked 1 hosts.
Checking host groups…
Checked 1 host groups.
Checking service groups…
Checked 0 service groups.
Checking contacts…
Checked 1 contacts.
Checking contact groups…
Checked 1 contact groups.
Checking service escalations…
Checked 0 service escalations.
Checking service dependencies…
Checked 0 service dependencies.
Checking host escalations…
Checked 0 host escalations.
Checking host dependencies…
Checked 0 host dependencies.
Checking commands…
Checked 23 commands.
Checking time periods…
Checked 1 time periods.
Checking extended host info definitions…
Checked 0 extended host info definitions.
Checking extended service info definitions…
Checked 0 extended service info definitions.
Checking for circular paths between hosts…
Checking for circular host and service dependencies…
Checking global event handlers…
Checking obsessive compulsive processor commands…
Checking misc settings…
Total Warnings: 0
Total Errors: 0
Things look okay - No serious problems were detected during the pre-flight check
-s option
Nagios 2.0b3
Copyright © 1999-2005 Ethan Galstad (www.nagios.org)
Last Modified: 04-03-2005
License: GPL
Projected scheduling information for host and service
checks is listed below. This information assumes that
you are going to start running Nagios with your current
config files.
HOST SCHEDULING INFORMATION
Total hosts: 1
Total scheduled hosts: 0
Host inter-check delay method: SMART
Average host check interval: 0.00 sec
Host inter-check delay: 0.00 sec
Max host check spread: 30 min
First scheduled check: N/A
Last scheduled check: N/A
SERVICE SCHEDULING INFORMATION
Total services: 5
Total scheduled services: 5
Service inter-check delay method: SMART
Average service check interval: 300.00 sec
Inter-check delay: 60.00 sec
Interleave factor method: SMART
Average services per host: 5.00
Service interleave factor: 5
Max service check spread: 30 min
First scheduled check: Thu Jun 9 14:55:19 2005
Last scheduled check: Thu Jun 9 14:59:19 2005
CHECK PROCESSING INFORMATION
Service check reaper interval: 10 sec
Max concurrent service checks: Unlimited
PERFORMANCE SUGGESTIONS
I have no suggestions - things look okay.
Host:
define host{
use generic-host ; Name of host template to use
host_name localhost
alias moya
address 127.0.0.1
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 10
notification_interval 120
notification_period 24x7
notification_options d,r
contact_groups admins
}
SERVICES:
define service{
use generic-service ; Name of service template to use
host_name localhost
service_description Root Partition
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 4
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval 1
contact_groups admins
notification_interval 960
notification_period 24x7
check_command check_local_disk!20%!10%!/
}
Define a service to check the load on the local machine.
define service{
use generic-service ; Name of service template to use
host_name localhost
service_description Current Load
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 4
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval 1
contact_groups admins
notification_interval 960
notification_period 24x7
check_command check_local_load!5.0,4.0,3.0!10.0,6.0,4.0
}
Define a service to check the number of currently running procs
on the local machine. Warning if > 250 processes, critical if
> 400 users.
define service{
use generic-service ; Name of service template to use
host_name localhost
service_description Total Processes
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 4
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval 1
contact_groups admins
notification_interval 960
notification_period 24x7
check_command check_local_procs!250!400
}
Define a service to check the number of currently logged in
users on the local machine. Warning if > 20 users, critical
if > 50 users.
define service{
use generic-service ; Name of service template to use
host_name localhost
service_description Current Users
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 4
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval 1
contact_groups admins
notification_interval 960
notification_period 24x7
check_command check_local_users!20!50
}
Define a service to “ping” the local machine
define service{
use generic-service ; Name of service template to use
host_name localhost
service_description PING
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 4
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval 1
contact_groups admins
notification_interval 960
notification_period 24x7
check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
}
Generic service definition template - This is NOT a real service, just a template!
define service{
name generic-service ; The ‘name’ of this service template
active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service checks are enabled
passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted
parallelize_check 1 ; Active service checks should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major performance problems)
obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over this service (if necessary)
check_freshness 1 ; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness’
notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are enabled
event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event handler is enabled
flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled
failure_prediction_enabled 1 ; Failure prediction is enabled
process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data
retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts
retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE.
}
COMMANDS:
‘check_local_load’ command definition
define command{
command_name check_local_load
command_line $USER1$/check_load -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$
}
‘check_ping’ command definition
define command{
command_name check_ping
command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p 5
}
‘check_local_disk’ command definition
define command{
command_name check_local_disk
command_line $USER1$/check_disk -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p $ARG3$
}
‘check_local_users’ command definition
define command{
command_name check_local_users
command_line $USER1$/check_users -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$
}
‘check_local_procs’ command definition
define command{
command_name check_local_procs
command_line $USER1$/check_procs -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -s $ARG3$
}