Service stacking

Nagios Nagios Configuration support
1

I have a bunch of Dell servers and I’d like to combine several of the checks so they work like a template. Obviously the method below does not “entirely work”, the XXX service gets registered, but Services YYY and ZZZ to not work.

Any suggestions?
thanks in advance.

define service{
name basic-serviceZZZ
use basic-service
service_description Dell-OpenManage-TemperatureZZZ
servicegroups dell-openmanage-temperature
check_command check_openmanage_SNMP_temperature!$USER12$
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS JUST A TEMPLATE!
}

define service{
name basic-serviceYYY
use basic-serviceZZZ
service_description Dell-OpenManage-DriversYYY
servicegroups dell-openmanage-drivers
check_command check_openmanage_SNMP-all!$USER12$
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS JUST A TEMPLATE!
}

define service{
name basic-serviceXXX
use basic-serviceYYY
service_description Dell-OpenManage-StatusXXX
servicegroups dell-openmanage
check_command check_openmanage_SNMP!$USER12$
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS JUST A TEMPLATE!
}

define service{
host_name Dell-Server
use basic-serviceXXX
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 5
normal_check_interval 10
contacts admin
notification_interval 120
notification_period workhours
check_command check_openmanage_SNMP_temperature!$USER12$
}

2

Doh…Never mind…
I found the answer in another post named ‘Grouping of services’ Postby rafaelbarbosa on 06 Nov 2009 12:33

3

Ok, maybe not so easy. At least I’ve not been able to wrap by mind around it yet.

Example: 6 hosts

Host_1A, Host_1B contact for both hosts is contact_1
Host_2B, Host_2B contact for both hosts is contact_2
Host_3A, Host_3B contact for both hosts is contact_3

All hosts have three Dell Service Checks
Temperature
Drivers
Everything

The Big difference between each service group is that the ‘contacts’ change. The notification_period may also vary based on the contact.

Hostgroups and Servicegroups appear in the web interface and we don’t want that as the hosts are grouped by services, not what contact(s) get notified.

Suggestions?
Thanks in advance.