[Nagiosplug-devel] Passing arguments to a servce?

[nodata]

Thanks for this.

I think I'm going to end up with a lot of similar services :)

It would be nice if a service could inherit or "use" another service.
That way there would be no repetition.

>
> You can put on 'checkcommands.cfg' file anything you want.. you can
> create multiple fixed checkcommands like:
>
> # 'check_your_check01' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    check_your_check01
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_your_check $HOSTADDRESS$ USER PASS
> DBSVR DBNAME
>         }
>
> this frist dont have $ARGx$ only fixed parameters
> OR you can do this.. (mix)
>
> # 'check_your_check02' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    check_your_check02
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_your_check $HOSTADDRESS$ USER PASS
> $ARG1$ DBSVR DBNAME
>         }
>
> # 'check_your_check03' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    check_your_check03
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_your_check 192.168.0.1 USER PASS
> DBSVR DBNAME
>         }
>
> you must put in services the name in command_name like:
>
>
> # Service definition
> define service{
>         use                             generic-service         ; Name of
> service template to use
>
>         host_name                       MY-SERVER
>         service_description             CHECK_YOUR_CHECK01
>         is_volatile                     0
>         check_period                    24x7
>         max_check_attempts              3
>         normal_check_interval           10
>         retry_check_interval            1
>         contact_groups                  LOCAL-admins
>         notification_interval           20
>         notification_period             24x7
>         notification_options            c,r
>         check_command
> check_your_check!USER!PASS!DBSVR!DBNAME
>         }
>
> OR
> fixed:
>
> # Service definition
> define service{
>         use                             generic-service         ; Name of
> service template to use
>
>         host_name                       MY-SERVER
>         service_description             CHECK_YOUR_CHECK03
>         is_volatile                     0
>         check_period                    24x7
>         max_check_attempts              3
>         normal_check_interval           10
>         retry_check_interval            1
>         contact_groups                  LOCAL-admins
>         notification_interval           20
>         notification_period             24x7
>         notification_options            c,r
>         check_command                   check_your_check03!
>         }
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "nodata" <nagios at nodata.co.uk>@lists.sourceforge.net em 05/10/2004
> 07:30:39
>
> Enviado Por:      nagiosplug-devel-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
>
>
> Para:  nagiosplug-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> cc:
>
> Assunto:    [Nagiosplug-devel] Passing arguments to a servce?
>
> How can I pass an argument to a service?
>
> I have many hosts, each running multiple Sybase databases.
> I have a plugin that checks whether the Sybase database is up.
>
> The plugin requires four arguments to connect:
>  * user
>  * pass
>  * dbsvr (note that this is not the hostname)
>  * dbname
>
> My question is: Because I cannot use the $HOSTNAME$ macro to make a
> generic SYBASE-Server service, how can I still have a generic
> SYBASE-Server service, with custom arguments passed to its check_command?
>
> Your help would really be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
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