[Nagiosplug-help] Services

[Charles Lacour]

>>> "barry.maclean" <barry.maclean at shaw.ca> 10/29/04 10:45PM >>>
>How do I configure a service to be checked every 10 minutes and
> other services 20 etc.????

Assuming you're using the recommended template method, you define
a service template that uses a 20-minute interval, then override it for the
one service you want to be different.

The top of the "services.cfg" file that comes as part of the nagios
package has a template called "generic-service" at the top of the file.
You can either modify it, or copy it and change the name.

The particular parameter you want is called "normal_check_interval".
Set that to 20 in the template, and then copy that one line to the specific
service you want to be different and change the time in the
service-specific line.

Example:

define service {
                   use        test-service
              hostname        test002
   service_description        fs_space
         check_command        fs_space
        contact_groups        unix_admins
}

define service {
                   use        test-service
              hostname        test002
   service_description        cpubusy
         check_command        cpubusy
        contact_groups        unix_admins
 normal_check_interval        10
}


Assuming "test-service" had been defined with normal_check_interval
set to 20, the "fs_space" check would run every 20 minutes, and the
"cpubusy" check would run every 10.