[PLUG] Nagios

Mike Witt MW_Plug at Num9.com
Wed Dec 21 18:38:40 UTC 2005


I still can't seem to make any progress on the notifications
for services. One specific thing I realize I'm unclear on is
"active" vs "passive" checks. What my original configuration
was doing (which I *think* was the default) was active and
passive checks on services, and only passive checks on hosts.

After reading the documentation I'm confused about this.
I *think* all my checks are "originated" by Nagios (though
they are carried out by plug-ins.) It seems like all the
checks I want would be "active."  However, it doesn't appear
to make any difference when I change the config to use
all active checks. In fact, when I configure hosts to have
only active checks, BOTH active and passive checks show up
as "No" when I look at the running config via the web page.
So it would seem that there would be NO checks running.
But it doesn't appear to affect the operation at all.

BTW, if anyone is motivated to take a look at my config
either by viewing the web page or ssh, lemme know. I'd be
more then happy to buy beers at the Lucky Lab for anyone
who could help me figure this out. It's *probably* just
some simple thing I've overlooked or don't understand.

-Mike



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