[Nagiosplug-help] check_url.pl plugin

[Evans Plummer]

Philip

    Thanks very much, that helped!  I have been frustrated for a while
trying to figure this out.  I was not aware that the nagios -v check
actually identified your problem.  That is a huge help.

    So each 3rd party plugin you choose to use must be defined in the
command.cfg to operate properly?  I assume that all the standard nagios
plugins are already defined?  

    Thanks again for you assistance!

Van



On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 09:14 -0700, Philip Marcus wrote:

> Hi Van,
> 
> Looks like it may be a type error:
> 
> in your service definition, you use the check command called:
> check_url.pl
> 
> In your command definition, you have named the command:
> check_url     ### without the .pl
> 
> Also, when before starting nagios, you can have it run a configuration
> check with something like:
> 
> /usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
> 
> That should alert you to the config option which is failing.
> It should say something like, undefined check_command on line XXX of
> services.cfg
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> -Philip
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Evans Plummer
> <evans.plummer at usis.com> wrote:
> 
>         Morning,
>         
>             I am attempting to use the above referenced plugin without
>         success.  I can execute it from a command line and it works
>         fine, when I add it to the cfg file it does not.  I get the
>         "Running configuration check... CONFIG ERROR!  Restart
>         aborted.  Check your Nagios configuration." error.  Here is
>         the syntax I am using:
>         
>             define service{
>                 use                             generic-service
>                 host_name                  somehost
>                 service_description      URL
>                 check_command         check_url.pl!URL!1
>                 max_check_attempts   5
>                 normal_check_interval  5
>                 retry_check_interval     3
>                 check_period               24x7
>                 notification_interval       0
>                 notification_period        24x7
>                 notification_options      c,r
>                 contact_groups           some group 
>                 }
>         
>             I have defined this info in the command.cfg file, I assume
>         this must be done for all added check commands?  Is this true?
>         
>             # 'check_url command' definition
>         define command{
>                 command_name    check_url
>                 command_line    $USER1$/check_url.pl $HOSTADDRESS$
>         $ARG1$ $ARG2$
>                 }
>         
>                 Through trail and error I have remmed out all lines in
>         the "define service" section 1 at a time and restart the
>         Nagios service and have identified the "service_description"
>         line as being the problem.  That seem very strange to me since
>         it appears to only be a name.  Never the less, I obviously
>         have some syntax error preventing this from operating
>         properly.  Thanks for any assistance!
>         
>         Van 
>         
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