[Nagiosplug-help] question about failing check

[Mike Loud]

Benny,

Is there a way to change the interval of the check if it fails the first 
time though? If it fails, instead of waiting another 5 minutes to check 
again, can the check run in 10 seconds? For example, if apache doesn’t 
respond, check again in 10 seconds to make sure it isn't just a network lag 
or hiccup, and if that fails then execute the event handler? From my 
understanding, the failure count can be set but the check interval is a 
constant, or am I wrong on that? Thank you for the reply.





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-----Original Message----- 
From: C. Bensend
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 9:23 PM
To: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] question about failing check


> I have nrpe setup to check port 80. I have an event handler that will
> restart the service on a hard failure. My question is, when it has a hard
> failure, or times out, is there a way to configure nrpe to check again in
> x
> seconds? Say the normal check interval is 5 minutes, but the test of port
> 80
> just failed, can I configure nrpe to say ok I just failed or timed out, im
> going to check again in 10 seconds to make sure this is a real failure,
> and
> if so then im going to execute my event handler? I have looked into this,
> but I am not sure if I am missing an argument or if this is just not
> possible to do. Please advise, or let me know if there is a better way to
> handle first failures besides waiting an additional 5 minute cycle. Thank
> you.

Check out the event handler example in the documentation...  It shows
how to only execute the event handler after X failures, or when the
service transitions from SOFT failure to HARD.

It doesn't have to fire on the very first problem.  :)

Benny


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