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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve inherited the responsibility for some Nagios checks and there’s no documentation on what was set up, so I’m a little in the dark about the Check Commands I’m looking at.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For example, I’ve included a couple of “Check Commands” and their “Expanded Command”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Example 1:<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:white'><tr><td nowrap style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #777777 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Check Command<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 1.5pt 0in 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>check_http!-H soamonitorprd.jeppesen.com -u "/PingBPEL/RunServiceTest?env=11GPROD&action=subscriptionSummary&custNum=1191078&output=xml" --timeout=30<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #777777 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Expanded Command<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 1.5pt 0in 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>/omd/sites/prod1/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H soamonitorprd.jeppesen.com -u "/PingBPEL/RunServiceTest?env=11GPROD&action=subscriptionSummary&custNum=1191078&output=xml" --timeout=30<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Example 2:<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:white'><tr><td nowrap style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #777777 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Check Command<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 1.5pt 0in 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>check_http!-H soaebsprd.jeppesen.com -p 80 -u "/soa-infra/services/Jeppdirect/CreateCustomerPartyJDirectReqABCSImplV1/createcustomerpartyjdirectreqabcsimplv1_client_ep" -s endpoint --timeout=30<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #777777 1.0pt;padding:0in 2.25pt 0in 2.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Expanded Command<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 1.5pt 0in 1.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>/omd/sites/prod1/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H soaebsprd.jeppesen.com -p 80 -u "/soa-infra/services/Jeppdirect/CreateCustomerPartyJDirectReqABCSImplV1/createcustomerpartyjdirectreqabcsimplv1_client_ep" -s endpoint --timeout=30<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I get that, from Example 1, that “soamonitorprd.jeppesen.com” is the hostname and what follows is the URL path for the check, however, I don’t have a host named “soamonitorprd.jeppesen.com” in my domain, so, in the Expanded Command, I’m unable to determine where the path actually resides.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What am I missing/not understanding?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance and I’m happy to answer any follow-on questions!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eric<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Eric Beale</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Systems Engineer, Internet Services and UI Technology Development - </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#005DAA'>Contractor</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#005DAA'>_____________________________________________</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><br>Boeing CAS Digital Aviation </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#005DAA'>|</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> Jeppesen, A Boeing Company<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Office: 303-328-4735 </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#005DAA'>| </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#005DAA'><a href="mailto:eric.beale@jeppesen.com"><span style='color:blue'>eric.beale@jeppesen.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><br>55 Inverness Drive East </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#005DAA'>|</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Englewood, CO, 80112, USA <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>