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RE: [Nagios-users] Error: Cannot open config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg'
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From: Subhendu G. <sg...@sg...> - 2005-05-16 22:38:06
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Filenames do not matter. What you are missing is a host declaration with "R1N1V2" -sg On Mon, 16 May 2005 Ste...@Mi... wrote: > > I tried a test, but still no luck. > > I have this in nagios.cfg: (I added a cfg_file directive for host R1N1V2) > > # grep ^cfg_ nagios.cfg > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/checkcommands.cfg > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/misccommands.cfg > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contactgroups.cfg > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/contacts.cfg > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostgroups.cfg > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/timeperiods.cfg > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostextinfo.cfg > > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts/R1N1V2.cfg > > cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts > cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/services > > > Pre-flight: > > # ./nagios -v ../etc/nagios.cfg > > Nagios 2.0b3 > Copyright (c) 1999-2005 Ethan Galstad (www.nagios.org) > Last Modified: 04-03-2005 > License: GPL > > Reading configuration data... > > Error: Could not find any host matching 'R1N1V2' > Error: Could not expand member hosts specified in hostgroup (config file > '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hostgroups.cfg', starting on line 50) > > > I'm running on HP-UX 11.11, I'll try the same test on Solaris 8 & report > results. > > Stephen S. > > > James P" To: <Ste...@Mi...> > <James.P.Fuentes@b cc: <nag...@li...> > oeing.com> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Error: Cannot open config file > '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg' > 05/16/2005 02:35 > PM > > > > > > > My bad. I should have looked into that a little further. What if you put a > "cfg_file" directive pointing to a hostname.cfg in the "cfg_dir" just to > test that Nagios even knows where to go? I dunno, just thinking out loud > with my keyboard... > -Jim > > > ________________________________ > > From: Ste...@Mi... [mailto:Ste...@Mi...] > Sent: Mon 5/16/2005 11:23 AM > To: EXT-Fuentes, James P > Cc: nag...@li... > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Error: Cannot open config file > '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg' > > > > > Jim, > > I would like a hostname.cfg file for each host that I am monitoring. > > My understanding is that I should be able to put hostname.cfg files into a > directory that I've identified with the cfg_dir directive > "cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts". > > Here is the example in nagios.cfg: > > # You can also tell Nagios to process all config files (with a .cfg > # extension) in a particular directory by using the cfg_dir > # directive as shown below: > > #cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/servers > #cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/printers > #cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/switches > #cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/routers > > For some reason the cfg_dir directive is not working. The pre-flight > doesn't pick up any hosts in the "/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts" directory. > > Stephen S. > > > > > "EXT-Fuentes, > > James P" To: > <Ste...@Mi...>, <nag...@li...> > <James.P.Fuentes@b cc: > > oeing.com> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] > Error: Cannot open config file > > '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg' > > 05/16/2005 01:51 > > PM > > > > > > > > Do you have "cfg_file" directives for each hostname.file in your > nagios.cfg? Also, I'm a little confused on why you'd point to > "cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts". That should read > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg but it sounds like you don't want > that in favor of several other hostname.cfgs: > > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/host1.cfg > cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/host2.cfg > > -Jim > > ________________________________ > > From: Ste...@Mi... [mailto:Ste...@Mi...] > Sent: Mon 5/16/2005 10:12 AM > To: nag...@li... > Subject: [Nagios-users] Error: Cannot open config file > '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg' > > > > I'm trying to use several host definition files, one for each monitored > system. I'm not using hosts.cfg. > > When I try staring the nagios deamon I get an error that it can't find > hosts.cfg: > > Nagios 2.0b3 starting... (PID=425) > Error: Cannot open config file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts.cfg' for > reading: No such file or directory > > > Location of of host definition files (1 per host): > /usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts/<hostname>.cfg > > /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg: > cfg_dir=/usr/local/nagios/etc/hosts > > > I compiled with these options: > > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/nagios \ > --exec-prefix=/usr/local/nagios \ > --bindir=/bin \ > --sbindir=/sbin \ > --libexecdir=/libexec \ > --datadir=/share \ > --sysconfdir=/etc \ > --localstatedir=/var > > > Thanks. > Stephen S. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes > Want to be the first software developer in space? > Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nag...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes > Want to be the first software developer in space? > Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nag...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > -- |
