From: Jim A. <ji...@ji...> - 2010-12-30 19:38:06
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On 30 December 2010 17:50, stan <st...@pa...> wrote: > Can I build my service definition files as incomplete defs, and then "use" > the resultant template in the servicegroup file, where I will fill in the > approriate members? I don't think it works like that. Personally I don't bother with servicegroups hardly at all. I use hostgroups to group various kinds of host together. I then use the hostgroup in the service definition to apply that service type to all the hosts in the group. These concepts are explained in.. http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objecttricks.html I also recommend the book "Nagios" by Wolfgang Barth (pub. No Starch Press) as he has a quite readable way of introducing a lot of the concepts you need to understand when designing a Nagios configuration. You'll find that in Nagios there are usually about six ways to achieve roughly the same thing. Which one is 'best' will depend on what you want to do and your own preference. hth, Jim |