[Nagios-users] obsess_over_service in services.cfg

[Jay Nakamura]

What does the obsess_over_service option in service configuration do?

I want to be able to send service check result to another server but
only for select few services.

I have tried setting

obsess_over_services = 1

in main config, then

define service {
<snip>
obsess_over_service 0
</snip>
}

in services.cfg for all the services that I don't want sent to main
server.

This still results in all services sent to the main server.

If I do the reverse and set

obsess_over_services = 0

in main config, then set obsess_over_service in service.cfg to 1 for
those I want to send but 0 for ones I don't want to send, nothing gets
sent.

Is this suppose to work like I want to?

I didn't find any comment in the documentation for obsess_over_service
in services.cfg

Any help will be appreciated.

Just FYI, I am running nagios v1.2 from nagios-1.2-2.1.fc3.rf.rpm

[Bill Akins]

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/configmain.html#obsess_over_services
What does the obsess_over_service option in service configuration do?

I want to be able to send service check result to another server but
only for select few services.

I have tried setting

obsess_over_services = 1

in main config, then

define service {
<snip>
obsess_over_service 0
</snip>
}

in services.cfg for all the services that I don't want sent to main
server.

This still results in all services sent to the main server.

If I do the reverse and set

obsess_over_services = 0

in main config, then set obsess_over_service in service.cfg to 1 for
those I want to send but 0 for ones I don't want to send, nothing gets
sent.

Is this suppose to work like I want to?

I didn't find any comment in the documentation for obsess_over_service
in services.cfg

Any help will be appreciated.

Just FYI, I am running nagios v1.2 from nagios-1.2-2.1.fc3.rf.rpm


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[Marc Powell]

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: [Nagios-users] obsess_over_service in services.cfg
What does the obsess_over_service option in service configuration do?

I don't know what happened to it in the 1.x doccos, but from 2.x (which
is still the same) --

This directive determines whether or not checks for the service will be
"obsessed" over using the ocsp_command.

I want to be able to send service check result to another server but
only for select few services.
I have tried setting
obsess_over_services = 1
in main config, then
define service {
<snip>
obsess_over_service 0
</snip>
}
in services.cfg for all the services that I don't want sent to main
server.

That should do what you want.

This still results in all services sent to the main server.

Did you previously have it set to 1 for all services?

If I do the reverse and set
obsess_over_services = 0
in main config, then set obsess_over_service in service.cfg to 1 for
those I want to send but 0 for ones I don't want to send, nothing gets
sent.

Expected.

Is this suppose to work like I want to?

Yes.

I didn't find any comment in the documentation for obsess_over_service
in services.cfg
Any help will be appreciated.

It sounds like you may have retain_state_information enabled. If you do,
and previously had obsess_over_service set to 1 then the values in the
retention file will take precedence over the values in the config. See
the retention notes at
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/xodtemplate.html if that scenario
fits.

--
Marc

[Jay Nakamura]

Post by Marc Powell
It sounds like you may have retain_state_information enabled.
If you do, and previously had obsess_over_service set to 1
then the values in the retention file will take precedence
over the values in the config. See the retention notes at
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/xodtemplate.html if
that scenario fits.

Oh yes... I read that two days ago and I spaced it. I got it working!
Thanks for the sanity check! :)