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How to define a command in nagios with special characters
Posted on 2012-12-27
I have been trying to define a command in nagios with the command name including special characters like <<CheckFileSize>>. The problem is when I am running pre-flight check on configuration data it gives me error as below
Checking commands...
Error: The name of command '<<CheckFileSize>>" contains one or more illegal characters.
Checked 32 commands.
command definition:
++++++++++++++++++
define command {
command_name <<CheckFileSize>>
command_line check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 5666 -c CheckFileSize -a ShowAll MinWarn=$ARG2$ MinCrit=$ARG1$ File=c:/pagefile.sys
}
Checking commands...
Error: The name of command '<<CheckFileSize>>" contains one or more illegal characters.
Checked 32 commands.
command definition:
++++++++++++++++++
define command {
command_name <<CheckFileSize>>
command_line check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 5666 -c CheckFileSize -a ShowAll MinWarn=$ARG2$ MinCrit=$ARG1$ File=c:/pagefile.sys
}
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2 Comments
Hi abhinav4,
itkamaraj is right telling u to escape, but there are some special considerations to keep in mind.
To escape a $ sign, the procedure is different.
http://www.krenger.ch/blog/nagios-escape-dollar-character/
To escape in a command specification keep in mind you should escape twice since the first escape is for Nagios and the second is for the command.
http://www.mail-archive.com/nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg25694.html
With that knowledge you should be ready to start with nagios cfg files with special chars.
HTH
Bye!
itkamaraj is right telling u to escape, but there are some special considerations to keep in mind.
To escape a $ sign, the procedure is different.
http://www.krenger.ch/blog/nagios-escape-dollar-character/
To escape in a command specification keep in mind you should escape twice since the first escape is for Nagios and the second is for the command.
http://www.mail-archive.com/nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg25694.html
With that knowledge you should be ready to start with nagios cfg files with special chars.
HTH
Bye!
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