Re: [icinga-users] Significance of command_endpoint attribute in host object

2017-04-10 Thread Jayapandian Ponraj
On 10 April 2017 at 19:06, Antony Stone wrote: > On Monday 10 April 2017 at 15:19:46, Jayapandian Ponraj wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Can someone explain the significance of command_endpoint attribute in the > > host object? > > It's the machine which runs the check command to see whether the host is

Re: [icinga-users] Significance of command_endpoint attribute in host object

2017-04-10 Thread Edgar Fuß
> It's the machine which runs the check command to see whether the host is up. > You don't want a machine to check itself to see whether it's up (!), so the > standard arrangement is that the parent machine performs the check. I'm using the attribute to check a router that I can only reach from th

Re: [icinga-users] Significance of command_endpoint attribute in host object

2017-04-10 Thread Antony Stone
On Monday 10 April 2017 at 15:19:46, Jayapandian Ponraj wrote: > Hi > > Can someone explain the significance of command_endpoint attribute in the > host object? It's the machine which runs the check command to see whether the host is up. > The command_endpoint in service object says where to ex

[icinga-users] Significance of command_endpoint attribute in host object

2017-04-10 Thread Jayapandian Ponraj
Hi Can someone explain the significance of command_endpoint attribute in the host object? The command_endpoint in service object says where to executed the check but I can't find a use case for the same attribute in host object. As of now am using it like the following: apply service abc { app