You can link a service to a host or host group. A host is only monitored if there is service linked to it!
For creating a new service or editing existing service, proceed as follows:
- Open the Administration Web Interface > Configuration > Setup > Services
- Click an existing entry to change it or click “Create new service” to define a new service
- Select a command from the list of plugins
The following describes the setting for a service in detail:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Service name | Name of the service Notice: The name shall not contain special characters or spaces. The name must be unambiguous, shall not be assigned twice and is case sensitive. |
| Hosts | You can enable the "Check hosts" option if you want to link one single or several single hosts to that service. You can enable the "Check host groups" option if you want to link a host group to that service. Via double-click in the "Non-members" selection box, add a host or host group to the "Members" selection box or click on it and use the following button Via double-click in the "Members" selection box, remove a host or host group if you do not want to link it to the service or click on it and use the following button |
| Command | Individual settings for that service. The available settings depend on the selected plug-in. |
| Normal check frequency (minutes) | An interval in minutes at which a service with OK status shall be checked. |
| Check attempts | Specify how often a service shall be checked in the event of a fault before its status is changed from WARNING to CRITICAL. |
| Retry check frequency (minutes) | Define that in the event of a fault, the time interval for a recheck shall be shortened. The entered value is processed in minutes. For example if you check the service every 5 minutes (see "Normal check frequency"), in the event of a fault, the check is not executed every 5 minutes but at the entered time interval (3 minutes, for example). |
| Timeperiod to perform checks | The time period in which checking is enabled. |
| Notification frequency | Specify at what intervals (in minutes) notifications shall be sent. Notice: Enter "0" to only receive one notification in the event of a fault. As long as the status does not change, no further notifications are sent. Only after a status change is another notification sent. |
| Notification timeperiod | Link alarms of the host status to one of the configured time periods. |
| First notification delay (minutes) | |
| Contactgroups receiving notifications | A contact group to receive a notification in the event of a fault. |
| Enable flap-detection | |
| Lower flapping-threshold | |
| Upper flapping-threshold | |
| Event handler | Select "Yes" if you want to enable the event handler. azeti AGENT on the host then tries to solve the problem independently. Select "No" from the selection box if you want to disable the event handler. |
| Event when service is in state | The fault status in case of which the event handler shall take action. Enable the corresponding check box. |
| Global Event Handler | The IP address of a host that provides a central event handler |
| Process performance data | Select "Yes" if the performance data of the service shall be saved for later evaluation. Select "No" if the performance data of the service shall not be saved or if you want to change the value in the "Normal check frequency" input box (see above). |
| Performance data type | Specify the type of performance data. |
| Performance graph type | |
| Notes (optional) | |
| Execute active checks | |
| Execute passive checks | |
| Freshness checking | |
| Service is volatile | |
| Freshness threshold in seconds | |
| My Properties (optional) |
