PROCESS_HOST_CHECK_RESULT

Command Format:

PROCESS_HOST_CHECK_RESULT;<host_name>;<status_code>;<plugin_output>

Description:

This is used to submit a passive check result for a particular host. The "status_code" indicates the state of the host check and should be one of the following: 0=UP, 1=DOWN, 2=UNREACHABLE. The "plugin_output" argument contains the text returned from the host check, along with optional performance data.

Shell Script Usage Example:

#!/bin/sh # This is a sample shell script showing how you can submit the PROCESS_HOST_CHECK_RESULT command # to Nagios. Adjust variables to fit your environment as necessary. now=`date +%s` commandfile='/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd' /bin/printf "[%lu] PROCESS_HOST_CHECK_RESULT;host1;0;Host appears to be UP\n" $now > $commandfile

Command Categories:

Hosts Service and Host Checks

Nagios Version(s):

2.x 3.x