Icinga: http check without ping'ing

Question

I'm setting up Icinga for the first time.

I'd like to monitor websites, not their hosts (i.e. no ping, only http).

I've created a template like this:

template Host "generic-website" {
    check_command = "http"
}


apply Service "http" {
  import "generic-website"

  check_command = "http"

  assign where host.vars.http_address
}

but my "hosts" always show up even with a bogus address.

What is the proper way to check for http?

Thanks in advance

You'd probably need to define more custom attributes required by the 'http' CheckCommand as command parameters. Please add more details on the actual host object involved. — dnsmichi, Oct 17 '15 at 16:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '15 at 10:20

You can define a command like this:

# 'check_http' command definition
define command{
command_name    check_http
command_line    $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$
}

And then calling this command as:

define service{
use                             genericservice
hostgroup_name                  hostgroup
service_description             Web Servers public site
notes                           www site check
check_command                   check_http
}

That's for Icinga 1.x but not Icinga 2 from the OP. – dnsmichi Oct 17 '15 at 16:36 — dnsmichi, Oct 17 '15 at 16:36

Icinga: http check without ping'ing

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