ruby-nagios 0.0.2 → 0.1.0

data/lib/nagios/objects.rb

@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ Dmytro Kovalov, dmytro.kovalov@gmail.com
     # @param [String] path UNIX path to the objects.cache file
     # @see Nagios::Objects.parse
     def initialize path
-      raise "File does not exist" unless File.exist? path
-      raise "File is not readable" unless File.readable? path
-      @objects_file = path
+      raise "File #{path} does not exist" unless File.exist? path
+      raise "File #{path} is not readable" unless File.readable? path
+      @path = path
       @objects = {}
     end
  
     # PATH to the objects.cache file
-    attr_accessor :objects_file
+    attr_accessor :path
 
     # Parsed objects
     attr_accessor :objects
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Dmytro Kovalov, dmytro.kovalov@gmail.com
 Read objects.cache file and parse it.
 
 Method reads file by blocks. Each block defines one object, definition
-starts with 'define <type> {' and ends with '}'. Each block has a
+starts with 'define <type> !{' and ends with '}'. Each block has a
 '<type>_name' line which defines name of the instance of the
 object. 
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ parsing. Same property can be accessed either using Hash @objects
 =end
     def parse
       block = {}
-      content = File.readlines objects_file
+      content = File.readlines path
       handler = nil
       content.each do |line|
         case
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ parsing. Same property can be accessed either using Hash @objects
     # @param [Symbol] resource Resource to search from: :host, :hostgroup, etc.
     # @param [Symbol] attribute Attribute to use in search. For example, find host by hostname or address, etc. anything that's defined for this resource
     # @param [Symbol] message  Is either 'find' or 'find_all' passed from caller. In case of 'find' returns 1 hash, 'find_all' - Array of Hash'es.
-    # @param [String] or [Regexp] pattern Search pattern
+    #
+    # @param [String, Regexp] pattern Search pattern
     
     def find resource, message, attribute, pattern
       self.send(resource.to_sym).values.send(message) do |a| 
@@ -166,9 +167,9 @@ parsing. Same property can be accessed either using Hash @objects
     # @param [Symbol] sym Should be in the form
     #     find(_all)?_<resource>_by_<attribute>. Similar to
     #     ActiveResource find_* dynamic methods. Depending on the name
-    #     of the mthod called (find or find_all) will pass message to
-    #     self.find method, that will call {Array.find} or
-    #     {Array.find_all} accordingly.
+    #     of the method called (find or find_all) will pass message to
+    #     self.find method, that will call Array#find or
+    #     Array.find_all accordingly.
     #
     # find_*_by and find_all_*. find_all returns Array of
     # hashes. 

data/lib/nagios/status.rb

@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
 module Nagios
   class Status
-    attr_reader :status
+    attr_reader :status, :path
+
+
+    def initialize(statusfile=nil)
+      if statusfile
+        raise ArgumentError, "Statusfile file name must be provided" unless statusfile    
+        raise RuntimeError, "Statusfile #{statusfile} does not exist" unless File.exist? statusfile
+        raise RuntimeError, "Statusfile #{statusfile} is not readable" unless File.readable? statusfile
+        @path = statusfile
+      end
+      @status = {'hosts' => { }}
+
+      self
+    end
 
     # Parses a nagios status file returning a data structure for all the data
-    def parsestatus(statusfile)
-      @status = {}
-      @status["hosts"] = {}
+    def parsestatus path=nil
 
-      handler = ""
-      blocklines = []
+      path ||= @path
+      raise ArgumentError, "Statusfile file name must be provided either in constructor or as argument to parsestatus method" unless path
+
+      @status, handler, blocklines = {'hosts' => {}}, '', []
+
+      File.readlines(path).each do |line|
 
-      File.readlines(statusfile).each do |line|
         # start of new sections
         if line =~ /(\w+) \{/
           blocklines = []
@@ -25,12 +39,15 @@ module Nagios
 
         # end of a section
         if line =~ /\}/ && handler != "" && self.respond_to?("handle_#{handler}", include_private = true)
-          eval("handle_#{handler}(blocklines)")
+          self.send "handle_#{handler}".to_sym, blocklines
           handler = ""
         end
       end
+      self
     end
 
+    alias :parse :parsestatus
+
     # Returns a list of all hosts matching the options in options
     def find_hosts(options = {})
       forhost = options.fetch(:forhost, [])
@@ -70,6 +87,8 @@ module Nagios
       notifications = options.fetch(:notifyenabled, nil)
       action = options.fetch(:action, nil)
       withservice = options.fetch(:withservice, [])
+      acknowledged = options.fetch(:acknowledged, nil)
+      passive = options.fetch(:passive, nil)
 
       services = []
       searchquery = []
@@ -85,6 +104,11 @@ module Nagios
       end
 
       searchquery << {"notifications_enabled" => notifications.to_s} if notifications
+      searchquery << {"problem_has_been_acknowledged" => acknowledged.to_s} if acknowledged
+      if passive
+        searchquery << {"active_checks_enabled"  => 0}
+        searchquery << {"passive_checks_enabled" => 1}
+      end
 
       svcs = find_with_properties(searchquery)
 
@@ -333,3 +357,5 @@ module Nagios
     end
   end
 end
+
+# vi:tabstop=2:expandtab:ai:filetype=ruby

data/lib/nagios.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
+module Nagios
+
+  DEFAULT = { 
+    :nagios_cfg_glob => ENV['NAGIOS_CFG_FILE'] || 
+    [
+     "/etc/nagios*/nagios.cfg", 
+     "/usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg"
+    ]
+  }
+
+end
+
 require 'nagios/config'
+require 'nagios/external_commands'
 require 'nagios/objects'
 require 'nagios/status'
 
@@ -7,3 +20,5 @@ class String
     alias_method :each, :each_line
   end
 end
+$: << File.dirname(__FILE__)
+

data/ruby-nagios.gemspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'ruby-nagios'
-  s.version = "0.0.2"
+  s.version = "0.1.0"
   s.author = 'R.I.Pienaar'
   s.email = 'rip@devco.net'
   s.homepage = 'http://devco.net/'

data/spec/00_configuration_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+require_relative '../lib/nagios'
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "Configuration" do 
+
+  before { 
+    @cfg = Nagios::Config.new ::TEST[:nagios_cfg]
+  }
+
+  context "nagios.cfg" do
+
+    it { File.should exist @cfg.path }
+    
+    it "should be parseable" do
+      lambda { @cfg.parse }.should_not raise_error
+    end
+
+    context "parsing nagios.cfg file" do 
+
+      before { @cfg.parse }
+      
+      it "should have PATH to objects file" do 
+        @cfg.object_cache_file.should be_a_kind_of String 
+      end
+      
+      it "should have PATH to status file" do
+        @cfg.status_file.should be_a_kind_of String 
+      end
+
+    end # parsing nagios.cfg file
+  end # nagios.cfg
+  
+  context "data files" do 
+    before { @cfg.parse }
+    
+    context Nagios::Status do
+
+      context "OOP style" do
+        subject { Nagios::Status.new( ::TEST[:status_file]  || @cfg.status_file ) }
+        
+        it { File.should exist( subject.path ) }
+        
+        it "should be parseable" do
+          lambda { subject.parse }.should_not raise_error
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "using parameter for parse method" do
+        subject { Nagios::Status.new() }
+        
+        it { File.should exist( (::TEST[:status_file]  || @cfg.status_file) ) }
+        
+        it "should be parseable" do
+          lambda { subject.parse(::TEST[:status_file]  || @cfg.status_file) }.should_not raise_error
+        end
+
+        it "should fail without a filename" do
+          lambda { subject.parse() }.should raise_error
+        end
+
+      end
+
+    end # Nagios::Status
+
+
+    context Nagios::Objects do
+
+      subject {  Nagios::Objects.new( ::TEST[:object_cache_file] || @cfg.object_cache_file) }
+
+      it { File.should exist subject.path }
+      
+      it "should be parseable" do
+        lambda { subject.parse }.should_not raise_error
+      end
+    end # Nagios::Objects
+
+  end # data files
+
+end

data/spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+TEST = if ENV['RSPEC_ENV'] == 'test'
+         { 
+    :nagios_cfg => 'test/data/nagios.cfg',
+    :status_file => 'test/data/status.dat',
+    :object_cache_file  => 'test/data/objects.cache',
+  }
+       else
+         { 
+    :nagios_cfg => nil,
+    :status_file => nil,
+    :object_cache_file  => nil
+  }
+       end

data/test/benchmark.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+$: << (File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../lib")
+
+require 'benchmark'
+require "ruby-nagios/nagios/status"
+a = Nagios::Status.new "./data/status.dat"
+
+p "Regular parse"
+
+time = Benchmark.measure do
+  1000.times { a.parse }
+end
+
+p time
+
+require "nagira/status"
+b = Nagios::Status.new "./data/status.dat"
+
+
+p "Timed parse"
+
+time = Benchmark.measure do
+  1000.times { b.parse }
+end
+
+p time

data/test/data/bad/README

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bad configuration files for Nagios - for testing

data/test/data/bad/nagios.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,1305 @@
+##############################################################################
+#
+# NAGIOS.CFG - Sample Main Config File for Nagios 
+#
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+
+# LOG FILE
+# This is the main log file where service and host events are logged
+# for historical purposes.  This should be the first option specified 
+# in the config file!!!
+
+log_file=/var/log/nagios3/nagios.log
+
+# Commands definitions
+cfg_file=/etc/nagios3/commands.cfg
+
+# Debian also defaults to using the check commands defined by the debian
+# nagios-plugins package
+cfg_dir=/etc/nagios-plugins/config
+
+
+# Debian uses by default a configuration directory where nagios3-common,
+# other packages and the local admin can dump or link configuration
+# files into.
+cfg_dir=/etc/nagios3/conf.d
+
+# OBJECT CONFIGURATION FILE(S)
+# These are the object configuration files in which you define hosts,
+# host groups, contacts, contact groups, services, etc.
+# You can split your object definitions across several config files
+# if you wish (as shown below), or keep them all in a single config file.
+
+# You can specify individual object config files as shown below:
+#cfg_file=/etc/nagios3/objects/commands.cfg
+#cfg_file=/etc/nagios3/objects/contacts.cfg
+#cfg_file=/etc/nagios3/objects/timeperiods.cfg
+#cfg_file=/etc/nagios3/objects/templates.cfg
+
+# Definitions for monitoring a Windows machine
+#cfg_file=/etc/nagios3/objects/windows.cfg
+
+# Definitions for monitoring a router/switch
+#cfg_file=/etc/nagios3/objects/switch.cfg
+
+# Definitions for monitoring a network printer
+#cfg_file=/etc/nagios3/objects/printer.cfg
+
+
+# You can also tell Nagios to process all config files (with a .cfg
+# extension) in a particular directory by using the cfg_dir
+# directive as shown below:
+
+#cfg_dir=/etc/nagios3/servers
+#cfg_dir=/etc/nagios3/printers
+#cfg_dir=/etc/nagios3/switches
+#cfg_dir=/etc/nagios3/routers
+
+
+
+
+
+# OBJECT CACHE FILE
+# This option determines where object definitions are cached when
+# Nagios starts/restarts.  The CGIs read object definitions from 
+# this cache file (rather than looking at the object config files
+# directly) in order to prevent inconsistencies that can occur
+# when the config files are modified after Nagios starts.
+
+# object_cache_file=/var/cache/nagios3/objects.cache
+object_cache_file=/Users/dmytro/Development/nagira/test/data/objects.cache
+
+
+
+# PRE-CACHED OBJECT FILE
+# This options determines the location of the precached object file.
+# If you run Nagios with the -p command line option, it will preprocess
+# your object configuration file(s) and write the cached config to this
+# file.  You can then start Nagios with the -u option to have it read
+# object definitions from this precached file, rather than the standard
+# object configuration files (see the cfg_file and cfg_dir options above).
+# Using a precached object file can speed up the time needed to (re)start 
+# the Nagios process if you've got a large and/or complex configuration.
+# Read the documentation section on optimizing Nagios to find our more
+# about how this feature works.
+
+precached_object_file=/var/lib/nagios3/objects.precache
+
+
+
+# RESOURCE FILE
+# This is an optional resource file that contains $USERx$ macro
+# definitions. Multiple resource files can be specified by using
+# multiple resource_file definitions.  The CGIs will not attempt to
+# read the contents of resource files, so information that is
+# considered to be sensitive (usernames, passwords, etc) can be
+# defined as macros in this file and restrictive permissions (600)
+# can be placed on this file.
+
+resource_file=/etc/nagios3/resource.cfg
+
+
+
+# STATUS FILE
+# This is where the current status of all monitored services and
+# hosts is stored.  Its contents are read and processed by the CGIs.
+# The contents of the status file are deleted every time Nagios
+#  restarts.
+
+# status_file=/var/cache/nagios3/status.dat
+status_file=/Users/dmytro/Development/nagira/test/data/status.dat
+
+
+
+# STATUS FILE UPDATE INTERVAL
+# This option determines the frequency (in seconds) that
+# Nagios will periodically dump program, host, and 
+# service status data.
+
+status_update_interval=10
+
+
+
+# NAGIOS USER
+# This determines the effective user that Nagios should run as.  
+# You can either supply a username or a UID.
+
+nagios_user=nagios
+
+
+
+# NAGIOS GROUP
+# This determines the effective group that Nagios should run as.  
+# You can either supply a group name or a GID.
+
+nagios_group=nagios
+
+
+
+# EXTERNAL COMMAND OPTION
+# This option allows you to specify whether or not Nagios should check
+# for external commands (in the command file defined below).  By default
+# Nagios will *not* check for external commands, just to be on the
+# cautious side.  If you want to be able to use the CGI command interface
+# you will have to enable this.
+# Values: 0 = disable commands, 1 = enable commands
+
+check_external_commands=1
+
+
+
+# EXTERNAL COMMAND CHECK INTERVAL
+# This is the interval at which Nagios should check for external commands.
+# This value works of the interval_length you specify later.  If you leave
+# that at its default value of 60 (seconds), a value of 1 here will cause
+# Nagios to check for external commands every minute.  If you specify a
+# number followed by an "s" (i.e. 15s), this will be interpreted to mean
+# actual seconds rather than a multiple of the interval_length variable.
+# Note: In addition to reading the external command file at regularly 
+# scheduled intervals, Nagios will also check for external commands after
+# event handlers are executed.
+# NOTE: Setting this value to -1 causes Nagios to check the external
+# command file as often as possible.
+
+#command_check_interval=15s
+command_check_interval=-1
+
+
+
+# EXTERNAL COMMAND FILE
+# This is the file that Nagios checks for external command requests.
+# It is also where the command CGI will write commands that are submitted
+# by users, so it must be writeable by the user that the web server
+# is running as (usually 'nobody').  Permissions should be set at the 
+# directory level instead of on the file, as the file is deleted every
+# time its contents are processed.
+# Debian Users: In case you didn't read README.Debian yet, _NOW_ is the
+# time to do it.
+
+command_file=/var/lib/nagios3/rw/nagios.cmd
+
+
+
+# EXTERNAL COMMAND BUFFER SLOTS
+# This settings is used to tweak the number of items or "slots" that
+# the Nagios daemon should allocate to the buffer that holds incoming 
+# external commands before they are processed.  As external commands 
+# are processed by the daemon, they are removed from the buffer.  
+
+external_command_buffer_slots=4096
+
+
+
+# LOCK FILE
+# This is the lockfile that Nagios will use to store its PID number
+# in when it is running in daemon mode.
+
+lock_file=/var/run/nagios3/nagios3.pid
+
+
+
+# TEMP FILE
+# This is a temporary file that is used as scratch space when Nagios
+# updates the status log, cleans the comment file, etc.  This file
+# is created, used, and deleted throughout the time that Nagios is
+# running.
+
+temp_file=/var/cache/nagios3/nagios.tmp
+
+
+
+# TEMP PATH
+# This is path where Nagios can create temp files for service and
+# host check results, etc.
+
+temp_path=/tmp
+
+
+
+# EVENT BROKER OPTIONS
+# Controls what (if any) data gets sent to the event broker.
+# Values:  0      = Broker nothing
+#         -1      = Broker everything
+#         <other> = See documentation
+
+event_broker_options=-1
+
+
+
+# EVENT BROKER MODULE(S)
+# This directive is used to specify an event broker module that should
+# by loaded by Nagios at startup.  Use multiple directives if you want
+# to load more than one module.  Arguments that should be passed to
+# the module at startup are seperated from the module path by a space.
+#
+#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+# WARNING !!! WARNING !!! WARNING !!! WARNING !!! WARNING !!! WARNING
+#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+#
+# Do NOT overwrite modules while they are being used by Nagios or Nagios
+# will crash in a fiery display of SEGFAULT glory.  This is a bug/limitation
+# either in dlopen(), the kernel, and/or the filesystem.  And maybe Nagios...
+#
+# The correct/safe way of updating a module is by using one of these methods:
+#    1. Shutdown Nagios, replace the module file, restart Nagios
+#    2. Delete the original module file, move the new module file into place, restart Nagios
+#
+# Example:
+#
+#   broker_module=<modulepath> [moduleargs]
+
+#broker_module=/somewhere/module1.o
+#broker_module=/somewhere/module2.o arg1 arg2=3 debug=0
+
+
+
+# LOG ROTATION METHOD
+# This is the log rotation method that Nagios should use to rotate
+# the main log file. Values are as follows..
+#	n	= None - don't rotate the log
+#	h	= Hourly rotation (top of the hour)
+#	d	= Daily rotation (midnight every day)
+#	w	= Weekly rotation (midnight on Saturday evening)
+#	m	= Monthly rotation (midnight last day of month)
+
+log_rotation_method=d
+
+
+
+# LOG ARCHIVE PATH
+# This is the directory where archived (rotated) log files should be 
+# placed (assuming you've chosen to do log rotation).
+
+log_archive_path=/var/log/nagios3/archives
+
+
+
+# LOGGING OPTIONS
+# If you want messages logged to the syslog facility, as well as the
+# Nagios log file set this option to 1.  If not, set it to 0.
+
+use_syslog=1
+
+
+
+# NOTIFICATION LOGGING OPTION
+# If you don't want notifications to be logged, set this value to 0.
+# If notifications should be logged, set the value to 1.
+
+log_notifications=1
+
+
+
+# SERVICE RETRY LOGGING OPTION
+# If you don't want service check retries to be logged, set this value
+# to 0.  If retries should be logged, set the value to 1.
+
+log_service_retries=1
+
+
+
+# HOST RETRY LOGGING OPTION
+# If you don't want host check retries to be logged, set this value to
+# 0.  If retries should be logged, set the value to 1.
+
+log_host_retries=1
+
+
+
+# EVENT HANDLER LOGGING OPTION
+# If you don't want host and service event handlers to be logged, set
+# this value to 0.  If event handlers should be logged, set the value
+# to 1.
+
+log_event_handlers=1
+
+
+
+# INITIAL STATES LOGGING OPTION
+# If you want Nagios to log all initial host and service states to
+# the main log file (the first time the service or host is checked)
+# you can enable this option by setting this value to 1.  If you
+# are not using an external application that does long term state
+# statistics reporting, you do not need to enable this option.  In
+# this case, set the value to 0.
+
+log_initial_states=0
+
+
+
+# EXTERNAL COMMANDS LOGGING OPTION
+# If you don't want Nagios to log external commands, set this value
+# to 0.  If external commands should be logged, set this value to 1.
+# Note: This option does not include logging of passive service
+# checks - see the option below for controlling whether or not
+# passive checks are logged.
+
+log_external_commands=1
+
+
+
+# PASSIVE CHECKS LOGGING OPTION
+# If you don't want Nagios to log passive host and service checks, set
+# this value to 0.  If passive checks should be logged, set
+# this value to 1.
+
+log_passive_checks=1
+
+
+
+# GLOBAL HOST AND SERVICE EVENT HANDLERS
+# These options allow you to specify a host and service event handler
+# command that is to be run for every host or service state change.
+# The global event handler is executed immediately prior to the event
+# handler that you have optionally specified in each host or
+# service definition. The command argument is the short name of a
+# command definition that you define in your host configuration file.
+# Read the HTML docs for more information.
+
+#global_host_event_handler=somecommand
+#global_service_event_handler=somecommand
+
+
+
+# SERVICE INTER-CHECK DELAY METHOD
+# This is the method that Nagios should use when initially
+# "spreading out" service checks when it starts monitoring.  The
+# default is to use smart delay calculation, which will try to
+# space all service checks out evenly to minimize CPU load.
+# Using the dumb setting will cause all checks to be scheduled
+# at the same time (with no delay between them)!  This is not a
+# good thing for production, but is useful when testing the
+# parallelization functionality.
+#	n	= None - don't use any delay between checks
+#	d	= Use a "dumb" delay of 1 second between checks
+#	s	= Use "smart" inter-check delay calculation
+#       x.xx    = Use an inter-check delay of x.xx seconds
+
+service_inter_check_delay_method=s
+
+
+
+# MAXIMUM SERVICE CHECK SPREAD
+# This variable determines the timeframe (in minutes) from the
+# program start time that an initial check of all services should
+# be completed.  Default is 30 minutes.
+
+max_service_check_spread=30
+
+
+
+# SERVICE CHECK INTERLEAVE FACTOR
+# This variable determines how service checks are interleaved.
+# Interleaving the service checks allows for a more even
+# distribution of service checks and reduced load on remote
+# hosts.  Setting this value to 1 is equivalent to how versions
+# of Nagios previous to 0.0.5 did service checks.  Set this
+# value to s (smart) for automatic calculation of the interleave
+# factor unless you have a specific reason to change it.
+#       s       = Use "smart" interleave factor calculation
+#       x       = Use an interleave factor of x, where x is a
+#                 number greater than or equal to 1.
+
+service_interleave_factor=s
+
+
+
+# HOST INTER-CHECK DELAY METHOD
+# This is the method that Nagios should use when initially
+# "spreading out" host checks when it starts monitoring.  The
+# default is to use smart delay calculation, which will try to
+# space all host checks out evenly to minimize CPU load.
+# Using the dumb setting will cause all checks to be scheduled
+# at the same time (with no delay between them)!
+#	n	= None - don't use any delay between checks
+#	d	= Use a "dumb" delay of 1 second between checks
+#	s	= Use "smart" inter-check delay calculation
+#       x.xx    = Use an inter-check delay of x.xx seconds
+
+host_inter_check_delay_method=s
+
+
+
+# MAXIMUM HOST CHECK SPREAD
+# This variable determines the timeframe (in minutes) from the
+# program start time that an initial check of all hosts should
+# be completed.  Default is 30 minutes.
+
+max_host_check_spread=30
+
+
+
+# MAXIMUM CONCURRENT SERVICE CHECKS
+# This option allows you to specify the maximum number of 
+# service checks that can be run in parallel at any given time.
+# Specifying a value of 1 for this variable essentially prevents
+# any service checks from being parallelized.  A value of 0
+# will not restrict the number of concurrent checks that are
+# being executed.
+
+max_concurrent_checks=0
+
+
+
+# HOST AND SERVICE CHECK REAPER FREQUENCY
+# This is the frequency (in seconds!) that Nagios will process
+# the results of host and service checks.
+
+check_result_reaper_frequency=10
+
+
+
+
+# MAX CHECK RESULT REAPER TIME
+# This is the max amount of time (in seconds) that  a single
+# check result reaper event will be allowed to run before 
+# returning control back to Nagios so it can perform other
+# duties.
+
+max_check_result_reaper_time=30
+
+
+
+
+# CHECK RESULT PATH
+# This is directory where Nagios stores the results of host and
+# service checks that have not yet been processed.
+#
+# Note: Make sure that only one instance of Nagios has access
+# to this directory!  
+
+check_result_path=/var/lib/nagios3/spool/checkresults
+
+
+
+
+# MAX CHECK RESULT FILE AGE
+# This option determines the maximum age (in seconds) which check
+# result files are considered to be valid.  Files older than this 
+# threshold will be mercilessly deleted without further processing.
+
+max_check_result_file_age=3600
+
+
+
+
+# CACHED HOST CHECK HORIZON
+# This option determines the maximum amount of time (in seconds)
+# that the state of a previous host check is considered current.
+# Cached host states (from host checks that were performed more
+# recently that the timeframe specified by this value) can immensely
+# improve performance in regards to the host check logic.
+# Too high of a value for this option may result in inaccurate host
+# states being used by Nagios, while a lower value may result in a
+# performance hit for host checks.  Use a value of 0 to disable host
+# check caching.
+
+cached_host_check_horizon=15
+
+
+
+# CACHED SERVICE CHECK HORIZON
+# This option determines the maximum amount of time (in seconds)
+# that the state of a previous service check is considered current.
+# Cached service states (from service checks that were performed more
+# recently that the timeframe specified by this value) can immensely
+# improve performance in regards to predictive dependency checks.
+# Use a value of 0 to disable service check caching.
+
+cached_service_check_horizon=15
+
+
+
+# ENABLE PREDICTIVE HOST DEPENDENCY CHECKS
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will attempt to execute
+# checks of hosts when it predicts that future dependency logic test
+# may be needed.  These predictive checks can help ensure that your
+# host dependency logic works well.
+# Values:
+#  0 = Disable predictive checks
+#  1 = Enable predictive checks (default)
+
+enable_predictive_host_dependency_checks=1
+
+
+
+# ENABLE PREDICTIVE SERVICE DEPENDENCY CHECKS
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will attempt to execute
+# checks of service when it predicts that future dependency logic test
+# may be needed.  These predictive checks can help ensure that your
+# service dependency logic works well.
+# Values:
+#  0 = Disable predictive checks
+#  1 = Enable predictive checks (default)
+
+enable_predictive_service_dependency_checks=1
+
+
+
+# SOFT STATE DEPENDENCIES
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will use soft state 
+# information when checking host and service dependencies. Normally 
+# Nagios will only use the latest hard host or service state when 
+# checking dependencies. If you want it to use the latest state (regardless
+# of whether its a soft or hard state type), enable this option. 
+# Values:
+#  0 = Don't use soft state dependencies (default) 
+#  1 = Use soft state dependencies 
+
+soft_state_dependencies=0
+
+
+
+# TIME CHANGE ADJUSTMENT THRESHOLDS
+# These options determine when Nagios will react to detected changes
+# in system time (either forward or backwards).
+
+#time_change_threshold=900
+
+
+
+# AUTO-RESCHEDULING OPTION
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will attempt to
+# automatically reschedule active host and service checks to
+# "smooth" them out over time.  This can help balance the load on
+# the monitoring server.  
+# WARNING: THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE - IT CAN DEGRADE
+# PERFORMANCE, RATHER THAN INCREASE IT, IF USED IMPROPERLY
+
+auto_reschedule_checks=0
+
+
+
+# AUTO-RESCHEDULING INTERVAL
+# This option determines how often (in seconds) Nagios will
+# attempt to automatically reschedule checks.  This option only
+# has an effect if the auto_reschedule_checks option is enabled.
+# Default is 30 seconds.
+# WARNING: THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE - IT CAN DEGRADE
+# PERFORMANCE, RATHER THAN INCREASE IT, IF USED IMPROPERLY
+
+auto_rescheduling_interval=30
+
+
+
+# AUTO-RESCHEDULING WINDOW
+# This option determines the "window" of time (in seconds) that
+# Nagios will look at when automatically rescheduling checks.
+# Only host and service checks that occur in the next X seconds
+# (determined by this variable) will be rescheduled. This option
+# only has an effect if the auto_reschedule_checks option is
+# enabled.  Default is 180 seconds (3 minutes).
+# WARNING: THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE - IT CAN DEGRADE
+# PERFORMANCE, RATHER THAN INCREASE IT, IF USED IMPROPERLY
+
+auto_rescheduling_window=180
+
+
+
+# SLEEP TIME
+# This is the number of seconds to sleep between checking for system
+# events and service checks that need to be run.
+
+sleep_time=0.25
+
+
+
+# TIMEOUT VALUES
+# These options control how much time Nagios will allow various
+# types of commands to execute before killing them off.  Options
+# are available for controlling maximum time allotted for
+# service checks, host checks, event handlers, notifications, the
+# ocsp command, and performance data commands.  All values are in
+# seconds.
+
+service_check_timeout=60
+host_check_timeout=30
+event_handler_timeout=30
+notification_timeout=30
+ocsp_timeout=5
+perfdata_timeout=5
+
+
+
+# RETAIN STATE INFORMATION
+# This setting determines whether or not Nagios will save state
+# information for services and hosts before it shuts down.  Upon
+# startup Nagios will reload all saved service and host state
+# information before starting to monitor.  This is useful for 
+# maintaining long-term data on state statistics, etc, but will
+# slow Nagios down a bit when it (re)starts.  Since its only
+# a one-time penalty, I think its well worth the additional
+# startup delay.
+
+retain_state_information=1
+
+
+
+# STATE RETENTION FILE
+# This is the file that Nagios should use to store host and
+# service state information before it shuts down.  The state 
+# information in this file is also read immediately prior to
+# starting to monitor the network when Nagios is restarted.
+# This file is used only if the preserve_state_information
+# variable is set to 1.
+
+state_retention_file=/var/lib/nagios3/retention.dat
+
+
+
+# RETENTION DATA UPDATE INTERVAL
+# This setting determines how often (in minutes) that Nagios
+# will automatically save retention data during normal operation.
+# If you set this value to 0, Nagios will not save retention
+# data at regular interval, but it will still save retention
+# data before shutting down or restarting.  If you have disabled
+# state retention, this option has no effect.
+
+retention_update_interval=60
+
+
+
+# USE RETAINED PROGRAM STATE
+# This setting determines whether or not Nagios will set 
+# program status variables based on the values saved in the
+# retention file.  If you want to use retained program status
+# information, set this value to 1.  If not, set this value
+# to 0.
+
+use_retained_program_state=1
+
+
+
+# USE RETAINED SCHEDULING INFO
+# This setting determines whether or not Nagios will retain
+# the scheduling info (next check time) for hosts and services
+# based on the values saved in the retention file.  If you
+# If you want to use retained scheduling info, set this
+# value to 1.  If not, set this value to 0.
+
+use_retained_scheduling_info=1
+
+
+
+# RETAINED ATTRIBUTE MASKS (ADVANCED FEATURE)
+# The following variables are used to specify specific host and
+# service attributes that should *not* be retained by Nagios during
+# program restarts.
+#
+# The values of the masks are bitwise ANDs of values specified
+# by the "MODATTR_" definitions found in include/common.h.  
+# For example, if you do not want the current enabled/disabled state
+# of flap detection and event handlers for hosts to be retained, you
+# would use a value of 24 for the host attribute mask...
+# MODATTR_EVENT_HANDLER_ENABLED (8) + MODATTR_FLAP_DETECTION_ENABLED (16) = 24
+
+# This mask determines what host attributes are not retained
+retained_host_attribute_mask=0
+
+# This mask determines what service attributes are not retained
+retained_service_attribute_mask=0
+
+# These two masks determine what process attributes are not retained.
+# There are two masks, because some process attributes have host and service
+# options.  For example, you can disable active host checks, but leave active
+# service checks enabled.
+retained_process_host_attribute_mask=0
+retained_process_service_attribute_mask=0
+
+# These two masks determine what contact attributes are not retained.
+# There are two masks, because some contact attributes have host and
+# service options.  For example, you can disable host notifications for
+# a contact, but leave service notifications enabled for them.
+retained_contact_host_attribute_mask=0
+retained_contact_service_attribute_mask=0
+
+
+
+# INTERVAL LENGTH
+# This is the seconds per unit interval as used in the
+# host/contact/service configuration files.  Setting this to 60 means
+# that each interval is one minute long (60 seconds).  Other settings
+# have not been tested much, so your mileage is likely to vary...
+
+interval_length=60
+
+
+
+# AGGRESSIVE HOST CHECKING OPTION
+# If you don't want to turn on aggressive host checking features, set
+# this value to 0 (the default).  Otherwise set this value to 1 to
+# enable the aggressive check option.  Read the docs for more info
+# on what aggressive host check is or check out the source code in
+# base/checks.c
+
+use_aggressive_host_checking=0
+
+
+
+# SERVICE CHECK EXECUTION OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will actively execute
+# service checks when it initially starts.  If this option is 
+# disabled, checks are not actively made, but Nagios can still
+# receive and process passive check results that come in.  Unless
+# you're implementing redundant hosts or have a special need for
+# disabling the execution of service checks, leave this enabled!
+# Values: 1 = enable checks, 0 = disable checks
+
+execute_service_checks=1
+
+
+
+# PASSIVE SERVICE CHECK ACCEPTANCE OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will accept passive
+# service checks results when it initially (re)starts.
+# Values: 1 = accept passive checks, 0 = reject passive checks
+
+accept_passive_service_checks=1
+
+
+
+# HOST CHECK EXECUTION OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will actively execute
+# host checks when it initially starts.  If this option is 
+# disabled, checks are not actively made, but Nagios can still
+# receive and process passive check results that come in.  Unless
+# you're implementing redundant hosts or have a special need for
+# disabling the execution of host checks, leave this enabled!
+# Values: 1 = enable checks, 0 = disable checks
+
+execute_host_checks=1
+
+
+
+# PASSIVE HOST CHECK ACCEPTANCE OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will accept passive
+# host checks results when it initially (re)starts.
+# Values: 1 = accept passive checks, 0 = reject passive checks
+
+accept_passive_host_checks=1
+
+
+
+# NOTIFICATIONS OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will sent out any host or
+# service notifications when it is initially (re)started.
+# Values: 1 = enable notifications, 0 = disable notifications
+
+enable_notifications=1
+
+
+
+# EVENT HANDLER USE OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will run any host or
+# service event handlers when it is initially (re)started.  Unless
+# you're implementing redundant hosts, leave this option enabled.
+# Values: 1 = enable event handlers, 0 = disable event handlers
+
+enable_event_handlers=1
+
+
+
+# PROCESS PERFORMANCE DATA OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will process performance
+# data returned from service and host checks.  If this option is
+# enabled, host performance data will be processed using the
+# host_perfdata_command (defined below) and service performance
+# data will be processed using the service_perfdata_command (also
+# defined below).  Read the HTML docs for more information on
+# performance data.
+# Values: 1 = process performance data, 0 = do not process performance data
+
+process_performance_data=0
+
+
+
+# HOST AND SERVICE PERFORMANCE DATA PROCESSING COMMANDS
+# These commands are run after every host and service check is
+# performed.  These commands are executed only if the
+# enable_performance_data option (above) is set to 1.  The command
+# argument is the short name of a command definition that you 
+# define in your host configuration file.  Read the HTML docs for
+# more information on performance data.
+
+#host_perfdata_command=process-host-perfdata
+#service_perfdata_command=process-service-perfdata
+
+
+
+# HOST AND SERVICE PERFORMANCE DATA FILES
+# These files are used to store host and service performance data.
+# Performance data is only written to these files if the
+# enable_performance_data option (above) is set to 1.
+
+#host_perfdata_file=/tmp/host-perfdata
+#service_perfdata_file=/tmp/service-perfdata
+
+
+
+# HOST AND SERVICE PERFORMANCE DATA FILE TEMPLATES
+# These options determine what data is written (and how) to the
+# performance data files.  The templates may contain macros, special
+# characters (\t for tab, \r for carriage return, \n for newline)
+# and plain text.  A newline is automatically added after each write
+# to the performance data file.  Some examples of what you can do are
+# shown below.
+
+#host_perfdata_file_template=[HOSTPERFDATA]\t$TIMET$\t$HOSTNAME$\t$HOSTEXECUTIONTIME$\t$HOSTOUTPUT$\t$HOSTPERFDATA$
+#service_perfdata_file_template=[SERVICEPERFDATA]\t$TIMET$\t$HOSTNAME$\t$SERVICEDESC$\t$SERVICEEXECUTIONTIME$\t$SERVICELATENCY$\t$SERVICEOUTPUT$\t$SERVICEPERFDATA$
+
+
+
+# HOST AND SERVICE PERFORMANCE DATA FILE MODES
+# This option determines whether or not the host and service
+# performance data files are opened in write ("w") or append ("a")
+# mode. If you want to use named pipes, you should use the special
+# pipe ("p") mode which avoid blocking at startup, otherwise you will
+# likely want the defult append ("a") mode.
+
+#host_perfdata_file_mode=a
+#service_perfdata_file_mode=a
+
+
+
+# HOST AND SERVICE PERFORMANCE DATA FILE PROCESSING INTERVAL
+# These options determine how often (in seconds) the host and service
+# performance data files are processed using the commands defined
+# below.  A value of 0 indicates the files should not be periodically
+# processed.
+
+#host_perfdata_file_processing_interval=0
+#service_perfdata_file_processing_interval=0
+
+
+
+# HOST AND SERVICE PERFORMANCE DATA FILE PROCESSING COMMANDS
+# These commands are used to periodically process the host and
+# service performance data files.  The interval at which the
+# processing occurs is determined by the options above.
+
+#host_perfdata_file_processing_command=process-host-perfdata-file
+#service_perfdata_file_processing_command=process-service-perfdata-file
+
+
+
+# OBSESS OVER SERVICE CHECKS OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will obsess over service
+# checks and run the ocsp_command defined below.  Unless you're
+# planning on implementing distributed monitoring, do not enable
+# this option.  Read the HTML docs for more information on
+# implementing distributed monitoring.
+# Values: 1 = obsess over services, 0 = do not obsess (default)
+
+obsess_over_services=0
+
+
+
+# OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SERVICE PROCESSOR COMMAND
+# This is the command that is run for every service check that is
+# processed by Nagios.  This command is executed only if the
+# obsess_over_services option (above) is set to 1.  The command 
+# argument is the short name of a command definition that you
+# define in your host configuration file. Read the HTML docs for
+# more information on implementing distributed monitoring.
+
+#ocsp_command=somecommand
+
+
+
+# OBSESS OVER HOST CHECKS OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will obsess over host
+# checks and run the ochp_command defined below.  Unless you're
+# planning on implementing distributed monitoring, do not enable
+# this option.  Read the HTML docs for more information on
+# implementing distributed monitoring.
+# Values: 1 = obsess over hosts, 0 = do not obsess (default)
+
+obsess_over_hosts=0
+
+
+
+# OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE HOST PROCESSOR COMMAND
+# This is the command that is run for every host check that is
+# processed by Nagios.  This command is executed only if the
+# obsess_over_hosts option (above) is set to 1.  The command 
+# argument is the short name of a command definition that you
+# define in your host configuration file. Read the HTML docs for
+# more information on implementing distributed monitoring.
+
+#ochp_command=somecommand
+
+
+
+# TRANSLATE PASSIVE HOST CHECKS OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will translate
+# DOWN/UNREACHABLE passive host check results into their proper
+# state for this instance of Nagios.  This option is useful
+# if you have distributed or failover monitoring setup.  In
+# these cases your other Nagios servers probably have a different
+# "view" of the network, with regards to the parent/child relationship
+# of hosts.  If a distributed monitoring server thinks a host
+# is DOWN, it may actually be UNREACHABLE from the point of
+# this Nagios instance.  Enabling this option will tell Nagios
+# to translate any DOWN or UNREACHABLE host states it receives
+# passively into the correct state from the view of this server.
+# Values: 1 = perform translation, 0 = do not translate (default)
+
+translate_passive_host_checks=0
+
+
+
+# PASSIVE HOST CHECKS ARE SOFT OPTION
+# This determines whether or not Nagios will treat passive host
+# checks as being HARD or SOFT.  By default, a passive host check
+# result will put a host into a HARD state type.  This can be changed
+# by enabling this option.
+# Values: 0 = passive checks are HARD, 1 = passive checks are SOFT
+
+passive_host_checks_are_soft=0
+
+
+
+# ORPHANED HOST/SERVICE CHECK OPTIONS
+# These options determine whether or not Nagios will periodically 
+# check for orphaned host service checks.  Since service checks are
+# not rescheduled until the results of their previous execution 
+# instance are processed, there exists a possibility that some
+# checks may never get rescheduled.  A similar situation exists for
+# host checks, although the exact scheduling details differ a bit
+# from service checks.  Orphaned checks seem to be a rare
+# problem and should not happen under normal circumstances.
+# If you have problems with service checks never getting
+# rescheduled, make sure you have orphaned service checks enabled.
+# Values: 1 = enable checks, 0 = disable checks
+
+check_for_orphaned_services=1
+check_for_orphaned_hosts=1
+
+
+
+# SERVICE FRESHNESS CHECK OPTION
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will periodically
+# check the "freshness" of service results.  Enabling this option
+# is useful for ensuring passive checks are received in a timely
+# manner.
+# Values: 1 = enabled freshness checking, 0 = disable freshness checking
+
+check_service_freshness=1
+
+
+
+# SERVICE FRESHNESS CHECK INTERVAL
+# This setting determines how often (in seconds) Nagios will
+# check the "freshness" of service check results.  If you have
+# disabled service freshness checking, this option has no effect.
+
+service_freshness_check_interval=60
+
+
+
+# HOST FRESHNESS CHECK OPTION
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will periodically
+# check the "freshness" of host results.  Enabling this option
+# is useful for ensuring passive checks are received in a timely
+# manner.
+# Values: 1 = enabled freshness checking, 0 = disable freshness checking
+
+check_host_freshness=0
+
+
+
+# HOST FRESHNESS CHECK INTERVAL
+# This setting determines how often (in seconds) Nagios will
+# check the "freshness" of host check results.  If you have
+# disabled host freshness checking, this option has no effect.
+
+host_freshness_check_interval=60
+
+
+
+
+# ADDITIONAL FRESHNESS THRESHOLD LATENCY
+# This setting determines the number of seconds that Nagios
+# will add to any host and service freshness thresholds that
+# it calculates (those not explicitly specified by the user).
+
+additional_freshness_latency=15
+
+
+
+
+# FLAP DETECTION OPTION
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will try
+# and detect hosts and services that are "flapping".  
+# Flapping occurs when a host or service changes between
+# states too frequently.  When Nagios detects that a 
+# host or service is flapping, it will temporarily suppress
+# notifications for that host/service until it stops
+# flapping.  Flap detection is very experimental, so read
+# the HTML documentation before enabling this feature!
+# Values: 1 = enable flap detection
+#         0 = disable flap detection (default)
+
+enable_flap_detection=1
+
+
+
+# FLAP DETECTION THRESHOLDS FOR HOSTS AND SERVICES
+# Read the HTML documentation on flap detection for
+# an explanation of what this option does.  This option
+# has no effect if flap detection is disabled.
+
+low_service_flap_threshold=5.0
+high_service_flap_threshold=20.0
+low_host_flap_threshold=5.0
+high_host_flap_threshold=20.0
+
+
+
+# DATE FORMAT OPTION
+# This option determines how short dates are displayed. Valid options
+# include:
+#	us		(MM-DD-YYYY HH:MM:SS)
+#	euro    	(DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM:SS)
+#	iso8601		(YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
+#	strict-iso8601	(YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS)
+#
+
+date_format=iso8601
+
+
+
+
+# TIMEZONE OFFSET
+# This option is used to override the default timezone that this
+# instance of Nagios runs in.  If not specified, Nagios will use
+# the system configured timezone.
+#
+# NOTE: In order to display the correct timezone in the CGIs, you
+# will also need to alter the Apache directives for the CGI path 
+# to include your timezone.  Example:
+#
+#   <Directory "/usr/local/nagios/sbin/">
+#      SetEnv TZ "Australia/Brisbane"
+#      ...
+#   </Directory>
+
+#use_timezone=US/Mountain
+#use_timezone=Australia/Brisbane
+
+
+
+
+# P1.PL FILE LOCATION
+# This value determines where the p1.pl perl script (used by the
+# embedded Perl interpreter) is located.  If you didn't compile
+# Nagios with embedded Perl support, this option has no effect.
+
+p1_file=/usr/lib/nagios3/p1.pl
+
+
+
+# EMBEDDED PERL INTERPRETER OPTION
+# This option determines whether or not the embedded Perl interpreter
+# will be enabled during runtime.  This option has no effect if Nagios
+# has not been compiled with support for embedded Perl.
+# Values: 0 = disable interpreter, 1 = enable interpreter
+
+enable_embedded_perl=1
+
+
+
+# EMBEDDED PERL USAGE OPTION
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will process Perl plugins
+# and scripts with the embedded Perl interpreter if the plugins/scripts
+# do not explicitly indicate whether or not it is okay to do so. Read
+# the HTML documentation on the embedded Perl interpreter for more 
+# information on how this option works.
+
+use_embedded_perl_implicitly=1
+
+
+
+# ILLEGAL OBJECT NAME CHARACTERS
+# This option allows you to specify illegal characters that cannot
+# be used in host names, service descriptions, or names of other
+# object types.
+
+illegal_object_name_chars=`~!$%^&*|'"<>?,()=
+
+
+
+# ILLEGAL MACRO OUTPUT CHARACTERS
+# This option allows you to specify illegal characters that are
+# stripped from macros before being used in notifications, event
+# handlers, etc.  This DOES NOT affect macros used in service or
+# host check commands.
+# The following macros are stripped of the characters you specify:
+#	$HOSTOUTPUT$
+#	$HOSTPERFDATA$
+#	$HOSTACKAUTHOR$
+#	$HOSTACKCOMMENT$
+#	$SERVICEOUTPUT$
+#	$SERVICEPERFDATA$
+#	$SERVICEACKAUTHOR$
+#	$SERVICEACKCOMMENT$
+
+illegal_macro_output_chars=`~$&|'"<>
+
+
+
+# REGULAR EXPRESSION MATCHING
+# This option controls whether or not regular expression matching
+# takes place in the object config files.  Regular expression
+# matching is used to match host, hostgroup, service, and service
+# group names/descriptions in some fields of various object types.
+# Values: 1 = enable regexp matching, 0 = disable regexp matching
+
+use_regexp_matching=0
+
+
+
+# "TRUE" REGULAR EXPRESSION MATCHING
+# This option controls whether or not "true" regular expression 
+# matching takes place in the object config files.  This option
+# only has an effect if regular expression matching is enabled
+# (see above).  If this option is DISABLED, regular expression
+# matching only occurs if a string contains wildcard characters
+# (* and ?).  If the option is ENABLED, regexp matching occurs
+# all the time (which can be annoying).
+# Values: 1 = enable true matching, 0 = disable true matching
+
+use_true_regexp_matching=0
+
+
+
+# ADMINISTRATOR EMAIL/PAGER ADDRESSES
+# The email and pager address of a global administrator (likely you).
+# Nagios never uses these values itself, but you can access them by
+# using the $ADMINEMAIL$ and $ADMINPAGER$ macros in your notification
+# commands.
+
+admin_email=root@localhost
+admin_pager=pageroot@localhost
+
+
+
+# DAEMON CORE DUMP OPTION
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios is allowed to create
+# a core dump when it runs as a daemon.  Note that it is generally
+# considered bad form to allow this, but it may be useful for
+# debugging purposes.  Enabling this option doesn't guarantee that
+# a core file will be produced, but that's just life...
+# Values: 1 - Allow core dumps
+#         0 - Do not allow core dumps (default)
+
+daemon_dumps_core=0
+
+
+
+# LARGE INSTALLATION TWEAKS OPTION
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will take some shortcuts
+# which can save on memory and CPU usage in large Nagios installations.
+# Read the documentation for more information on the benefits/tradeoffs
+# of enabling this option.
+# Values: 1 - Enabled tweaks
+#         0 - Disable tweaks (default)
+
+use_large_installation_tweaks=0
+
+
+
+# ENABLE ENVIRONMENT MACROS
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will make all standard
+# macros available as environment variables when host/service checks
+# and system commands (event handlers, notifications, etc.) are
+# executed.  Enabling this option can cause performance issues in 
+# large installations, as it will consume a bit more memory and (more
+# importantly) consume more CPU.
+# Values: 1 - Enable environment variable macros (default)
+#         0 - Disable environment variable macros
+
+enable_environment_macros=1
+
+
+
+# CHILD PROCESS MEMORY OPTION
+# This option determines whether or not Nagios will free memory in
+# child processes (processed used to execute system commands and host/
+# service checks).  If you specify a value here, it will override
+# program defaults.
+# Value: 1 - Free memory in child processes
+#        0 - Do not free memory in child processes
+
+#free_child_process_memory=1
+
+
+
+# CHILD PROCESS FORKING BEHAVIOR
+# This option determines how Nagios will fork child processes
+# (used to execute system commands and host/service checks).  Normally
+# child processes are fork()ed twice, which provides a very high level
+# of isolation from problems.  Fork()ing once is probably enough and will
+# save a great deal on CPU usage (in large installs), so you might
+# want to consider using this.  If you specify a value here, it will
+# program defaults.
+# Value: 1 - Child processes fork() twice
+#        0 - Child processes fork() just once
+
+#child_processes_fork_twice=1
+
+
+
+# DEBUG LEVEL
+# This option determines how much (if any) debugging information will
+# be written to the debug file.  OR values together to log multiple
+# types of information.
+# Values: 
+#          -1 = Everything
+#          0 = Nothing
+#	   1 = Functions
+#          2 = Configuration
+#          4 = Process information
+#	   8 = Scheduled events
+#          16 = Host/service checks
+#          32 = Notifications
+#          64 = Event broker
+#          128 = External commands
+#          256 = Commands
+#          512 = Scheduled downtime
+#          1024 = Comments
+#          2048 = Macros
+
+debug_level=0
+
+
+
+# DEBUG VERBOSITY
+# This option determines how verbose the debug log out will be.
+# Values: 0 = Brief output
+#         1 = More detailed
+#         2 = Very detailed
+
+debug_verbosity=1
+
+
+
+# DEBUG FILE
+# This option determines where Nagios should write debugging information.
+
+debug_file=/var/lib/nagios3/nagios.debug
+
+
+
+# MAX DEBUG FILE SIZE
+# This option determines the maximum size (in bytes) of the debug file.  If
+# the file grows larger than this size, it will be renamed with a .old
+# extension.  If a file already exists with a .old extension it will
+# automatically be deleted.  This helps ensure your disk space usage doesn't
+# get out of control when debugging Nagios.
+
+max_debug_file_size=1000000
+
+