check_log and retaining state changes

[HerbertKoelman]

Hello,

I'm using the plugin check_log (you'll never guess :-) ) to check that a log doesn't contain any error. When an error entry is found my service goes from Ok to Critical. And that's just fine.

But when the next check interval is reached, then criticial state is reverted to Ok.

My question is : how can I stop service from polling when it's in critical status and force an operator to aknowledge an error condition ?

The way it stands is that when an errors is detected at night, then in the morning no alert can be seen on our dashboards.

Thanks for your help.

Regards

[garadar]

Hi @HerbertKoelman

I'm not familiar with this check, do you have the source somewhere (nagios forge for example).

In this case, I will have created a status file and if this file exists, I will quit check_log without going any further.

This is forcing you to delete the file status it manually.

[HerbertKoelman]

Hello, thanks for the feed back. I'll try it out as soon as possible :-)

I found this check in the nagios addons.

By the way I have a question: how do I get my hands on the plugins provided specifically for Shinken ?