Add Same server in Multiple group

[chetanpatangade]

Hi,

I downloaded this module, but I have one query. If i add same server in multiple groups it should be run.
For eg I added one server [10.1.2.86] in [switches][webservers] [servers] Group. I am thinking that it would use the checks that we have mentioned in [switches][webservers] [servers] i.e. in Nagios My server will be like this :- 10.1.2.86 : [switches] :- All Checks
[webservers] All Checks
[servers] All Checks

How can it be done ? Can you please give any suggestion ?

[chetanpatangade]

Any update on this ?

[sadsfae]

Hi @chetanpatangade

The way this is templated you should be adding a server (or device) only to one type of hostgroup or as it parses the inventory file - one group only that matches the purpose.

For example a generic Linux server should only be added to the [servers] inventory group in hosts

[servers]
your-server-hostname

Don't put it in other categories as Ansible will pick the first occurrence of it due to how it's written and parsed by nagios.

If this server is also a webserver then just place it in the [webservers] group. It will still inherit the same checks as [servers] with the inclusion of HTTP checks.

[webservers]
my-web-server01

If you have a generic switch that needs checks for ssh, ping

[switches]
my-switch-hostname ansible_host=10.1.2.88

If you have a generic out-of-band interface that needs ssh, ping, http checks

[oobservers]
my-ipmi-interface-server01 ansible_host=10.2.1.88

Note: You only need to specify the IP address via ansible_host for devices that are not standard Linux servers and cannot run the NRPE Nagios client (and Python and Ansible facts discovery).

[sadsfae]

Closing this now, I hope this answers your query. If not please re-open.