Ryan, great suggestion….which lead me to this startling revelation:

 

If you want to use the check_ping probe, you should install the check_ping probe…..

 

I never installed the Nagios probes, so….it would not run.  I am all set, thanks for pointing me in the right direction!!!

 

 

Tony

 

From: Ryan, Spencer J. <Ryan@millercanfield.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 8:57 AM
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Cc: Tony Guadagno <tonyg@guadagno.org>
Subject: RE: ping probe not running

 

I always drop down and run the check manually from the Observium box to see if your arguments are an issue or not, for example

 

xxxx@Observium:~# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H localhost

<wrta> was not set

check_ping: Could not parse arguments

Usage:

check_ping -H <host_address> -w <wrta>,<wpl>% -c <crta>,<cpl>%

[-p packets] [-t timeout] [-4|-6]

 

Spencer J. Ryan| Manager, Technology and Infrastructure
Miller Canfield
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Subject: [Observium] ping probe not running

 

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Hi, i have created a bunch of ping probes in the past and never had an issue, however, on this particular install…I created a single ping probe and it has not run after days.  How do I troubleshoot this issue?

 

Thanks

 

 

Tony

 

 

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