Service template for Nagios in chef.

service.cfg.erb

define host {
  use             generic-host <%# Inherit default values from a template %>
<%# Use FQDN because munin will send alerts using the FQDN %>
  host_name       <%= @host['fqdn'] %><%# The name we’re giving to this host  %>
  alias           <%= @host['hostname'] %><%#  A longer name associated with the host %> 
  address         <%= @host['ipaddress'] %><%# IP address of the host  %>
}
<% @services.each do |service, info|
  info = info.to_hash
  if DefaultMonitoredValues::check_on(info).include?(@host['swissr']['grid'])
%>
define service {
  host                            <%= @host['fqdn'] %>
  <% if DefaultMonitoredValues.passive(info)  %>
  use                             passive-service
  <% else %>
  use                             generic-service
  retry_interval                  <%= DefaultMonitoredValues::retry_interval(info) %>
  max_check_attempts              <%= DefaultMonitoredValues::max_check_attempts(info) %>
  check_command                   <%= DefaultMonitoredValues::check_command(info) %>
  notification_period             <%= DefaultMonitoredValues::notification_period(info)[@host['swissr']['grid']] %>
  normal_check_interval           <%= DefaultMonitoredValues::normal_check_interval(info) %>
  <% end %>
  service_description             <%= service %>
}

<% info['depends'].each do |parent|
sd, hn = parent.split(/@/)
%>

define servicedependency {
  dependent_host_name <%= @host['fqdn'] %>
  dependent_service_description <%= service %>
  host_name <%= hn %>.<%= @host['domain'] %>
  service_description <%= sd %>
  inherits_parent 1
  notification_failure_criteria w,u,c
}

<% end 
  end 
  end %>