NAGIOS Configuration

Setting up nagios.cfg
[me@mymachine ~] cd /etc/nagios
[me@mymachine nagios] mv localhost.cfg localhost.cfg_org

[me@mymachine nagios] vim nagios.cfg

# OBJECT CONFIGURATION FILE(S) Dependency files!
cfg_file=/etc/nagios/contactgroups.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagios/contacts.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagios/hostgroups.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagios/hosts.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagios/services.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagios/timeperiods.cfg

# EXTERNAL COMMAND OPTION
check_external_commands=1

# EXTERNAL COMMAND CHECK INTERVAL
command_check_interval=1