Scheduler Definition

Description

The Scheduler daemon is in charge of the scheduling checks, the analysis of results and follow up actions (like if a service is down, ask for a host check). They do not launch checks or notifications. They keep a queue of pending checks and notifications for other elements of the architecture (like pollers or reactionners). There can be many schedulers.

The Scheduler definition is optionnal. If no scheduler is defined, Shinken will “create” one for the user. There will be no high availability for it (no spare), and will use the default port in the server where the deamon is launched.

Definition Format

Variables in red are required, while those in black are optional. However, you need to supply at least one optional variable in each definition for it to be of much use.

define scheduler{  
scheduler_name scheduler_name
address dns name of ip address
port port
spare //[0/1]//
realm realm name
modules modules
accept_passive_unknown_check_results //[0/1]//
}  

Example Definition:

define scheduler{
    scheduler_name         Europe-scheduler
    address                node1.mydomain
    port                   7770
    spare                  0
    realm                  Europe

    # Optional parameters
    spare                  0   ; 1 = is a spare, 0 = is not a spare
    weight                 1   ; Some schedulers can manage more hosts than others
    timeout                3   ; Ping timeout
    data_timeout           120 ; Data send timeout
    max_check_attempts     3   ; If ping fails N or more, then the node is dead
    check_interval         60  ; Ping node every minutes
    modules                PickleRetention

    # Skip initial broks creation for faster boot time. Experimental feature
    # which is not stable.
    skip_initial_broks    0

    # In NATted environments, you declare each satellite ip[:port] as seen by
    # *this* scheduler (if port not set, the port declared by satellite itself
    # is used)
    satellitemap          poller-1=1.2.3.4:1772, reactionner-1=1.2.3.5:1773, ...
}

Variable Descriptions

scheduler_name
This variable is used to identify the short name of the scheduler which the data is associated with.
address
This directive is used to define the address from where the main arbier can reach this scheduler. This can be a DNS name or a IP address.
port
This directive is used to define the TCP port used bu the daemon. The default value is 7768.
spare
This variable is used to define if the scheduler must be managed as a spare one (will take the conf only if a master failed). The default value is 0 (master).
realm
This variable is used to define the realm where the scheduler will be put. If none is selected, it will be assigned to the default one.
modules
This variable is used to define all modules that the scheduler will load.
accept_passive_unknown_check_results
If this is enabled, the scheduler will accept passive check results for unconfigured hosts and will generate unknown host/service check result broks.
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