Managing comments

Nagios allows putting one or more comments associated with a host or a service. These can be anything from Third machine from the top on the left shelf to Reset button not working. Nagios also adds comments automatically in several cases, for example, when an object is scheduled for downtime a comment about it is placed.

Comments associated with a specific object are shown on the host and service detail information pages. They can also be added and removed from these pages.

Nagios also offers a page that allows managing comments for all hosts and services, similar to managing scheduled downtimes. It allows adding and deleting comments for all hosts. You can also navigate to the host or service detailed information page by clicking ...

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