Managing comments

Nagios allows inserting one or more comments associated with a host or a service. These can be anything from "third machine from 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 is placed about it.

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

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

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