Adjusting flapping percentage thresholds for a service
In this recipe, we'll learn how to adjust the percentage thresholds for host or service flap detection. This means that we can adjust how frequently a host or service has to change state within its last 21 checks, before Nagios Core will conclude that it is flapping, and suppress notifications until its state becomes stable again.
Getting ready
You should have a Nagios Core 3.0 or newer server with at least one host and one service configured already. You should also have access to a working web interface for the Nagios Core server.
You should be familiar with the way hosts and services change state as a result of their checks and the different states corresponding to hosts and services, to ...
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