Change max_check_attempts depending on state

Icinga 2
#1

Hello.

I’ve been looking for information about how I could increasing the value of max_check_attempts of a service depending on its status. I want to increase it ONLY when the state be UNKNOWN.

This is what I added to my service config file:

if (state == 3) {
max_check_attempts = 10
} else {
max_check_attempts = 3
}

But it simply increases max_check_attempts to 10 to all states (CRITICAL and UNKNOWN) … :frowning:

Maybe what I want to do it’s just not possible …
Thanks a lot for helping in advance.

Regards.

#2

The if is evaluated during configuration so it is always depending on the state during reload. For an evaluation during runtime you need the attribute to return a function. But I am not sure if this works for this specific attribute.

This would look similar to this:

max_check_attempts = {{
  if (state == 3) {
     return 10
  } else {
     return 3
  }
}}
#3

Thanks for the suggestion Dirk.

Unfortunately the checkconfig detects a config error. :frowning:

[2022-04-04 09:40:59 -0500] critical/config: Error: Error while evaluating expression: Can’t convert ‘Object of type ‘Function’’ to a floating point number.

Regards.

#4

Then this unfortunately only works for custom variables. :frowning: