We now have one service being watched. There are some more being monitored, so now we can try to create a trigger for an HTTP server. Let's assume that our host runs software that is a bit weird. The web service is a web email front-end, and it goes down whenever the SMTP server is unavailable. This means that the web service depends on the SMTP service.
Go to Configuration | Hosts, click on Triggers next to Another host, and then click on Create trigger. Fill in the following values:
- Name: Web service is down.
- Expression: Click on Add, and then again on Select next to the Item field. Make sure that Linux servers is selected in the Group drop-down and Another host in the Host drop-down, and then click on Web server status ...
