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In the sample config file for monitoring a switch - switch.cfg, it refers to a template called 'generic-switch'. However, the file 'generic-switch' is not found anywhere in my installation.
Do I need to manually download the file separately?
I found the issue. If you already have a version installed, and then install a new release on top of what you've got, the nagios install will not replace .cfg files that already exist. That's a good thing, or all your customizations would be lost. However, it is a bad thing if some things are missing in the .cfg files to begin with, like templates for generic-switch...
Anyway, if you look at the differences between what is in the .tar.gz file you can download from nagios.org and what is on your already installed version of nagios, you'll find the missing templates in templates.cfg
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