<p><strong>Host - max check attempts</strong></p>
<p>This directive is used to define the number of times that Nagios will retry the host check command if it returns any state other than an OK state. Setting this value to 1 will cause Nagios to generate an alert without retrying the host check again. Note: If you do not want to check the status of the host, you must still set this to a minimum value of 1. To bypass the host check, just leave the <em>check_command</em> option blank.</p>
<p><em>Parameter name:</em> max_check_attempts<em><br>Required:</em> yes</p>