Custom misccommands.cfg

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-devel-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-devel-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Jeremy Young
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:34 PM
> To: Nagios-Devel
> Subject: [Nagios-devel] Custom misccommands.cfg
> 
> Quick question, wondering if it was possible to grab a HOSTGROUP
> variable when using a command like host-notify-by-email, or
> notify-by-email. I would like the notification to show which hostgroup
> the affected host belongs to?
> 
> The following does not work:
> 
> define command{
>         command_name    notify-by-email
>         command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios-MCI
> *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService:
> $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nHost Group: $HOSTGROUP$\nAddress:
> $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time:
> $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s
> "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is
> $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
>         }
> 
> Any help is much appreciated?

This is really a question for nagios-users. All available macros are
well documented here --
http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/macros.html. You probably want
$HOSTGROUPNAME$ or $HOSTGROUPALIAS$ presuming you are using Nagios 2.x.

--
Marc

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