Lack of "Additional Info" in alerts

[Matt Pounsett]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Bryan K. Walton wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> 	Can someone tell me where $OUTPUT$ is defined?  My
> notify-by-email command definition is looking for that, and I am
> wondering if perhaps I simply need to define it somewhere.

$OUTPUT$ is the last line of data returned from a command's command_line..
Like $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ or $SERVICESTATE$, it is set when a command is run, so
you won't see a definition for it anywhere.

> # 'notify-by-email' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    notify-by-email
>         command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios 
> *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService:
> $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress:
>  $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time:
> $DATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$OUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "**
> $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SE
> RVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$

Assuming that the line wraps are a result of your email client, and not the
way this is entered into your commands file, and assuming the paths to
'printf' and 'mail' are correct for your system, I don't see any obvious
problems with this.

For testing purposes, you might want to try adding other data around $OUTPUT$
to see if anything else gets truncated.  .$OUTPUT$. instead of $OUTPUT$ for
example, and check to see if both periods turn up in your email.  This sort of
thing could lead you to conclude whether it is or is not the notification
command syntax which is at fault, or the check command (which might not be
returning any output).

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matt.pounsett at cira.ca                                 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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