Cell Phone notification

[Brian Hendrix]

I have nagios currently using sendpage to send pages to pagers. This is
done the typical way via contacts.cfg configuration below:
 
###################################################################
# 'contactperson' contact definition
define contact{
        contact_name                    contactperson
        alias                           Contact Person
        service_notification_period     24x7
        host_notification_period        24x7
        service_notification_options    c,r
        host_notification_options       d,r
        service_notification_commands   notify-by-sendpage
        host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-sendpage
        service_notification_commands   notify-by-email
        host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-email
        email                           contactperson at domain.com
        pager                           contactperson
        }

 
 
I have created in misccommands.cfg, the following notify-by-sendpage
definition:
 
###################################################################
# 'notify-by-sendpage' command definition
define command{
        command_name    notify-by-sendpage
        command_line    /usr/bin/snpp -m "Nagios ALERT: Service:
$SERVICEDESC$ Host: $HOSTNAME$ Address: $HOSTADDRESS$ State:
$SERVICESTATE$ Info: $OUTPUT$ Date: $DATETIME$" $CONTACTPAGER$
        }
 
# 'host-notify-by-sendpage' command definition
define command{
        command_name    host-notify-by-sendpage
        command_line    /usr/bin/snpp -m "Nagios ALERT: Service:
$SERVICEDESC$ Host: $HOSTNAME$ Address: $HOSTADDRESS$ State:
$SERVICESTATE$ Info: $OUTPUT$ Date: $DATETIME$" $CONTACTPAGER$
        }

 
I want to now create an additional method of paging still using
sendpage but to their cell phone (SMS, text message). Sendpage is
configured correctly for this to work. However, how do I add an
additional method of notification into the contacts.cfg and the
misccommands.cfg?
 
Currently, email notification will interpret the variable
$CONTACTEMAIL$ as the email address after email in contacts.cfg. Also
pager notification will interpret the variable $CONTACTPAGER$ as the
pager ID for sendpage to page to. I want to create a
notify-by-textmessage entry in misccommands.cfg using
$CONTACTTEXTMSG$ as a variable to be interpreted as textmsg from the
contacts.cfg file.
 
Example:
        (from contacts.cfg)
        .....
        service_notification_commands   notify-by-textmsg
        host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-textmsg
        .....
 
 
        (from misccommands.cfg)
        # 'notify-by-textmsg command definition
            define command{
            command_name    notify-by-textmsg
            command_line    /usr/bin/snpp -m "Nagios ALERT: Service:
$SERVICEDESC$ Host: $HOSTNAME$ Address: $HOSTADDRESS$ State:
$SERVICESTATE$ Info: $OUTPUT$ Date: $DATETIME$" $CONTACTTEXTMSG$
            }

 

 
 
Will this work? Does the variable $CONTACTTEXTMSG$ work correctly?
 
Thanks for your assistance,
 
 
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Brian Hendrix
Team Leader
DTR Services
Saint Thomas Health Services
2000 Church Street
Nashville, TN  37236
 
bhendrix at stthomas.org 
(615) 284-5297 (work)
(615) 222-1704 (fax)
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