How to config alert send out when service down?

[CC Yuen]

Hi there,

Thank you so much for your fast reply. My contacts.cfg also enable the following lines,
what else can I do? I was play around it near 1 month but still can't receive service alert.

Thanks again,
Chung


Nagios 提到:
> Tou have to define it under the contact you wish to use this for.
> 
> define contact{
> contact_name deskjet-wrk
> alias Alias name
> service_notification_period 24x7
> host_notification_period 24x7
> service_notification_options w,u,c,r
> host_notification_options d,r
> service_notification_commands notify-by-email
> host_notification_commands host-notify-by-email
> email username at domain.com
> }
> 
> 
> CC Yuen wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi list,
>>
>>As title, I tried to enable the commands as following:
>>
>># 'notify-by-email' command definition
>>define command{
>>       command_name    notify-by-email
>>       command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios 1.0 *****\n\nNotifica
>>tion Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddr
>>ess: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $DATETIME$\n\nAdditional
>>Info:\n\n$OUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIA
>>S$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
>>       }
>>
>>but it has error when restart. What is the correct step that I do?
>>I can receive alert email when host down.
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>Chung
>>
>>
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