Alerts - Verbal notification - via phone

[Chad Osmond]

I've been thinking about this for a while.. It's a pretty easy thing to
setup believe it or not. Here is what you need to do:
 
Use Asterisk 
Have Nagios create a text file containing the error message: "Host X is
down - service Y is not running" 
Place that in /tmp/nagios-error
Create a .call file that dials out over a SIP provider, ATA Device, or
FXO card, (OR T1 if you're really serious) that will dial your phone,
and connect you to an extension (with recorded voice messages) that says
there is a problem, press 1 to hear the problem, 2 to acknowledge the
problem, 3 to call the next person on the list and so on.. Then listen
for input.

If they press 1, have Festival play the /tmp/nagios-error message and
return. 
If they press 2, acknowledge the problem and don't call the next person
on the list..
If they press 3, generate another call file with a different phone
number. 
 
I happen to value my sleep more then any non-redundant servers, so I
haven't implemented it here, but we do consulting and run both asterisk
and nagios in-house if you're interested in getting some help.

Chad

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From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of
Stringham, Steven
Sent: May 11, 2006 1:25 PM
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nagios-users] Alerts - Verbal notification - via phone



Has anybody out there configured Nagios to alert via telephone? I don't
mean like a SMS message or the like. I figure I am more likely to answer
my home phone ringing at 0 dark hundred than my cell phone's little
email beeps. Also, that would let me alert others that are not actively
watching the cellphone, blackberry, etc.

I want the system to call my home phone and tell me: 
"This is your friendly office Nagios system. Host X is down - service Y
is not running. The time is now 02:43. Get your butt out of bed and fix
it!"

I am thinking an interface with something like Asterisk might work. But,
not having set up Asterisk before, I am not quite sure where to go. So,
I plan on working on getting into it.

I have found one other application that did something like this, and
when I demod it, the voice quality really stunk, and I could not
configure what it said, etc. And, I did not like the monitor aspect of
it as well as I like Nagios.

Just wondering if I am reinventing the wheel, or does someone has a
spare in the garage? 


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