Host check action alert issue

[Patrick Morris]

That command was obviously configured as a service notification, and will
not work correctly as a host notification command.

Look in the example configs for host-notify-by-*

On Fri, 26 May 2006, Oliver Marshall wrote:

> Does anyone else have problems with email notifications generated by the
> check_command param generated by host failures, particularly the
> check-host-alive command ?
> 
> I have the check_command for each host set to check-host-alive. If any
> of the hosts goes offline, and fails the check-host-alive check, I get
> this email;
> 
> Subject: ** PROBLEM alert - My laptop/ is  **
> ***** Nagios  *****
> Notification Type: PROBLEM
> 
> Service: 
> Host: My laptop
> Address: 192.168.100.241
> State: 
> 
> Date/Time: Fri May 26 22:38:07 BST 2006
> 
> Additional Info:
> 
> 
> The 'notify-by-email' command that I am using to send out the email
> notifications is as follows.
> 
> # 'notify-by-email' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    notify-by-email
>         command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "subject: **
> $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$
> ** \n\n ***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type:
> $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost:
> $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time:
> $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/msmtp
> $CONTACTEMAIL$
>         }
> 
> Now, this is the same command I use for every other alert, but only the
> check-host-alive check causes an email with NO source, NO state etc.
> 
> Is it just me that gets this? Does the check-host-alive command not fill
> in the $servicedesc$ or the $servicestate$ ?
> 
> Olly
> 
> 
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