Newbie Notifications Problem

[Ray Wadkins]

Thanks for the reply.  I didn't include notify-host-by-email because it
didn't seem relevant, but it's in commands.cfg (pasted below).  The host
isn't failing, just the service.  When you say "service notifications
are suppressed" what do you mean?  Is there a configuration I can't see
that's suppressing service notifications?  

# 'notify-host-by-email' command definition
define command{
        command_name    notify-host-by-email
        command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios
*****\n\nNotification
 Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState:
$HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTA
DDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /bin/mail
-s "** $
NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Host Alert: $HOSTNAME$ is $HOSTSTATE$ **"
$CONTACTEMAIL$
        }

-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Aidan
Anderson
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 7:46 AM
To: Nagios Users mailinglist
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Newbie Notifications Problem

Ray Wadkins wrote:
>
> define contact{
>
>         contact_name                    rwadkins_e              ; 
> Short name of user
>
>         use                             generic-contact         ; 
> Inherit default values from generic-contact template (defined above)
>
>         alias                           Ray Wadkins             ; Full

> name of user
>
>         email                           XXXXX    ; <<***** CHANGE THIS

> TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ******
>
>         host_notifications_enabled      1
>
>         service_notifications_enabled   1
>
>         host_notification_period        24x7
>
>         service_notification_period     24x7
>
>         host_notification_options       d,u,r,f,s
>
>         service_notification_options    w,u,c,r,f,s
>
>         host_notification_commands      notify-host-by-email
>
>         service_notification_commands   notify-service-by-email
>
>   
>
You've specified the command notify-host-by-email in your contact
definition
>
> *From commands.cfg*
>
> * *
>
> define command{
>
>         command_name    notify-service-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: 
> $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s 
> "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert: $HOS
>
> TALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
>
>         }
>
>  
>
but don't seem to have defined it in the commands.cfg file.

When a host goes down, only host notifications are sent out (service 
notifications are suppressed).  As you don't seem to have defined a host

notification command, you will never receive any notifications.  Try 
adding the following to commands.cfg:

> # 'notify-host-by-email' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    notify-host-by-email
>         command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "Notification Type: 
> $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nDetails: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: 
> $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: 
> $LONGDATETIME$\n\n$HOSTACKAUTHOR$\n$HOSTACKCOMMENT$\n" | /bin/mail -s 
> "Host $HOSTSTATE$ alert for $HOSTNAME$ - $HOSTALIAS$" $CONTACTEMAIL$
>         }
HTH
Aidan



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