Sending notifications via SMS+mobile phone

[Ilya Meylikhov]

Thanks for assistance - I have figured out where my problem was lying.

The answer to the major problem was in the following command definition: 
command_line echo -e
"<$HOSTNAME$>\n$SERVICEDESC$\n$SERVICESTATE$\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$\n$LONGDATETIME
$" |gnokii --sendsms $CONTACTPAGER$ >> /usr/local/nagios/var/gnokii.log 2>&1
The user which runs nagios (nagios in my case) didn't have the permission to
write to the /usr/local/nagios/var/gnokii.log and this user didn't have any
permission to use /dev/ttyS0 (so chown nagios:nagios /dev/ttyS0 solved this
one). But I wonder why I could't get any clue in the logs files when I had
problems? This is a question to nagios developers... 

Ilya.


-----Original Message-----
From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Ilya
Meylikhov
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:07 PM
To: 'Peter Edmonds'
Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Sending notifications via SMS+mobile phone

Hi again.
Just now I've tried to change my command definition:

define command{
        command_name notify-by-sms
        command_line touch /home/rage/it_is_working
        }

My /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/templates.cfg:

define contact{
        name                            generic-contact         
        service_notification_period     24x7                    
        host_notification_period        24x7                    
        service_notification_options    w,u,c,r,f,s

	  service_notification_commands   notify-by-sms
        host_notification_commands      notify-by-sms    
        register                        0                       
        }


So according to my configuration, nagios must create a file in my /home/rage
folder when an alert take place. But the file didn't appear when I manually
shutdown one of my monitoring services. In the log files I got the same
messages:
Apr 25 19:03:35 srv-nagios nagios: SERVICE ALERT: vector;Check
SMTP;OK;HARD;3;SMTP OK - 0.063 sec. response time
Apr 25 19:03:35 srv-nagios nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION:
nagiosadmin;vector;Check SMTP;OK;notify-by-sms;SMTP OK - 0.063 sec. response
time



 What I am doing wrong?


> Hello! Could anyone please assist me in troubleshooting the following
task:
>
> I've bought a TC-35i GSM modem and connect it to my linux Debian box.
> Everything works fine and I can successfully send sms using the following
> command:
>
> echo "some test text" | gnokii --sendsms myNumber
>
> The problem is that nagios can't send sms using gnokii and I can't figure
> out why Peter's script (I add it to my message in the bottom) won't work
for
> me.
>
> The command for nagios is:
>
> define command{
>        command_name notify-service-by-email
>	  command_line echo -e
>
"<$HOSTNAME$>\n$SERVICEDESC$\n$SERVICESTATE$\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$\n$LONGDATETIME
> $" |gnokii --sendsms $CONTACTPAGER$ >> /usr/local/nagios/var/gnokii.log
2>&1
>        }
>
> I got the following message in /usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.log:
>
> [1209125514] SERVICE ALERT: vector;Check SMTP;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Connection
> refused
> [1209125574] SERVICE ALERT: vector;Check SMTP;CRITICAL;SOFT;2;Connection
> refused
> [1209125634] SERVICE ALERT: vector;Check SMTP;CRITICAL;HARD;3;Connection
> refused
> [1209125634] SERVICE NOTIFICATION: nagiosadmin;vector;Check
> SMTP;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;Connection refused




Thanks in advance,
			Ilya.


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Edmonds [mailto:termx23 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 3:20 PM
To: Meylikhov
Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Sending notifications via SMS+mobile phone

> Can anyone assist me in solving the following task: I need nagios to send
> SMS via mobile phone connected to COM port.

I use gnokii. I have used a Telular GSM SX5D and currently use an
Easygate analog fixed cellular terminal (via serial port). Gnokii is
avaialble in Debian Etch and supports a lot of mobile phones. Check
http://wiki.gnokii.org/index.php/Config for a partial list of
supported phones. The atgen driver in gnokii supports lots of phones.

/etc/gnokiirc looks like this

[global]
port = /dev/ttyS0
model = AT
initlength = default
connection = serial
use_locking = yes
serial_baudrate = 19200
smsc_timeout = 10
[gnokiid]
bindir = /usr/sbin/
[connect_script]
TELEPHONE = 12345678
[disconnect_script]
[logging]
debug = on
rlpdebug = off
xdebug = off



Notify command for service notifications looks like this

echo -e
"<$HOSTNAME$>\n$SERVICEDESC$\n$SERVICESTATE$\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$\n$LONGDATETIME
$"
|gnokii --sendsms $CONTACTPAGER$ >>
/usr/local/groundwork/nagios/var/gnokii.log 2>&1

For host notifications this does the job

echo -e
"<$HOSTNAME$>\n$SERVICEDESC$\n$SERVICESTATE$\n$HOSTOUTPUT$\n$LONGDATETIME$"
|gnokii --sendsms $CONTACTPAGER$ >> /usr/local/nagios/var/gnokii.log
2>&1

Peter Edmonds


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