<html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /></head><body style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier New"> <p><span style="color:#000000">Nagios 2.0b4</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">I am not getting e-mail notfications of services or hosts going down.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">I am using this host template -:</span></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000">define host{</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> name generic-host </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> notifications_enabled 1 </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> event_handler_enabled 1 </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> flap_detection_enabled 1 </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> failure_prediction_enabled 1 </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> process_perf_data 1 </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> retain_status_information 1 </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> retain_nonstatus_information 1 </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> active_checks_enabled 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> passive_checks_enabled 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> register 0 </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> }</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">And an example host -:</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000">define host{</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> use generic-host</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> host_name switch</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> alias Master Switch</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> address ************</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> check_command check-host-alive</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> max_check_attempts 5</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> process_perf_data 0</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> retain_nonstatus_information 0</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> contact_groups admins</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> notification_interval 30</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> notification_period 24x7</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> notification_options d,u,r</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> }</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">This is the service template I am using -:</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000">define service{</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> name switch</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> active_checks_enabled 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> passive_checks_enabled 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> parallelize_check 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> obsess_over_service 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> check_freshness 0</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> notifications_enabled 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> event_handler_enabled 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> flap_detection_enabled 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> failure_prediction_enabled 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> process_perf_data 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> retain_status_information 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> retain_nonstatus_information 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> register 0</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> }</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">And an example service -:</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000">define service{</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> use switch</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> host_name ************</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> service_description PING</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> is_volatile 0</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> check_period 24x7</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> max_check_attempts 4</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> normal_check_interval 5</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> retry_check_interval 1</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> contact_groups admins</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> notification_interval 300</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> notification_period 24x7</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:600;color:#000000"> }</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">If I do acknowledge a service error I do get an email confirming that, but get none saying a service or host has gone down or came back up.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">Anyone any ideas where I could be going wrong?</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">Regards</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">-- </span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">Steven Coutts B.Sc.(Hons) MBCS</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">scoutts@bcs.org.uk</span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">PGP Public Key</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">http://stevec.couttsnet.com/scoutts.asc</span></p> </body></html>