I am not sure but i think i read notifications for services are not sent is
the host is down..
anyway, your options are critical and recovery, (are you calling down to
critical state?)
Are you sure you have your email server properly configured?
hope this help you
2008/3/4, nagios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have just configured some service checks for services such as http,
> smtp, etc.. The commands are defined in the commands.cfg file and then
> called in the services.cfg file. The following is an example of how a
> commands.cfg and services.cfg looks:
>
> # 'check_http' command definition
> define command{
> command_name check_http
> command_line $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$
> }
>
> #### Generic services template ################
> define service{
> name generic-service;
> active_checks_enabled 1;
> obsess_over_service 1;
> check_freshness 0;
> notifications_enabled 1;
> event_handler_enabled 1;
> flap_detection_enabled 1;
> retain_status_information 1;
> retain_nonstatus_information 1;
> register 0;
> }
> define service{
> use generic-service
> name basic-service
> is_volatile 0
> check_period 24x7
> max_check_attempts 15
> normal_check_interval 5
> retry_check_interval 1
> notification_interval 240
> notification_period 24x7
> register 0
> }
> define service{
> use basic-service
> name smtp-service
> check_command check_smtp
> notification_options c,r
> register 0
> }
>
> Example service called for a specific host (same services.cfg file as
> where the above services are declared in the beginning)
>
> define service{
> use dns-service
> host_name serv01
> servicegroups mygroup
> service_description DNS
> contact_groups localadmin,supportpro
> }
>
> The contacts are setup correctly since our check_ping which is declared in
> the hosts.cfg file works perfectly fine and we do get the correct alerts.
>
> Could someone point me in the right direction of what I'm doing wrong
> here? I can't seem to get emails if a service is down. It's most likely in
> my syntax, but I'm not sure where since I get no errors when reloading
> Nagios.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
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