Hi Seth, I changed my linux-server server definition to linux-admins, not admins. Here's the definition I put in for the linux admins:
define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name linux-admins alias linux-admins } It's still sending me the notifications. Where else can I look? ----- Original Message ---- From: Seth Simmons <ssimm...@cymfony.com> To: Grant Lowe <gl...@sbcglobal.net>; nagios-user Mailinglist <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:31:20 PM Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages There's your answer. nagiosadmin is part of the admins group; the host definition has admins to be notified every 2 hours during workinghours time period. The service definition has admins to be notified every hour. If you are looking to have someone else get notifications, you need to create a separate contact for that user and define your hosts/services accordingly to notify that user. -----Original Message----- From: Grant Lowe [mailto:gl...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:21 PM To: Seth Simmons; nagios-user Mailinglist Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages Ok, admins is assigned to the "generic-service" service and to a "linux-server" service as below. I'm still not sure as to why this is misbehaving. define service{ name generic-service ; The 'name' of this service template active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service checks are enabled passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted parallelize_check 1 ; Active service checks should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major performance problems) obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over this service (if necessary) check_freshness 0 ; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness' notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are enabled event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event handler is enabled flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled failure_prediction_enabled 1 ; Failure prediction is enabled process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts is_volatile 0 ; The service is not volatile check_period 24x7 ; The service can be checked at any time of the day max_check_attempts 3 ; Re-check the service up to 3 times in order to determine its final (hard) state normal_check_interval 10 ; Check the service every 10 minutes under normal conditions retry_check_interval 2 ; Re-check the service every two minutes until a hard state can be determined contact_groups admins ; Notifications get sent out to everyone in the 'admins' group notification_options w,u,c,r ; Send notifications about warning, unknown, critical, and recovery events notification_interval 60 ; Re-notify about service problems every hour notification_period 24x7 ; Notifications can be sent out at any time register 0 } define host{ name linux-server ; The name of this host template use generic-host ; This template inherits other values from the generic-host template check_period 24x7 ; By default, Linux hosts are checked round the clock check_interval 5 ; Actively check the host every 5 minutes retry_interval 1 ; Schedule host check retries at 1 minute intervals max_check_attempts 10 ; Check each Linux host 10 times (max) check_command check-host-alive ; Default command to check Linux hosts notification_period workhours ; Linux admins hate to be woken up, so we only notify during the day ; Note that the notification_period variable is being overridden from ; the value that is inherited from the generic-host template! notification_interval 120 ; Resend notifications every 2 hours notification_options d,u,r ; Only send notifications for specific host states contact_groups admins ; Notifications get sent to the admins by default register 0 } ----- Original Message ---- From: Seth Simmons <ssimm...@cymfony.com> To: Grant Lowe <gl...@sbcglobal.net>; nagios-user Mailinglist <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:35:30 PM Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages No...the service definition itself. define service{ use local-service hostgroup_name Linux service_description SSH check_command check_ssh max_check_attempts 2 check_interval 10 retry_interval 5 check_period 24x7 notification_interval 60 first_notification_delay 0 notification_period 24x7 contact_groups admins notification_options c,w,r } -----Original Message----- From: Grant Lowe [mailto:gl...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:34 PM To: Seth Simmons; nagios-user Mailinglist Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages Like this? define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name admins alias Nagios Administrators members nagiosadmin } Please explain. ----- Original Message ---- From: Seth Simmons <ssimm...@cymfony.com> To: Grant Lowe <gl...@sbcglobal.net>; nagios-user Mailinglist <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:35:53 AM Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages Does the service/host specify 'contact_groups admins' in it? -----Original Message----- From: Grant Lowe [mailto:gl...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:28 PM To: Seth Simmons; nagios-user Mailinglist Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages The only two definitions that I have for nagiosadmin are these: define contact{ contact_name nagiosadmin ; Short name of user use generic-contact ; Inherit default values from generic-contact template (defined above) alias Nagios Admin ; Full name of user email gl...@sbcglobal.net } and define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name admins alias Nagios Administrators members nagiosadmin } ----- Original Message ---- From: Seth Simmons <ssimm...@cymfony.com> To: Grant Lowe <gl...@sbcglobal.net>; nagios-user Mailinglist <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:07:07 AM Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages Does your service/host checks have nagiosadmin either defined as a contact or part of a contact group? -----Original Message----- From: Grant Lowe [mailto:gl...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:24 AM To: Seth Simmons; nagios-user Mailinglist Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages Hi Seth, I understand it better now. Thanks. But I'm still getting the notifications as nagiosadmin. Any more ideas? grant ----- Original Message ---- From: Seth Simmons <ssimm...@cymfony.com> To: Grant Lowe <gl...@sbcglobal.net>; nagios-user Mailinglist <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:01:23 AM Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages It's the other way around (assuming I'm understanding the question correctly). If you have a host defined and you tell it to use the generic-host template and define a different parameter for that specific host, that takes precedence. For example, here is your generic-host template and a defined host. define host{ name generic-host notifications_enabled 1 event_handler_enabled 1 flap_detection_enabled 1 failure_prediction_enabled 1 process_perf_data 1 retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information 1 notification_period 24x7 register 0 } define host{ name redhatserver use generic-host notifications_enabled 0 } With the above host, it has notifications disabled; if that wasn't defined for that host, it would use the value in the template. Same applies for services. -----Original Message----- From: Grant Lowe [mailto:gl...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:32 PM To: Seth Simmons; nagios-user Mailinglist Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages Hi Seth, Thanks for the link. I've looked more closely at the definitions, and it looks like since I have the "generic" service that I'm using that comes stalk with Nagios, that's what I'm using. That's what I'm guessing anyway. This begets a question. If the other service definitions "inherit" from the "generic" definition, it seems that the "generic" service is the one that gets used, and has priority, not the "inherited" one. Is that correct? ----- Original Message ---- From: Seth Simmons <ssimm...@cymfony.com> To: Grant Lowe <gl...@sbcglobal.net>; nagios-user Mailinglist <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:08:21 AM Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages start here http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/notifications.html -----Original Message----- From: Grant Lowe [mailto:gl...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:51 AM To: nagios-user Mailinglist Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios Admin pages Hi All, How do I get nagiosadmin to stop receiving notifications that the other admins get? For example, the Windows guys get some that I don't need to get. 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