RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
I am having a similar type problem... I have searched around, didn't find anything that was exactly the same. Here are my settings: enable_notifications=1 retain_state_information=1 Notifications were working fine in our 1.x build, after I upgraded to 2.x my email, pager, etc., notifications stopped working. Viewing my event log, I see that the notifications are actually getting logged, however they are not being sent to the recipients. Thinking about this more, it sounds like a linux problem not my nagios configs? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just tried disabling all state_retention (was previously on) and bounced nagios and finally got a message. so perhaps state retention was set incorrectly. What I'd like to do is have it retain state when I bounce The 'Retention Notes' at http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/xodtemplate.html will provide insight into how retention works. nagios st I don't get msgs about those I know are down on restart. Here's what I have: nagios.cfg: log_initial_states=0 retain_state_information=0 state_retention_file=/usr/local/stow/nagios/var/status.sav use_retained_program_state=0 host.cfg: retain_status_information 0 retain_nonstatus_information0 services.cfg: retain_status_information 0 retain_nonstatus_information0 We use -- nagios.cfg - retain_state_information=1 use_retained_program_state=0 state_retention_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/status.sav host template - retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information1 service template - retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information1 Notifications are not sent out on restart. -- Marc --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid0944bid$1720dat1642 ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Wilcox Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:36 AM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email I am having a similar type problem... I have searched around, didn't find anything that was exactly the same. Here are my settings: enable_notifications=1 retain_state_information=1 Notifications were working fine in our 1.x build, after I upgraded to 2.x my email, pager, etc., notifications stopped working. Viewing my event log, I see that the notifications are actually getting logged, however they are not being sent to the recipients. Thinking about this more, it sounds like a linux problem not my nagios configs? Any help would be greatly appreciated. What have you tried to diagnose or correct the problem before coming here? It appears that your host and service definitions are probably OK if you're seeing notification attempts in nagios.log. Did you verify you're using the correct (new) macros in your notification command? Have you tried running your notification command from the command line as the nagios user, substituting in appropriate text for the macros? What happens? Have you looked in your mail server logs to determine if it sees the notification attempt? Queues the mail? Attempts to deliver it? Bounces it? Have you tried 'echo'ing your notification command to a file to verify that it has the correct syntax and format? -- Marc --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid0944bid$1720dat1642 ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email [RESOLVED]
error existed between chair and keyboard... thanks for your suggestions marc, it made me think of something that i didn't check before my inquiry. thanks ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Powell Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 1:53 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Wilcox Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:36 AM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email I am having a similar type problem... I have searched around, didn't find anything that was exactly the same. Here are my settings: enable_notifications=1 retain_state_information=1 Notifications were working fine in our 1.x build, after I upgraded to 2.x my email, pager, etc., notifications stopped working. Viewing my event log, I see that the notifications are actually getting logged, however they are not being sent to the recipients. Thinking about this more, it sounds like a linux problem not my nagios configs? Any help would be greatly appreciated. What have you tried to diagnose or correct the problem before coming here? It appears that your host and service definitions are probably OK if you're seeing notification attempts in nagios.log. Did you verify you're using the correct (new) macros in your notification command? Have you tried running your notification command from the command line as the nagios user, substituting in appropriate text for the macros? What happens? Have you looked in your mail server logs to determine if it sees the notification attempt? Queues the mail? Attempts to deliver it? Bounces it? Have you tried 'echo'ing your notification command to a file to verify that it has the correct syntax and format? -- Marc --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=kkid0944bid$1720dat1642 ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid0944bid$1720dat1642 ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email [RESOLVED]
On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 15:30 -0600, Ryan Wilcox wrote: error existed between chair and keyboard... thanks for your suggestions marc, it made me think of something that i didn't check before my inquiry. what was it, for people searching the archives in the future? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Powell Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 1:53 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Wilcox Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:36 AM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email I am having a similar type problem... I have searched around, didn't find anything that was exactly the same. Here are my settings: enable_notifications=1 retain_state_information=1 Notifications were working fine in our 1.x build, after I upgraded to 2.x my email, pager, etc., notifications stopped working. Viewing my event log, I see that the notifications are actually getting logged, however they are not being sent to the recipients. Thinking about this more, it sounds like a linux problem not my nagios configs? Any help would be greatly appreciated. What have you tried to diagnose or correct the problem before coming here? It appears that your host and service definitions are probably OK if you're seeing notification attempts in nagios.log. Did you verify you're using the correct (new) macros in your notification command? Have you tried running your notification command from the command line as the nagios user, substituting in appropriate text for the macros? What happens? Have you looked in your mail server logs to determine if it sees the notification attempt? Queues the mail? Attempts to deliver it? Bounces it? Have you tried 'echo'ing your notification command to a file to verify that it has the correct syntax and format? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email [RESOLVED]
for some reason, my sendmail server had lost its settings and was queuing up all the notifications. once i resolved the sendmail problem, the flood gates opened up. another great example of doing the *proper* research before hand... would have been a good move on my part. -Original Message- From: jeff vier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:43 PM To: Ryan Wilcox Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email [RESOLVED] On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 15:30 -0600, Ryan Wilcox wrote: error existed between chair and keyboard... thanks for your suggestions marc, it made me think of something that i didn't check before my inquiry. what was it, for people searching the archives in the future? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Powell Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 1:53 PM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Wilcox Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:36 AM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email I am having a similar type problem... I have searched around, didn't find anything that was exactly the same. Here are my settings: enable_notifications=1 retain_state_information=1 Notifications were working fine in our 1.x build, after I upgraded to 2.x my email, pager, etc., notifications stopped working. Viewing my event log, I see that the notifications are actually getting logged, however they are not being sent to the recipients. Thinking about this more, it sounds like a linux problem not my nagios configs? Any help would be greatly appreciated. What have you tried to diagnose or correct the problem before coming here? It appears that your host and service definitions are probably OK if you're seeing notification attempts in nagios.log. Did you verify you're using the correct (new) macros in your notification command? Have you tried running your notification command from the command line as the nagios user, substituting in appropriate text for the macros? What happens? Have you looked in your mail server logs to determine if it sees the notification attempt? Queues the mail? Attempts to deliver it? Bounces it? Have you tried 'echo'ing your notification command to a file to verify that it has the correct syntax and format? --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid0944bid$1720dat1642 ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
Re: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Toto Capuccino wrote:
Hi,
Did you check the timeperiods.cfg file as you are using workhours
notification for services, you wont receive notification out of this period.
2006/2/23, Dave Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I didn't include timeperiods.cfg because this was the generic one.
We're using workhours and 24x7 for all hosts.
Basically, notification_period is 24x7 for all,
{service|host_notification_period} is either 24x7 or workhours.
I presume it's not a problem if a host is set to notification_period=work
in contacts but 24x7 in hosts.cfg and services.cfg
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Re: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
Hi,
You can check you services.cfg file to verify you have notifications_options to
w c u r. This might be one of the reason if you had copied services.cfg file
from the sample config file.
Regards,
Dash
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Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
Hi,
Did you check the timeperiods.cfg file as you are using workhours notification
for services, you wont receive notification out of this period.
2006/2/23, Dave Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :
Continuing with the problem of nagios not sending email notifications,
miscommands.cfg uses the default commands for
host/service-notify-by-email
and the paths to mail are correct. I tested the command, and it works.
I replaced it with echo ... params/tmp/somefile but this is not being
activated so it must be one of the config params:
contacts.cfg:
# 'others' contact definition
define contact{
contact_nameothers
alias Undefined hosts
service_notification_period workhours
host_notification_periodworkhours
service_notification_optionsw,u,c
host_notification_options d,u
service_notification_commands notify-by-email
host_notification_commands host-notify-by-email
email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
}
..
hosts.cfg :
# Generic host definition template
define host{
namegeneric-host
notifications_enabled 1
event_handler_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 1
process_perf_data 1
retain_status_information 1
retain_nonstatus_information1
register0
}
# 'host1' host definition
define host{
use generic-host
host_name host1
alias host1
address 10.8.122.129
check_command check-host-alive
max_check_attempts 10
notification_interval 1
notification_period 24x7
notification_period 24x7
notification_optionsd,u
}
...
nagios.cfg includes
log_notifications=1
notification_timeout=30
enable_notifications=1
services.cfg:
# Generic service definition template
define service{
namegeneric-service
active_checks_enabled 1
passive_checks_enabled 1
parallelize_check 1
obsess_over_service 1
check_freshness 1
notifications_enabled 1
event_handler_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 1
process_perf_data 1
retain_status_information 1
retain_nonstatus_information1
register0
}
# Service definition
define service{
use generic-service
host_name host1
service_description AVAILABLE
is_volatile 0
check_period24x7
max_check_attempts 3
normal_check_interval 10
retry_check_interval1
contact_groups others
notification_interval 11
notification_period 24x7
notification_optionsw,u,c
check_command check-host-alive
}
Can anyone see where notification by email may have been turned off
or have any other ideas on diagnosing?
TIA
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Re: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Mrutyunjaya Dash wrote: Hi, You can check you services.cfg file to verify you have notifications_options to w c u r. This might be one of the reason if you had copied services.cfg file from the sample config file. services.cfg has notification options currently set to w,u,c. I added recover. One hint, on the webpage for a host availability, it says in the upper left corner Notifications are disabled This is in contrast to the fact that enable_notifications=1 is set in nagios.cfg (and cgi.cfg says main_config_file=/some/path/nagios.cfg) I just tried disabling all state_retention (was previously on) and bounced nagios and finally got a message. so perhaps state retention was set incorrectly. What I'd like to do is have it retain state when I bounce nagios st I don't get msgs about those I know are down on restart. Here's what I have: nagios.cfg: log_initial_states=0 retain_state_information=0 state_retention_file=/usr/local/stow/nagios/var/status.sav use_retained_program_state=0 host.cfg: retain_status_information 0 retain_nonstatus_information0 services.cfg: retain_status_information 0 retain_nonstatus_information0 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- generated by /dev/dave -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David SternUniversity of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=110944bid=241720dat=121642 ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Stern Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:49 AM To: Mrutyunjaya Dash Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email [chop] I just tried disabling all state_retention (was previously on) and bounced nagios and finally got a message. so perhaps state retention was set incorrectly. What I'd like to do is have it retain state when I bounce The 'Retention Notes' at http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/xodtemplate.html will provide insight into how retention works. nagios st I don't get msgs about those I know are down on restart. Here's what I have: nagios.cfg: log_initial_states=0 retain_state_information=0 state_retention_file=/usr/local/stow/nagios/var/status.sav use_retained_program_state=0 host.cfg: retain_status_information 0 retain_nonstatus_information0 services.cfg: retain_status_information 0 retain_nonstatus_information0 We use -- nagios.cfg - retain_state_information=1 use_retained_program_state=0 state_retention_file=/usr/local/nagios/var/status.sav host template - retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information1 service template - retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information1 Notifications are not sent out on restart. -- Marc --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid0944bid$1720dat1642 ___ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
[Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
We have two iterations at our site, one running the old netsaint (which
works flawlessly) and one running nagios 1.2 on RHEL E3-AS. The latter
rebuilds its config files each night based on various site-specific
files detailing what hosts we have, what to monitor on them etc.
The Linux version is not notifying when hosts/services go down. I suspect
this is nothing more than the notify-by-email command.
On netsaint, it's
command[notify-by-email]=/usr/bin/printf '%s\n%s\n%s\n%s' '* NetSaint 0.0.7
* $SERVICESTATE$ alert/notification' 'Host: $HOSTNAME$ Address:
$HOSTADDRESS$', 'Additional Info: $OUTPUT$' | /usr/bin/mailx -s 'Service alert:
$HOSTNAME$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **, $SERVICEDESC$' $CONTACTEMAIL$
and on linux its
# 'notify-by-email' command definition
define command{
command_namenotify-by-email
command_line/usr/bin/printf %b * Nagios *\n\nNotificati
on Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddre
ss: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $DATETIME$\n\nAdditional
Info:\n\n$OUTPUT$ | /bin/mail -s ** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$
SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ ** $CONTACTEMAIL$
}
Does anyone know what the command should look like and how to test the above?
Thanks
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Re: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
My notify-by-email=snip==define command {command_name notify-by-emailcommand_line
/usr/bin/printf %b * Nagios *\n\nNotification Type:
$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost:
$HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState:
$SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $DATETIME$\n\nAdditional
Info:\n\n$OUTPUT$ | /usr/bin/mail -s ** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert -
$HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ ** $CONTACTEMAIL$
}=snip==Does /bin/mail exist on your system? Is /bin/mail accessible by the nagios user?What I can think of off the top of my head. Bill
On 2/20/06, Dave Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We have two iterations at our site, one running the old netsaint (whichworks flawlessly) and one running nagios 1.2 on RHEL E3-AS. The latterrebuilds its config files each night based on various site-specificfiles detailing what hosts we have, what to monitor on them etc.
The Linux version is not notifying when hosts/services go down. I suspectthis is nothing more than the notify-by-email command.On netsaint, it'scommand[notify-by-email]=/usr/bin/printf '%s\n%s\n%s\n%s' '* NetSaint
0.0.7 * $SERVICESTATE$ alert/notification''Host: $HOSTNAME$ Address: $HOSTADDRESS$', 'Additional Info: $OUTPUT$' | /usr/bin/mailx -s 'Service alert: $HOSTNAME$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **, $SERVICEDESC$' $CONTACTEMAIL$
and on linux its# 'notify-by-email' command definitiondefine command{ command_namenotify-by-email command_line/usr/bin/printf %b * Nagios*\n\nNotificati
on Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $DATETIME$\n\nAdditionalInfo:\n\n$OUTPUT$ | /bin/mail -s ** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$
SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ ** $CONTACTEMAIL$ }Does anyone know what the command should look like and how to test the above?Thanks=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-generated by /dev/dave -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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