RE: [Nagios-users] Monitoring a mail server
On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 21:38 -0600, C. Bensend wrote: His mailserver is on the Nagios host. It uses amavisd. He can monitor it via check_tcp, but if amavisd is not functional, _he's not going to get the email alert._ Because his email isn't going to work. So I think what he's asking, is how to get the alert to him, if his email system is not fully functional. If this is correct, he could look at using a modem to page, or an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway, or any number of things. Robert, is this the problem you're trying to get across? Yes, you got it, but how do I send an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway? -- Robert -- Robert --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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] Monitoring a mail server
I use nullmailer but it cant run on the same box as the one that runs amvisd2006/2/1, Robert Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 21:38 -0600, C. Bensend wrote: His mailserver is on the Nagios host.It uses amavisd. He can monitor it via check_tcp, but if amavisd is not functional, _he's not going to get the email alert._Because his email isn't going to work. So I think what he's asking, is how to get the alert to him, if his email system is not fully functional. If this is correct, he could look at using a modem to page, or an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway, or any number of things. Robert, is this the problem you're trying to get across?Yes, you got it, but how do I send an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway?--Robert--Robert---This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log filesfor problems?Stop!Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing theweb.DOWNLOAD SPLUNK!http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=121642 ___Nagios-users mailing listNagios-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] Monitoring a mail server
Yes, you got it, but how do I send an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway? That all depends on your mailserver setup. Is there any way you can bypass the spam/anti-virus to send mail directly? Or, it could certainly be done easily enough with a shell script that connects to a remote mailserver and delivers the alert manually... Benny -- 'And you've got 10 gig of files to put through our mail system?' I ask, squeezing my mouse in a non-approved manner. -- BOFH, 2006-01 --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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] Monitoring a mail server
He can monitor it via check_tcp, but if amavisd is not functional, _he's not going to get the email alert._ Because his email isn't going to work. ... Yes, you got it, but how do I send an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway? If you are using amavisd, then I take it you have this sort of setup: port 25 SMTPd port 10024 amavisd --- port 10025 SMTPd deliver although you might have missed out the first step and just had amavisd on port 25. If this is the case, why not configure your Nagios notification command to inject its mail directly into the system on port 10025 rather than the default 25? That way you'd bypass amavisd and directly deliver. Of course you'd still be dependent on the local smtp daemon, but amavisd would be out of the loop. Of course, you've probably got port 10025 locked down to localhost only (if you're sensible :) but that shouldn't prevent Nagios from accessing it. Steve --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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] Monitoring a mail server
Guys Jumping in here. I use a PERL script called sendEmail available from: http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/ It works from the command line and if you are interested I can give you the nagios command .cfg entries to add. It works on Linux, Windows and being PERL I modified the script to work on NetWare (it uses a couple of functions that NetWare does not support) HTH Jim On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 14:32 -0600, C. Bensend wrote: Yes, you got it, but how do I send an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway? That all depends on your mailserver setup. Is there any way you can bypass the spam/anti-virus to send mail directly? Or, it could certainly be done easily enough with a shell script that connects to a remote mailserver and delivers the alert manually... Benny -- Jim Pye PyeNet Universal email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Phone: +64 4 527 8284 | Fax: +64 4 528 9693 web site: http://www.pyenet.co.nz --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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] Monitoring a mail server
On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 14:32 -0600, C. Bensend wrote: Yes, you got it, but how do I send an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway? That all depends on your mailserver setup. Is there any way you can bypass the spam/anti-virus to send mail directly? Or, it could certainly be done easily enough with a shell script that connects to a remote mailserver and delivers the alert manually... Thanks, how do I get Nagios to run my shell script in place of the normal notification? -- Robert --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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] Monitoring a mail server
Thanks, how do I get Nagios to run my shell script in place of the normal notification? RTM. :) Hint: misccommands.cfg -- 'And you've got 10 gig of files to put through our mail system?' I ask, squeezing my mouse in a non-approved manner. -- BOFH, 2006-01 --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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] Monitoring a mail server
On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 09:51 +1300, Jim Pye wrote: Guys Jumping in here. I use a PERL script called sendEmail available from: http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/ It works from the command line and if you are interested I can give you the nagios command .cfg entries to add. Great thanks, yes, I'd like to see the .cfg entries if you'd be so kind. -- Robert --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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] Monitoring a mail server
No probs
In the misccommands.cfg I added the following
# 'host-notify-by-sendEmail' send host email via PERL script
define command{
command_namehost-notify-by-sendEmail
command_line/usr/local/bin/sendEmail -f [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-t $CONTACTEMAIL$ -u Host $HOSTSTATE$ alert for $H
OSTNAME$! -s mail.pyenet.co.nz -m * Nagios *\n\nNotification
Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState:
$HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time:
$LONGDATETIME$\n
}
This is based on the original send email on host notification default
command. I also created one for the service notification as well.
Email has munged this a bit so synopsis is:
define command{
command_name host-notify-by-sendEmail
These 2 are the command defining lines
The command_line below I have broken to make more readable but to work
this all has to be on one line ???
command_line /usr/local/bin/sendEmail
This bit above will be dependant on where you copy/install the script.
-f is the email from field. This will need to changed to an email
account that the server will allow email to be sent from.
-t is the to email to field. This here uses the $CONTACTEMAILS$ macro.
-u is the subject line. Host $HOSTSTATE$ alert for $HOSTNAME$! is
directly from the original send email command.
-s is the server that the email is going to be sent to. Note that this
server must be configured to accept emails from both the -f email
account and the host that this script is running on to avoid relay
denied messages.
-m is the message content. Again taken from the original send email
command. Note that the \n's make the display a bit prettier. *
Nagios *\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME
$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n
nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n
For other options like attachments etc. just run the sendEmail script
without any options. As the script requires a couple of mandatory
options it prints the help file.
I use this script for all sorts of purposes like emailing log files,
etc. Very handy.
And in the contacts.cfg change the
service_notification_commands notify-by-email
host_notification_commands host-notify-by-email
to
service_notification_commands notify-by-sendEmail
host_notification_commands host-notify-by-sendEmail
for each user you wish to use the sendEmail script instead of the built
in email client.
HTH
Jim
On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 16:31 -0500, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 09:51 +1300, Jim Pye wrote:
Guys
Jumping in here. I use a PERL script called sendEmail available from:
http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
It works from the command line and if you are interested I can give you
the nagios command .cfg entries to add.
Great thanks, yes, I'd like to see the .cfg entries if you'd be so kind.
--
Jim Pye
PyeNet Universal
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Phone: +64 4 527 8284 | Fax: +64 4 528 9693
web site: http://www.pyenet.co.nz
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Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring a mail server
Maybe you should try check_proc instead. When you say localhost, I'm assuming you are referring to your Nagios server. Todd - Original Message - From: Robert Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Nagios nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 8:00 PM Subject: [Nagios-users] Monitoring a mail server I want to monitor Amavisd on localhost port 10024 with check_tcp, but if Amavisd is down, the notification will not make it. How can I monitor a localhost port? -- Robert --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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 --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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] Monitoring a mail server
Depending upon what you want to check, there are many solutions. I'm not familiar with Amavisd, so I can't say for certain. However it seems that you may to look at: check_smtp, check_mailq, check_proc, and check_tcp (among others). You can even write your own quickly. I'm not sure I understand, but check_tcp will notify you if it is down. I want to monitor Amavisd on localhost port 10024 with check_tcp, but if Amavisd is down, the notification will not make it. How can I monitor a localhost port? -- Robert --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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] Monitoring a mail server
Depending upon what you want to check, there are many solutions. I'm not familiar with Amavisd, so I can't say for certain. However it seems that you may to look at: check_smtp, check_mailq, check_proc, and check_tcp (among others). You can even write your own quickly. I'm not sure I understand, but check_tcp will notify you if it is down. I want to monitor Amavisd on localhost port 10024 with check_tcp, but if Amavisd is down, the notification will not make it. How can I monitor a localhost port? -- Robert C'mon, people, pay attention to his question. :) Here is the way I understand his problem (Robert, please correct me if I'm smokin' the crack here): His mailserver is on the Nagios host. It uses amavisd. He can monitor it via check_tcp, but if amavisd is not functional, _he's not going to get the email alert._ Because his email isn't going to work. So I think what he's asking, is how to get the alert to him, if his email system is not fully functional. If this is correct, he could look at using a modem to page, or an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway, or any number of things. Robert, is this the problem you're trying to get across? Benny -- 'And you've got 10 gig of files to put through our mail system?' I ask, squeezing my mouse in a non-approved manner. -- BOFH, 2006-01 --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=103432bid=230486dat=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
