Have tried various solutions like this - the one I used was from sms2email.com. The problem with all of these products is that they go from Email to SMS.... what happens if your Email fails?
I have actually managed to get this smsclient.org solution working by changing the timeout of the notifications within nagios.cfg Pete. |---------+----------------------------> | | Paul Archer | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>| | | | | | 09/05/2006 18:55 | | | | |---------+----------------------------> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: Peter Shankland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net | | Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] SMS Text Message help | >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Out of curiosity, have you tried simply sending an email to your phone/pager/whatever-it-is? For example, a Sprint phone can recieve an SMS message sent to an email address like [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul On Tue, 9 May 2006, Peter Shankland wrote: > Getting somewhere now. It looks as though the problem was with me not using > -q to supress the output from sms_client (thanks Phil Randal) but also the > nagios user not being able to write to /dev/ttyS0, /etc/ and /var/lock/ > > The problem I now have is that the plugin takes about 60 seconds to run, > but timesout after 30 seconds through Nagios. Is there a way to increase > this timeout period? > > Thanks. > > Pete. > ----- Forwarded by Peter Shankland/RPL on 09/05/2006 18:10 ----- > |---------+----------------------------> > | | Peter Shankland | > | | | > | | 09/05/2006 17:44 | > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > | | > | To: "Chad Osmond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net | > | Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] SMS Text Message help(Document link: Peter Shankland) | > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > When I run the following: > > su - nagios sms_client vodafone_tap:123456789 "message" > > I get: > > /bin/sms_client: /bin/sms_client: cannot execute binary file > > Is this starting to look like a permissions problem? > > Thanks. > > > |---------+----------------------------> > | | "Chad Osmond" | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | urn.com> | > | | | > | | 09/05/2006 17:03 | > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > | | > | To: "Peter Shankland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | cc: | > | Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] SMS Text Message help | > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > Try echoing the command into a tmp file, and then running it as the > nagios user.. Eg: > > command_line echo " /usr/bin/printf \"%b\" "***** Nagios > *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: > $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: > $LONGDATETIME$\n\" | /bin/sms_client vodafone_tap:$CONTACTADDRESS1$ " > > /tmp/sms-command`date +%s` > > The "su - nagios" and "sh /tmp/sms-command...." and see what happens. > > My guess, from my experience last week is that there is either an error > with quotation marks, or the context.. By dumping the command to a temp > file you will be able to debug what is happening. > > Good luck! > > Chad > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter > Shankland > Sent: May 9, 2006 11:21 AM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Nagios-users] SMS Text Message help > > I am successfully using the software from smsclient.org to send text > messages to mobile phones manually using the following command: > > sms_client vodafone_tap:1234567890 "Message Text" > > This work brilliantly but I have tried to integrate this into Nagios > with no success :( > > I have created the following notification command within my > misccommands.cfg file: > > # 'host-notify-by-sms' command definition define command{ > command_name host-notify-by-sms > command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios > *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: > $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: > $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /bin/sms_client vodafone_tap:$CONTACTADDRESS1$ > } > > I have then got the following within my contacts.cfg file: > > define contact{ > contact_name 1533 > alias Peter Shankland > service_notification_period 24x7 > host_notification_period 24x7 > service_notification_options w,u,c,r > host_notification_options d,r > service_notification_commands notify-by-email > host_notification_commands > host-notify-by-email,host-notify-by-sms > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > address1 447977906721 > } > > Finally, this gets called within one of my hosts. > > I get the following within my syslog messages: > > May 9 09:51:51 RPL-RENAULT nagios: HOST ALERT: > CISCO1200_RPL1-MO-1;UP;HARD;1;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.60 ms > May 9 09:51:51 RPL-RENAULT nagios: HOST NOTIFICATION: > 1533;CISCO1200_RPL1-MO-1;UP;host-notify-by-sms;PING OK - Packet loss = > 0%, RTA = 0.60 ms May 9 09:51:51 RPL-RENAULT nagios: HOST NOTIFICATION: > 1533;CISCO1200_RPL1-MO-1;UP;host-notify-by-email;PING OK - Packet loss = > 0%, RTA = 0.60 ms > > and the following within the Nagios Event Log: > > [09-05-2006 09:51:51] HOST NOTIFICATION: > 1533;CISCO1200_RPL1-MO-1;UP;host-notify-by-email;PING OK - Packet loss = > 0%, RTA = 0.60 ms > [09-05-2006 09:51:51] HOST NOTIFICATION: > 1533;CISCO1200_RPL1-MO-1;UP;host-notify-by-sms;PING OK - Packet loss = > 0%, RTA = 0.60 ms > > Everything appears to be working but I get no SMS text message. Am I > doing something obviously wrong as I simply want to run the command at > the top of this Email. > > Thanks. > > Pete. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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