I should have made more clear what I am trying to do below. I know I can access the service __ALARM_NUMBER from the command definition by giving the literal host_name and service description like this (I've updated the service definition in my previous example to illustrate):
$_SERVICE_ALARM_NUMBER:localhost:DUMMY but I would like the command definition to be able to do this using the macro names $HOSTNAME$ and $SERVICEDESC$ so that one command definition works for all services that use it for notification. Is there a way to do this? I would not like to have to define a separate command and contact group for every alarm number. Also, I'm using Nagios 3.2.0. Thanks, Paul Dubuc Paul M. Dubuc wrote: > I'm trying to integrate the use of an internally developed alarm > generation command into our Nagios configuration. So I want to define > an Nagios command object that calls this command with arguments specific > to the service that is generating the status condition that generates > the alarm. One of the arguments is an alarm number. I can set this > number in the service definition as a user defined variable: > > define service{ > host_name localhost > service_description DUMMY > ... > __ALARM_NUMBER 123 > } > > Is it possible to access this variable in the command definition using > on-demand macros? I tried to do this in the following way, but it > doesn't seem to work: > > define command{ > command_name notify-service-by-alarm > command_line /usr/local/bin/sendalarm $HOSTALIAS$ > $_SERVICE_ALARM_NUMBER:HOSTNAME:SERVICEDESC$ $SERVICESTATE$ > $SERVICEDESC$ $SERVICEOUTPUT$ > } > > Is there an alternative? > > Thanks, > > Paul M. Dubuc > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ 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