Ok , i figured out using an external email server to send mails to my mailbox using the configuration as below :
change your /etc/mail/sendmail.cf to read # "Smart" relay host (may be null) DSsmtp:your-mailer.external-host.net now i receive the mails for any alerts that nagios raises. Thanks Jatin On 3/4/2010 10:37 AM, Jatin Davey wrote: > Hi Matt > > I tried the following from the command line: > > echo "test 1" | mail -s "test 1" contactem...@whatever > > I tried giving my email address but i am not receiving any mail. Let me > know what else i need to provide to make it work. > > Thanks > Jatin > > On 3/3/2010 10:42 PM, Matt Simmons wrote: > >> By default, at the top of your commands.cfg file, you'll see things >> like "notify-host-by-email" and "notify-service-by-email". Those are >> commands that work in conjunction with the configuration specified in >> contacts.cfg. >> >> Essentially, all of your services and hosts have or inherit a >> "contact_groups" setting. That group name should be in contacts.cfg, >> and it should have all of the appropriate contacts listed in it. >> (see Nagios Object Definitions for more info: >> http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html ) >> >> Assuming this is the case, and Nagios starts correctly without a >> configuration error, there's probably an issue with your mail. Check >> the email address that you have for your contacts. Is it correct? >> >> Assuming so, can you send an email from the command line? Try >> >> echo "test 1" | mail -s "test 1" contactem...@whatever >> >> If you receive the email, but Nagios still doesn't send it, make sure >> that you are able to run 'sendmail' as the nagios user (aside: people >> who know more than me: does Nagios invoke sendmail as the default >> MTA?). >> >> I'm going to guess that you can't send mail from the command line >> either, and that's probably because your MTA isn't setup correctly. >> Check your /var/log/maillog and your Sendmail (or postfix if you're >> lucky) configuration. >> >> For better advice, I'd need more info on what was going wrong, >> according to the results of the test and the log output. >> >> Good Luck. >> >> --Matt >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Jatin Davey<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> I had a requirement to monitor Java process on my windows server and >>> send an email if it goes down. >>> I have achieved adding the monitoring of java process on my nagios setup >>> , i have no clue what to do get nagios send notifications. >>> Anyone knows please let me know the steps involved. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Jatin >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >>> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >>> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >>> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nagios-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > [email protected] > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] 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
