[Nagios-users] Receiving mail alert for failed services
Hi All , I was trying to configure to send alert mails for failed services in Nagios . For this , I tried the following configuration = /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg define contact{ contact_name zamanl ; Short name of user use generic-contact ; Inherit default values from generic-contact template (defined above) alias Nagios Admin ; Full name of user email za...@server.example.com ; * CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ** } define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name nagiosadmins alias Nagios Administrators members zamanl } Restarted nagios service without any errors and it looks like notifications are generated for failed services by looking at system log file [@server ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages Apr 17 11:26:52 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;mgthost;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 312 processes Apr 17 11:27:22 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;host1;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 313 processes Apr 17 11:27:22 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;host2;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 313 processes But I have not received any mail messages for the notification . [@server ~]$ id uid=501(zaman) gid=501(zaman) groups=501(zaman) [@server ~]# mail No mail for zaman [@server ~]# hostname server.example.com Kindly suggest what needs to be done to receive alert mail for failed services ? Any help will be highly appreciated . Thanks Zaman -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter___ 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] Receiving mail alert for failed services
Have you set us Postfix or other such mail agent to actually send the mail? From: Zama Ques [mailto:quesz...@yahoo.in] Sent: 17 April 2013 08:01 To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] Receiving mail alert for failed services Hi All , I was trying to configure to send alert mails for failed services in Nagios . For this , I tried the following configuration = /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg define contact{ contact_namezamanl ; Short name of user use generic-contact ; Inherit default values from generic-contact template (defined above) aliasNagios Admin; Full name of user email za...@server.example.com mailto:za...@server.example.com ; * CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ** } define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name nagiosadmins alias Nagios Administrators members zamanl } Restarted nagios service without any errors and it looks like notifications are generated for failed services by looking at system log file [@server ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages Apr 17 11:26:52 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;mgthost;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 312 processes Apr 17 11:27:22 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;host1;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 313 processes Apr 17 11:27:22 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;host2;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 313 processes But I have not received any mail messages for the notification . [@server ~]$ id uid=501(zaman) gid=501(zaman) groups=501(zaman) [@server ~]# mail No mail for zaman [@server ~]# hostname server.example.com Kindly suggest what needs to be done to receive alert mail for failed services ? Any help will be highly appreciated . Thanks Zaman -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter___ 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] Receiving mail alert for failed services
ok...We need to configure a mail agent also . Let me do that and will get back here if it does not work/further doubts. Thanks for the help . Thanks Zaman From: FTL Nagios ftlnag...@gmail.com To: 'Zama Ques' quesz...@yahoo.in; 'Nagios Users List' nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, 17 April 2013 2:51 PM Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Receiving mail alert for failed services Have you set us Postfix or other such mail agent to actually send the mail? From:Zama Ques [mailto:quesz...@yahoo.in] Sent: 17 April 2013 08:01 To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] Receiving mail alert for failed services Hi All , I was trying to configure to send alert mails for failed services in Nagios . For this , I tried the following configuration = /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg define contact{ contact_name zamanl ; Short name of user use generic-contact ; Inherit default values from generic-contact template (defined above) alias Nagios Admin ; Full name of user email za...@server.example.com ; * CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ** } define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name nagiosadmins alias Nagios Administrators members zamanl } Restarted nagios service without any errors and it looks like notifications are generated for failed services by looking at system log file [@server ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages Apr 17 11:26:52 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;mgthost;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 312 processes Apr 17 11:27:22 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;host1;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 313 processes Apr 17 11:27:22 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;host2;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 313 processes But I have not received any mail messages for the notification . [@server ~]$ id uid=501(zaman) gid=501(zaman) groups=501(zaman) [@server ~]# mail No mail for zaman [@server ~]# hostname server.example.com Kindly suggest what needs to be done to receive alert mail for failed services ? Any help will be highly appreciated . Thanks Zaman-- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter___ 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] Receiving mail alert for failed services
Make sure you have sendmail or postfix configured to do so ;) On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Zama Ques quesz...@yahoo.in wrote: ok...We need to configure a mail agent also . Let me do that and will get back here if it does not work/further doubts. Thanks for the help . Thanks Zaman -- *From:* FTL Nagios ftlnag...@gmail.com *To:* 'Zama Ques' quesz...@yahoo.in; 'Nagios Users List' nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 April 2013 2:51 PM *Subject:* RE: [Nagios-users] Receiving mail alert for failed services Have you set us Postfix or other such mail agent to actually send the mail? *From:* Zama Ques [mailto:quesz...@yahoo.in] *Sent:* 17 April 2013 08:01 *To:* nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* [Nagios-users] Receiving mail alert for failed services Hi All , I was trying to configure to send alert mails for failed services in Nagios . For this , I tried the following configuration = /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg define contact{ contact_namezamanl ; Short name of user use generic-contact ; Inherit default values from generic-contact template (defined above) aliasNagios Admin; Full name of user email za...@server.example.com ; * CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ** } define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name nagiosadmins alias Nagios Administrators members zamanl } Restarted nagios service without any errors and it looks like notifications are generated for failed services by looking at system log file [@server ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages Apr 17 11:26:52 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;mgthost;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 312 processes Apr 17 11:27:22 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;host1;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 313 processes Apr 17 11:27:22 server nagios: SERVICE NOTIFICATION: zamanl;host2;Total Processes;CRITICAL;notify-service-by-email;PROCS CRITICAL: 313 processes But I have not received any mail messages for the notification . [@server ~]$ id uid=501(zaman) gid=501(zaman) groups=501(zaman) [@server ~]# mail No mail for zaman [@server ~]# hostname server.example.com Kindly suggest what needs to be done to receive alert mail for failed services ? Any help will be highly appreciated . Thanks Zaman -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ 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 -- Regards Sunil Sankar -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter___ 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