>>> On 1/10/2007 at 12:59 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Williams wrote: >> I have recently installed Zenoss version 1.0.2 on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and did > not appear to have any trouble. I have successfully configured users and > devices. Under the user config I have set the smtp host to a remote smtp > server and have successfully sent test messages. I have configured a user as > an administrator of a small number of objects/devices for testing purposes. > I have configured a postgresql service monitor for one of these devices. > Things are going good at this point. I block access to postgresql and a > critical event is generated as it should be. The trouble comes when I try to > set up email alerting. I have created an alerting rule called "Service > Down". This rule has been configured in the following manner: >> >> Delay (secs) = 0 >> Enabled = True >> Action = email >> Address (optional) = <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Where >> Production State = Production >> Severity >= Error >> Event State = New >> >> I realize that the email address is optional and have tried with an without > an address here. >> >> At this point I think I have configured everything needed for email > alerting. I force the postgresql event again and wait for an email that > never appears. >> >> I have thoroughly searched the mailing list archives along with the general > internet looking for an answer. The first results pointed me to the > zenactions.conf file. After looking at my Zenoss config files it appears > they are all empty. Unfortunately the conf.example files are empty also. I > have looked through the Zenoss log files for any reference to email and found > nothing. >> >> I am extremely impressed with Zenoss and would like nothing more than to get > the alerting lined out. Are there any suggestions on additional places to > look or configuration changes that I should make? >> >> Thank you, >> >> John Williams >> > > John > > Have you tried looking at the mail server log files? They're usually in > /var/log/maillog > > John
Well, I have no local mail facility installed. I was under the impression that this was not a requirement and that setting the smtphost would suffice. Is this not true? John -- ------------- John W Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Security Analyst Werner Enterprises (402) 894-3174 Office _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
