>>> On 1/10/2007 at 3:26 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Williams wrote: >>>>> 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 > > I didn't realise that, does Ubuntu not install sendmail by default? > > John
The server install does not. The desktop install comes with exim. I ended up installing exim and everything works as expected now. Thank for the help. 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
