No service notifications

[Kevin Hanser]

Hello, 

I have searched the list and found similar problems to what I'm
experiencing, but no solution yet....  I have recently installed Nagios
v2.0b4 (this is my first Nagios install BTW) and have it configured to
monitor some hosts, and services on those hosts.  Everything that I see
in the configuration seems to indicate that service notifications are
enabled, as does the GUI interface.  However, I never get service
notifications.

I set up a bogus host with a ping service to ping an IP address that I
know isn't in use in our network.  I get a host notification that the
host itself is down, but I receive no notification on the ping
service...  In addition, I have other hosts (routers) that have
interfaces down, but don't receive notification from that either.

Here's how my config looks for the bogus service I set up:

nagios.cfg has enable_notifications=1

I'm using the generic-service template from minimal.cfg, but have put it
into servers.cfg: (I'm not using minimal.cfg, I just took some parts
from it)

# Generic service definition template - This is NOT a real service, just
a template!

define service{
        name                            generic-service ; The 'name' of
this service template
        active_checks_enabled           1       ; Active service checks
are enabled
        passive_checks_enabled          1       ; Passive service checks
are enabled/accepted
        parallelize_check               1       ; Active service checks
should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major performance
problems)
        obsess_over_service             1       ; We should obsess over
this service (if necessary)
        check_freshness                 0       ; Default is to NOT
check service 'freshness'
        notifications_enabled           1       ; Service notifications
are enabled
        event_handler_enabled           1       ; Service event handler
is enabled
        flap_detection_enabled          1       ; Flap detection is
enabled
        failure_prediction_enabled      1       ; Failure prediction is
enabled
        process_perf_data               1       ; Process performance
data
        retain_status_information       1       ; Retain status
information across program restarts
        retain_nonstatus_information    1       ; Retain non-status
information across program restarts
        register                        0       ; DONT REGISTER THIS
DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!
        }


my host template is also the one from minimal.cfg:

define host{
        name                            generic-host    ; The name of
this host template
        notifications_enabled           1       ; Host notifications are
enabled
        event_handler_enabled           1       ; Host event handler is
enabled
        flap_detection_enabled          1       ; Flap detection is
enabled
        failure_prediction_enabled      1       ; Failure prediction is
enabled
        process_perf_data               1       ; Process performance
data
        retain_status_information       1       ; Retain status
information across program restarts
        retain_nonstatus_information    1       ; Retain non-status
information across program restarts
        register                        0       ; DONT REGISTER THIS
DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
        }


And my bogus host definintion looks like this:

define host{
        use                     generic-host            ; Name of host
template to use
        host_name               bogus
        alias                   bogus host
        address                 207.91.195.242
        check_command           check-host-alive
        max_check_attempts      10
        notification_interval   120
        notification_period     24x7
        notification_options    d,r
        contact_groups  admins
        }

(I receive host down notifications...)

The ping service for the bogus host looks like this:

define service{
        use                             generic-service         ; Name
of service template to use
        host_name                       bogus
        service_description             Ping
        is_volatile                     0
        check_period                    24x7
        max_check_attempts              4
        normal_check_interval           5
        retry_check_interval            1
        contact_groups                  admins
        notification_interval           120
        notification_period             24x7
        notifications_enabled           1
        check_command                   check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%
        }

I tried adding notification_options  w,u,c,r in the ping service
definition as well, but still no notifications...


What else can I check to get my service notifications working?  I'm
really starting to like the interface and monitoring capabilities, but
if I can't make notifications work that kind of defeats the point :)

thanx!

k






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