Email Notification and Web interface access

[Arno Lehmann]

Hello,

Kindy Sylla wrote:

> Hello,
> I just installed and configured nagios, unfortunatly i
> didn't manage to get it work.
> For installation and configuration i followed line by
> line the article writen by Oktay Aaltunergil published
> on ONlanmp.com.
> The server is running now, but i am not able to
> receive e-mails notification. I am new to linux, what
> should I do to get email sent out?
> This is the line i got from the server while trying to
> send ails:
> 
> |  -s "** PROBLEM alert - Backup Monedia/HTTP is
> CRITICAL **" ksylla at boabenin.com" resulted in a return
> code of 127.  Make sure the script or binary you are
> trying to execute actually exists...

This is a configuration problem. before the "|" character there should 
be the program name to send mail. This is an example from my 
configuration (all in one line!)

command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios 
*****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: 
$SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: 
$SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional 
Info:\n\n$OUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - 
$HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$

This is roughly what making nagios itself set up, as far as I remember.

You can find an explanation of the macros in the documentation, of course.

> I also tried to access the web interface in vain. I
> created the web alias as mentioned in the article, the
> web interface does not come up. 

Any errors? Either in the web browser, or in the server's log?

> Just to let you know, I installed the nagios
> nagios-1.2.tar.gz with the plugins
> nagios-plugins-1.4.tar.gz. Nothing else.
> 
> Do you have any idea why it is not working? what to do
> to get email notification? to access to web interface?
> Do i need to install something else?

You should make sure you understand how to send mail from the shell. 
Usually, `man mail` should tell you some things, but depending on which 
mail transfer and mail submission programs you have things may be different.

Arno

> 
> Thanks in advance for the help.
> 
> Kindy_s
> 
> 
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