Email Notification and Web interface access

[Kindy Sylla]

Hello,

I just forgot to send it to the whole list. Thanks to
remind me.

By the way, I did already sent an email to the author
and i am waitting for response.

Regards,

Kindy 
--- Arno Lehmann <al at its-lehmann.de> a écrit :

> Hello,
> 
> please reply to the list, not only to me.
> 
> By the way, if you really followed some article
> concerning the setup of 
> nagios you might want to inform the original author
> that his directions 
> didn't work.
> 
> Kindy Sylla wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Arno for the respoonse. 
> > Regarding configuration, I didn't write the whole
> > sentence. This is what i have: 
> > 1118650430] Warning: Attempting to execute the
> command
> > "/usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios 
> > *****\n\nNotification Type: PROBLEM\n\nService:
> > HTTP\nHost: Backup Monedia\nAddress:
> > 100.0.17.5\nState: CRITICAL\n\nDate/Time: Mon Jun
> 13
> > 08:13:50 GMT 2005\n\nAdditional
> Info:\n\nConnection
> > refused" |  -s "** PROBLEM alert - Backup
> Monedia/HTTP
> 
> You notice that here the command to send an email is
> missing?
> Between "|" and -s should be something like mail.
> 
> > 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...
> > My problem maybe related to the mail program. Do
> you
> > know how to setup sendail or qmail to send email
> with
> > nagios. I didn't find any thing related.
> 
> Easiest way is to follow the guidelines from your
> distribution or 
> software vendor. Setting up a mail server will
> require some learning, 
> though.
> There's nothing special concerning nagios and mail
> sending.
> 
> > Ragarding the web interface, the apache is running
> but
> > i a not able to access to nagios page. 
> > I have the following eror when trying to access to
> > /localhost/nagios
> > 
> > Not Found
> > The requested URL /nagios/ was not found on this
> > server
> 
> This means that the web server is not configured
> correctly. You should 
> have an Alias, a ScriptAlias directive, and then
> restarted the web server.
> 
> Arno
> 
> > --- Arno Lehmann <al at its-lehmann.de> a écrit :
> > 
> > 
> >>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 1118650430]
> > 
> > Warning: Attempting to execute the command
> > "/usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios 
> > *****\n\nNotification Type: PROBLEM\n\nService:
> > HTTP\nHost: Backup Monedia\nAddress:
> > 100.0.17.5\nState: CRITICAL\n\nDate/Time: Mon Jun
> 13
> > 08:13:50 GMT 2005\n\nAdditional
> Info:\n\nConnection
> > refused" |  -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...
> > 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.
> 
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