Notification not sending email.

[Neil Marjoram]

Deborah,

I have tried the mail command on the command line, and it works fine, I 
have even copied the definition in, changed the variables and tried 
that, which also works. Here are the 2 definitions for email that are in 
misccommands.cfg :

define command{
        command_name    host-notify-by-email
        command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios  
*****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: 
$HOSTSTATE$\nAddress:
$HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | 
/bin/mail -s "Host $HOSTSTATE$ alert for $HOSTNAME$!" $CONTACTEMAIL$
        }
define command{
        command_name    notify-by-email
        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$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - 
$HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
        }

Many thanks,

Neil.

Deborah Martin wrote:

>how is notify-by-email defined ? Its found in miscommands.cfg. 
>
>have you tried using the defined command on the command line to ensure it
>works ? 
>e.g something like  mailx -s "test" admins at adastral.ucl.ac.uk  
>
>hth 
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Neil Marjoram [mailto:n.marjoram at adastral.ucl.ac.uk]
>Sent: 21 February 2006 09:53
>To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: [Nagios-users] Notification not sending email.
>
>
>I'm having a little trouble with notifications. 
>
>
>
>I can't workout why Nagios is not sending alert emails. I have read
> the documentation, FAQ's and mailing lists and have concluded it
> is only me that can't get it to work. Can someone have a look at
> my configs below to see if I have done anything wrong. I loaded
> up Nagios QL to check I am configuring the files correctly but
> it has made no difference. Running the command for email on the
> command line works (although it errors because of the variables)
>
>
>
>Many thanks,
>
>
>
>Neil.
>
>
>
>OS : RHEL 4 / i386, using Dag rpm's 
>
>
>
>nagios-plugins-1.4-2.2.el4.rf
>
>nagios-2.0-2.2.el4.rf
>
>nagios-nsca-2.5-2.2.el4.rf
>
>nagios-nrpe-2.3-2.2.el4.rf
>
>nagios-plugins-nrpe-2.3-2.2.el4.rf
>
>
>
>Nagios main config file notifications is set :
>
>enable_notifications=1
>
>
>
>Host config :
>
>define  host {
>
>        host_name                       haverhill
>
>        alias                           haverhill
>
>        address                         128.40.159.3
>
>        hostgroups                      Critical Web Services
>
>        check_command                   check-host-alive
>
>        max_check_attempts              10
>
>        check_interval                  1
>
>        active_checks_enabled           1
>
>        passive_checks_enabled          1
>
>        check_period                    24x7
>
>        obsess_over_host                1
>
>        check_freshness                 0
>
>        event_handler                   notify-by-email
>
>        event_handler_enabled           1
>
>        flap_detection_enabled          1
>
>        process_perf_data               0
>
>        retain_status_information       1
>
>        retain_nonstatus_information    0
>
>        contact_groups                  admins
>
>        notification_interval           1
>
>        notification_period             24x7
>
>        notification_options            d,u,r,f
>
>        notifications_enabled           1
>
>        register                        1
>
>        }
>
>
>
>Services Config : 
>
>
>
>define  service {
>
>        host_name                       haverhill
>
>        service_description             haverhill /root
>
>        servicegroups                   Web Services
>
>        is_volatile                     0
>
>        check_command                   check_nrpe!check_diskroot
>
>        max_check_attempts              10
>
>        normal_check_interval           1
>
>        retry_check_interval            1
>
>        active_checks_enabled           1
>
>        passive_checks_enabled          1
>
>        check_period                    24x7
>
>        parallelize_check               1
>
>        obsess_over_service             1
>
>        check_freshness                 0
>
>        event_handler                   notify-by-email
>
>        event_handler_enabled           1
>
>        flap_detection_enabled          1
>
>        process_perf_data               1
>
>        retain_status_information       1
>
>        retain_nonstatus_information    1
>
>        contact_groups                  admins
>
>        notification_interval           1
>
>        notification_period             24x7
>
>        notification_options            w,u,c,r,f
>
>        notifications_enabled           1
>
>        register                        1
>
>        }
>
>
>
>Contacts.cfg :
>
>define  contact {
>
>        contact_name                    admins
>
>        alias                           NetSaint Admin
>
>        contactgroups                   admins
>
>        host_notification_period        24x7
>
>        service_notification_period     24x7
>
>        host_notification_options       d,u,r
>
>        service_notification_options    w,u,c,r
>
>        host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-email
>
>        service_notification_commands   notify-by-email
>
>        email                           admins at adastral.ucl.ac.uk
>
>        }
>
>Contactgroups.cfg :
>
>
>
>
>
>define  contactgroup {
>
>        contactgroup_name               admins
>
>        alias                           Administrators
>
>        members                         admins
>
>        }
>
>
>
>Output to nagios.log file : 
>
>
>
>[1140447007] SERVICE NOTIFICATION: admins;haverhill;/tmp;CRITICAL;notify-
>by-email;DISK CRITICAL - free space: / 183 MB (38%): /boot 67 MB
> (67%): /chroot 451 MB (93%): /dev/shm 505 MB (100%): /tmp 912 MB
> (93%): /usr 915 MB (31%): /var 35887 MB (91%): /www 4234 MB (86%):
> /mnt/install 791153 MB (56%): /home/neilmarj 791153 MB (56%): /home/avel
>azqu 791153 MB (56%): /home/richhutch 791153 MB (56%): /home/vladkolm
> 791153 MB (56%):
>
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-- 
Neil Marjoram
Systems Manager
Adastral Park Campus
University College London
Ross Building
Adastral Park
Martlesham Heath
Ipswich - Suffolk
IP5 3RE

Tel: 01473 663711
Fax: 01473 635199


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