NAGIOS 3: Adjusting fields which appear in the default nagios log

[Stuart Browne]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Morris, Patrick [mailto:patrick.morris at hp.com]
> Traiano Welcome wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > I'm sending nagios logs to a 3rd party application (Netcool) for
> > processing, and there is a requirement for the IP address of the
> > monitored device to appear in the ALERT and NOTIFY log lines for host
> > and service statuses. Where would I adjust which fields appear in the
> > nagios log lines?
> >
> > A typical host ALERT log line on my installation looks like this:
> >
> > ---
> > Mar 17 11:51:42 nagserver nagios: HOST ALERT:
> > <hostname-x>;UP;SOFT;2;PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 260.81 ms
> > ---
> >
> > I'd like an extra field to appear after <hostname-x> indicating the
> IP
> > of the host. If possible, I'd even like to insert  $PARENT for the
> > host as a field somewhere here.
> 
> If I had to do this, I'd just modify my notification command to
> generate
> a separate log with the fields required, using the provided macros.

What about the obsessive compulsive service/host command?  Completely customizable, and easy to implement.

Stuart

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