<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000099"> Like any other test... I do a simple http test to msn.com like you'd test any website with the standard plugin. I do a ping test to yahoo.com since they allow pings still (unlike many companies). And I do a dig to google.com. Those three are each defined as a host, then put in a hostgroup called "sanity check". If one test fails, I assume there's an issue on there end and ignore it. If two fail, same thing. If all three fail, I know my ISP connection is down. The contactgroup for the hostgroup for these hosts goes to SMS (mine and the mgr at our ISP). <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"> A. Davis Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nccomp@gmail.com">nccomp@gmail.com</a> "There is no limit to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care who gets the credit." - Ronald Reagan </pre> Mirza Dedic wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:CF757435B64CD64798912313712C7B325913ACEABA@van-mail01.vand1.oppy.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style> <div class="Section1"> Hi Andrew,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> How are you configuring your sanity checks in Nagios?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"> From: Andrew Davis [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:nccomp@gmail.com">mailto:nccomp@gmail.com</a>] Sent: March/11/2009 9:39 AM To: Martyn Cc: 'Onotsky, Steve x55328'; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] How to receive notification alert by sms tomobile phone using Nagios<o:p></o:p> </div> </div> <o:p> </o:p> A combination of the "parents", hostgroups, and escalation. I'll post my configs later, but once you have confirmed that SMS is setup and working (make sure that for every email alert, you also get an SMS alert), then you define your network topology and put them into hostgroups. In my case, I have a hostgroup of "network-core" which includes my core routers, firewalls, Exchange server, Exchange storage, and the switch connecting the Exchange system with the firewall. I then have a contactgroup of the SMS addresses of three key people (myself included). If any of those device fail, Nagios sends notification via SMS. If anything else fails, it goes via emails. The kewl thing is I'll often sleep through emails, but if I get an SMS, I know something serious failed and I force myself to get up... Additionally, I tend to define a sanity check: a ping to yahoo and http to MSN and non-caching dns query of Google. If all sanity checks fail and are not resolved within 4 hours, then through escalations, an SMS is sent to the manager of the support team at our ISP as we likely have a bandwidth down issue. If sanity checks AND a core network device fail, my ISP doesn't get notified as we know its us... <o:p></o:p> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre> A. Davis<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nccomp@gmail.com">nccomp@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <pre> "There is no limit to what a man can accomplish<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> if he doesn't care who gets the credit." - Ronald Reagan<o:p></o:p></pre> Martyn wrote: <o:p></o:p> Beat me too it with the same question<o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Martyn<o:p></o:p> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></div> From: Onotsky, Steve x55328 [<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Steve.Onotsky@broadridge.com">mailto:Steve.Onotsky@broadridge.com</a>] Sent: 11 March 2009 15:55 To: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nccomp@gmail.com">nccomp@gmail.com</a>; <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] How to receive notification alert by sms tomobile phone using Nagios<o:p></o:p> I’ve been messing around with this, off and on (as time permits). How did you set up your config to go to SMS only if email fails?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Thanks<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p></o:p> Steve Onotsky<o:p></o:p> Server Support Technologist<o:p></o:p> Broadridge<o:p></o:p> Investor Communication Solutions, Canada<o:p></o:p> 5970 Chedworth Way<o:p></o:p> Mississauga ON L5R 4G5<o:p></o:p> Tel: (905) 507-5328<o:p></o:p> Fax: (905) 507-5312<o:p></o:p> Inet: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:steve.onotsky@broadridge.com">steve.onotsky@broadridge.com</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?<o:p></o:p> - Juvenal, Satires, VI, 347<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></div> From: Andrew Davis [<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nccomp@gmail.com">mailto:nccomp@gmail.com</a>] Sent: March 11, 2009 11:35 To: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] How to receive notification alert by sms to mobile phone using Nagios<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> In "Nagios 2nd Edition" from Wolfgang Barth, he covers this in section 12.4.2. He covers "smsclient", "yasp", and "smssend", but he points out what Jim pointed out... most are email to SMS conversion tools so if email is done, you're still not notified. "smsclient" and a modem resolve this. I have it installed and working fine. Our normal notifications go via email, but if a network device or email server is down, then notifications go via SMS. <o:p></o:p> <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> A. Davis<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nccomp@gmail.com">nccomp@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> "There is no limit to what a man can accomplish<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> if he doesn't care who gets the credit." - Ronald Reagan<o:p></o:p></pre> Jim Avery wrote: <o:p></o:p> <pre>2009/3/11 tsedendorj oyunbat <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:t_oyunbat@yahoo.com"><t_oyunbat@yahoo.com></a>:<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> <blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"> <pre>I'm new one in Nagios system.<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>I work in mobile cellular operator company. And I need to know is there any<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>chance to get notification alert via sms to my mobile phone when BSC or HLR<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>equipments go down or stop working?<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>Is there any configuration on Nagios? And how to connect Nagios server to<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>sms center.<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> </blockquote> <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>Currently I use an external email-sms service similar to<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.intellisms.co.uk">http://www.intellisms.co.uk</a> so I can send emails from Nagios in the<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>usual way and have them converted to SMS. It's extremely easy to set<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>up, but has the disadvantage that if the email system goes down, we<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>don't know about it!<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>Alternatively, you could connect a mobile 'phone to your Nagios server<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>and send SMS using gnokii <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.gnokii.org/">http://www.gnokii.org/</a> or similar, or your<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>mobile operator might well have an http interface you could use or can<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>recommend other options.<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>In Nagios, you specify the notification methods in command definitions<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>which you can write yourself so it's extremely flexible. See<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/notifications.html">http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/notifications.html</a> under the<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>heading "Notification Methods".<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>hth,<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>Jim<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre> <o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are<o:p></o:p></pre> <pre>powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. 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