Nagios Support Forum

So we have template hosts with all the template services and configs. We have one such template host for each of several different service classifications. Since these are static templates rather than real hosts, they aren't tied to an actual IP. If they were set active they would all permanently sh...

Well, Nagios is monitoring the email. So if email goes down, it won't be able to send out alerts. (Also if our DNS servers fail, or our internet connection fails, again no alerts.)

That's why we need out of band alerting.

It looks like it is also 2G only. I see a few other vendors, but nothing looks terribly promising yet. Definitely open to more suggestions.

We use AT+T for our provider. I'll look at those SMS Eagle boxes, I don't know if they work with US providers or not, but they might work.

Well the issue here is one of the primary goals of nagios is to monitor the email system. If the email system is down, or our internet connection is down, it won't be possible for it to send alerts. So we're looking for out-of-band alerting options.

We are looking for a way to send SMS messages from nagios XI via a modem or gateway via wireless. The only solution nagios seems to want to offer is the multitech ISMS SF100-G unit. The problem is that unit is discontinued since it only supports 2G wireless and in the US at least, 2G is being retire...