NLS alert via SMS ( text message )

[Mitchell]

Hey ,

we have a requirement to send the nagios log server alert as SMS ( text messages ) to respective person cell number , is there any option to do that in NLS , please can you suggest how we can do this

Thanks,
Ramesh

[cdienger]

You can use these email to text addresses:

Alltel - %number%@message.alltel.com
AT&T - %number%@txt.att.net
Cingular - %number%@cingularme.com
Metro PCS - %number%@mymetropcs.com
Nextel - %number%@messaging.nextel.com
Powertel - %number%@ptel.net
Sprint - %number%@messaging.sprintpcs.com
SunCom - %number%@tms.suncom.com
T-Mobile - %number%@tmomail.net
US Cellular - %number%@email.uscc.net
Verizon - %number%@vtext.com
Virgin Mobile - %number%@vmobl.com

where %number% is the phone number of the recipient.

[Mitchell]

where do we need to define these addresses ? under User management ?

[cdienger]

Correct. And if you're not using a SMTP server already, you'll want to change your mail settings to use one under Administration > General > Mail Settings.

[Mitchell]

Thanks, but this mechanism depends on mail server being up , what is the solution for not depending on mail server in other words if our mail server goes down and some services are critical in NLS we should get SMS alert

is there anyway to configure SMS alert separately not depending on SMTP server ?

[mcapra]

You could use a 3rd party script to send the text message rather than leveraging the native email notifications. The Alerts you configure should have multiple methods for response mechanisms; It doesn't have to be email exclusively. This documentation covers your options for how Nagios Log Server responds to alerts:
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... Server.pdf

If it were me, I'd set up a Twilio account or some sort of SMS modem to be responsible for notifications. Then everything isn't reliant on your mail server functioning. I don't think you'll find documentation specific to Nagios Log Server for setting that up, though. You'd likely need to write the script yourself.

[dwhitfield]

Thanks @mcapra!

[Mitchell]

Thanks foe the info @mcapra
do we have any sample 3rd party script to send the text message for nagios log server ?
this method ( execute script ) to send the text message doesn't rely on mail server ?

[dwhitfield]

The script itself is not what bypasses email, this is:

If it were me, I'd set up a Twilio account or some sort of SMS modem to be responsible for notifications. Then everything isn't reliant on your mail server functioning.

I do not believe we have a script. User contributions usually go on http://exchange.nagios.com