Nagios XI what is the best option in SMS notification

[martinkuriax]

Hi,

I am using the document below to send out sms alerts but it seems my Nagios SMS notififacion with smstools-2.2.20.tar.gz from http://stefanfrings.de/smstools/index-en.html smsd does not work

http://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nagi ... _Ahmed.pdf


From the terminal it works and I can send SMS from terminal.

Below are the errors I am getting from the smsd loggs. What does RSZDT mean?

# tail -f /var/log/smsd.log
2014-07-05 09:56:13,5, smsd: No destination in file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:13,6, smsd: Deleted file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:14,5, smsd: No destination in file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:14,6, smsd: Deleted file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:15,5, smsd: No destination in file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:15,6, smsd: Deleted file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:16,5, smsd: No destination in file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:16,6, smsd: Deleted file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:17,5, smsd: No destination in file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:17,6, smsd: Deleted file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:18,5, smsd: No destination in file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:18,6, smsd: Deleted file processes with STATE = RSZDT
2014-07-05 09:56:19,6, GSM1: Checking device for incoming SMS

Please advice the best way to send sms alerts from my Nagios XI thanks

Regards
Martin

[lmiltchev]

May I ask why you are trying to use a 3rd party options, when this functionality is available "out-of-the-box" in XI? Each user can modify his/her notification options and choose to receive mobile text alerts...

Notification Options->Notification Methods->Mobile Text

[rajasegar]

May I ask why you are trying to use a 3rd party options, when this functionality is available "out-of-the-box" in XI? Each user can modify his/her notification options and choose to receive mobile text alerts...

Notification Options->Notification Methods->Mobile Text

Common scenario
1) Users wants SMS for host A but not host B. Email is required for both.
2) User wants SMS for service A but not Service B in the same host.
3) User wants SMS for critical alerts but not warning. Email is required for both.
4) A mixture of the above.

How does NagiosXI handle this?

[tmcdonald]

Typically I tell people to create contacts based not on people but on addresses. One contact for email, one for SMS. That way you can tailor which contact gets which alerts and at what time. SMS in this case is usually for higher-priority items, or if you would need to wake up at 3AM for an alert (since email might not be configured on your phone but SMS would be).