Contacts Report

[mkite64]

How can I generate an easy-to-read list of all contacts and what each contact gets notified for? My bosses can't read .cfg files and have requested this information. Thanks.

[abrist]

I just scratched out a bash one liner to grep through objects.cache. It may not be what you are looking for, but here it is:

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cat /usr/local/nagios/var/objects.cache | grep 'host_name\|service_description\|contacts' > /tmp/contacts.

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The output would look like:

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        host_name       ebony
        service_description     Linux Raid Status checks /proc/mdstat
        contacts        neboglory
        host_name       ebony
        service_description     Web Server Port 80 check
        contacts        neboglory
        host_name       gent
        service_description     / Disk Usage
        contacts        andy,nagiosadmin,neboglory

When I run this, I get a few commands at the top, so you can clean it up a bit more with:

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cat /usr/local/nagios/var/objects.cache | grep 'host_name\|service_description\|contacts' |grep -v command_name > /tmp/contacts.txt

You could add strings as you see fit. For example, you can add the notification period with:

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cat /usr/local/nagios/var/objects.cache | grep 'host_name\|service_description\|contacts\|notification_period' |grep -v command_name > /tmp/contacts.txt

To make it a bit more readable, we will add a sed:

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cat /usr/local/nagios/var/objects.cache | grep 'host_name\|service_description\|contacts\|notification_period' |grep -v command_name | sed 's/host_name/\n/g' > /tmp/contacts.txt

The final output should look like:

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        ebony
        service_description     Linux Raid Status checks /proc/mdstat
        contacts        neboglory
        notification_period     24x7

        ebony
        service_description     Web Server Port 80 check
        contacts        neboglory
        notification_period     24x7

        gent
        service_description     / Disk Usage
        contacts        andy,nagiosadmin,neboglory
        notification_period     xi_timeperiod_24x7

Unfortunately, the contact information is saved on a per-object basis, not the other way around. I am sure someone better with sed/awk/grep could write you a one-liner for what you are actually looking for. But here it is , anyways.