Implementing Notification Variables

[mikew]

I am have created 6 custom notification macros for hosts and services.

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_Department 	IT-Staff-Infrastructure
_Owner		IT-Staff-Infrastructure	
_ServiceRoles	Symantec Backup	
_ContactName	IT-Staff-SysAdmin	
_Location	Tech Building	
_City		Houston

I have added the information to one host as proof of concept and modified the xi_host_notification_handler and xi_service_notification_handler with this information.

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--department="$_HOSTDEPARTMENT$" --owner="$_HOSTOWNER$" --serviceroles="$_HOSTSERVICEROLES$" --contactname="$_HOSTCONTACTNAME$" --location="$_HOSTLOCATION$" --city="$_HOSTCITY$"

I have also modified the Notification Management to force this on all users to meet company standards.

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Department: %department%
Owner: %owner%
ServiceRoles: %serviceroles%
ContactName: %contactname%
Location: %location%
City: %city%

Everything works....except now I have to do this 3500 times. The information for each host is different.

My question is, is there a script that I can use to add this to config files or import it somehow...3500 times is going to be rough...

[scottwilkerson]

Mike,

** TAKE A BACKUP FIRST **

If you take the host config files, modify them to include the free variables and then place them in the /usr/local/nagios/etc/import directory they will overwrite the existing file upon Apply Configuration

** TAKE A BACKUP FIRST **

[mikew]

Ya, that was what I was thinking...makes me a touch nervous. I will set up a demo account create the script and then report back, in case others get stuck with this type of situation.

[lmiltchev]

Sure, Mike. Let us know how it went.