Re: [Nagios-devel] Custom misccommands.cfg

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Re: [Nagios-devel] Custom misccommands.cfg

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Jeremy Young wrote:
> Quick question, wondering if it was possible to grab a HOSTGROUP
> variable when using a command like host-notify-by-email, or
> notify-by-email. I would like the notification to show which hostgroup
> the affected host belongs to?
>
> The following does not work:
>
> define command{
> command_name notify-by-email
> command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios-MCI
> *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService:
> $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nHost Group: $HOSTGROUP$\nAddress:
> $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time:
> $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s
> "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is
> $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
> }
>
> Any help is much appreciated?
>
> Jeremy
>

You can use the $HOSTGROUPNAME$ macro to get the name of the (first)
hostgroup that a particular host/service belongs to. See:

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/2_0/ ... tgroupname

Hope that helps.


Ethan Galstad,
Nagios Developer
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