Nagios Core - specify a single contact for a host or service

[neworderfac33]

Good afternoon,

The following works fine:

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define host{
        use             windows-server
        host_name       FIRSTSERVERNAME
        alias           Dev-Jenkins
        address         88.88.88.88
        hostgroups      windows-servers
        contact_groups  admins
}

but what about if I just want emails for this host to go to a single individual?
Do I have to set up a new contact group consisting of just that individual and reference it here, or is there any way in which I can reference the individual directly without having to create a contact group?

Cheers

Pete

[tmcdonald]

Not sure where you read that you need to use a group, but the contacts parameter will work for single contacts, or comma-separated lists:

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... .html#host

[neworderfac33]

Ah - ContactS
That explains a lot!
Thanks for putting me straight.

Pete

[hsmith]

Ah - ContactS
That explains a lot!
Thanks for putting me straight.

Pete

Are we all right to close this one out?

[neworderfac33]

Yep - surely can - thank you very much!

Pete