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Hi,

I need to change the email notification message how do I do that?

like this is the notification message I get

Notification Type: RECOVERY

Service: check_http www.google.ca
Host: hostname
Address: 192.168.1.2
State: OK

Date/Time: Fri Mar 24 16:27:36 EDT 2017

Additional Info:

HTTP OK: Status line output matched 1 200 - 60531 bytes in 4.859 second response time


is there anyway i can change the whole thing? like i want a message just for this host only.

please let me know

The default email templates are defined in /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg with the command_lines for "notify-host-by-email" and "notify-service-by-email."

is there a way to put this in place ?


Here is the subject and body of the emails:

Subject:

Anomaly - Monitoring of the website (wwbsite.com) -% type of anomaly%

Type of anomaly:% type of anomaly%

Body :

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Hello,

This is to notify you that we have detected an anomaly on the website : website.com

Type of anomaly:% type of anomaly%

Please check the website as soon as possible.

Have a good day.

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You can try something like:

command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "Hello,\n\nThis is to notify you that we have detected an anomaly on the website : $ADDRESS$\n\nType of anonmaly: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nPlease check the website as soon as possible.\n\nHave a good day.| /bin/mail -s "Anomaly - Monitoring of the website($ADDRESS) - $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$" $CONTACTEMAIL$

List of default macros can be found at:

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... olist.html
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... olist.html

sorry i'm new at this i do not understand this lol

/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg contains a definition for "notify-service-by-email" which specifies the format of the email with command_line. You can modify this line/format as you see fit. After making the changes you need to restart the serivce with "service nagios restart"

is that for one host only ?!?!

No, this would apply to all services or hosts that call it.

You may find it beneficial to bookmark https://library.nagios.com/library/prod ... e/manuals/ which has links to further documentation that can help you with configuration Nagios.