Nagios Support Forum

Hi,

i have configured nagios with user groups and send email notification to each user. How can i configure how the message is shown in the emails ? For example i don't want alias to shown in the email and i want each service which has the problem to be shown in the message. Also I have installed check mk for the services but is the email notification is only saying check mk not the original sercive. Like fs, http etc.

Host: example.org
Alias: example.org
Address: x.x.x.x
State: CRITICAL -> OK (RECOVERY)
Command:
Output: OK - Agent version 1.1.12p7, execution time 0.7 sec
Perfdata: execution_time=0.727

In /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg look for notify-service-by-email and notify-host-by-email. You'll want to modify those to meet your needs.

If you don't have that file at that location, what's the output of find / -name commands.cfg? Also, can you post your nagios.nfg?

What version of Core are you using? Was it compiled from source or installed from distro repos? On what OS/version is nagios running? cat /etc/*-release may be of use.

If you are using Check MK on your system, you may want to look at the Check_MK website at the link below for tips on changing the email notification settings on your server.
http://mathias-kettner.com/cms_notifications.html

When a service email notification is sent, it should show you the service name that had the issue.
Your example is for a Host notification so there is not a service associated to that notification.
When you receive an service notification, does it have the name in it?