Notifications not triggering

[RyanUI]

Hi all! This might be an easy answer and I may need to just walk away and come back to see what needs to be changed.. been looking at this for over an hr.

I've got a new Nagios install 4.4.5 and checks work 100% the problem I'm having is getting email notifications. I tried fiddling with the numbers but I just can't get it to be consistent. I got 2 or three emails and now nothing.

What I'm looking to do is check services every 3mins and if there is a problem to instantly alert me and then check again in 2 min and if there is still a problem to alert me again. and to keep doing that for 2hrs. It seems like a lot of emails but certain core services I need to be sure are operational.

Here's what I have.

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define command {
    command_name    notify-host-by-email
    command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Host Alert: $HOSTNAME$ is $HOSTSTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
}

define command {
    command_name    notify-service-by-email
    command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$\n" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert: $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
}

define hostgroup{
	hostgroup_name	databases	; The name of the hostgroup
	alias		DB Servers	; Long name of the group
	members		192.168.1.55
}
define host{
	use linux-server ; 
	host_name 192.168.1.55 ;
	alias 192.168.1.55 ;
	address 192.168.1.55 ;
}
define service{
	use generic-service
	host_name 192.168.1.55
	service_description Replication Running
	check_command check_rep
}

	
define contact {
    name                            generic-contact ;
    service_notification_period     24x7            ;
    host_notification_period        24x7            ;
    service_notification_options    w,u,c,r,f,s     ;
    host_notification_options       d,u,r,f,s       ;
    service_notification_commands   notify-service-by-email ;
    host_notification_commands      notify-host-by-email;
    register                        0               ;
}
define host {
    name                            generic-host    ;
    notifications_enabled           1               ;
    event_handler_enabled           1               ;
    flap_detection_enabled          1               ;
    process_perf_data               1               ;
    retain_status_information       1               ;
    retain_nonstatus_information    1               ;
    notification_period             24x7            ;
    register                        0               ;
}
define host {
    name                            linux-server    ;
    use                             generic-host    ;
    check_period                    24x7            ;
    check_interval                  3               ;
    retry_interval                  2               ;
    max_check_attempts              120              ;
    check_command                   check-host-alive;
    notification_period             24x7       ;

    notification_interval           3             ;
    notification_options            d,u,r           ;
    contact_groups                  admins          ;
    register                        0               ;
}
define service {
    name                            generic-service ;
    active_checks_enabled           1               ;
    passive_checks_enabled          1               ;
    parallelize_check               1               ;
    obsess_over_service             1               ;
    check_freshness                 0               ;
    notifications_enabled           1               ;
    event_handler_enabled           1               ;
    flap_detection_enabled          1               ;
    process_perf_data               1               ;
    retain_status_information       1               ;
    retain_nonstatus_information    1               ;
    is_volatile                     0               ;
    check_period                    24x7            ;
    max_check_attempts              120              ;
    check_interval                  3               ;
    retry_interval                  2               ;
    contact_groups                  admins          ;
    notification_options            w,u,c,r         ;
    notification_interval           3
    notification_period             24x7            ;
    register                        0               ;
}

if I do a send custom notification it goes through perfectly. Just not the critical / warning / down ones..

Any help would be very appr!

thanks

[scottwilkerson]

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    check_interval                  3               ;
    retry_interval                  2               ;
    max_check_attempts              120              ;

max_check_attempts is the number of attempts at the retry_interval before an alert is generated, with the settings above, an alert would not be sent until the host has been down for 240 minutes

[RyanUI]

wow.. I knew it had to be something simple. THANK YOU!

[scottwilkerson]

wow.. I knew it had to be something simple. THANK YOU!

No problem, Locking thread