Nagios Contact

[btayl]

I should bet able to create a contact and send an alert to it correct.

[vtrac]

Hi,
Here's the KB article for understanding Nagios XI users and contacts:
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ntacts.pdf


Regards,
Vinh

[btayl]

Vinh it looks like I should beable to but it never send an alert off of just a contact.

[vtrac]

Hi,
Did you add the that contact to the "Contact Template"?

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Regards,
Vinh

[btayl]

Does it mater xi_contact_generic or generic _contact

[vtrac]

Hi,
I looked and "generic_contact" used "/bin/mail" (example below):

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/usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios Monitor XI Alert *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Host Alert: $HOSTNAME$ is $HOSTSTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$

"xi_contact_generic" used "php" (example below):

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/usr/bin/php /usr/local/nagiosxi/scripts/handle_nagioscore_notification.php --notification-type=host --contact="$CONTACTNAME$" --contactemail="$CONTACTEMAIL$" --type=$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ --escalated="$NOTIFICATIONISESCALATED$" --author="$NOTIFICATIONAUTHOR$" --comments="$NOTIFICATIONCOMMENT$" --host="$HOSTNAME$" --hostaddress="$HOSTADDRESS$" --hostalias="$HOSTALIAS$" --hostdisplayname="$HOSTDISPLAYNAME$" --hoststate=$HOSTSTATE$ --hoststateid=$HOSTSTATEID$ --lasthoststate=$LASTHOSTSTATE$ --lasthoststateid=$LASTHOSTSTATEID$ --hoststatetype=$HOSTSTATETYPE$ --currentattempt=$HOSTATTEMPT$ --maxattempts=$MAXHOSTATTEMPTS$ --hosteventid=$HOSTEVENTID$ --hostproblemid=$HOSTPROBLEMID$ --hostoutput="$HOSTOUTPUT$" --longhostoutput="$LONGHOSTOUTPUT$" --datetime="$LONGDATETIME$"

Regards,
Vinh

[btayl]

So I tried both and the "generic_contact" worked but" xi_contact_generic" did not is their any thing I need to do to get it to work ?

[vtrac]

Hi,
I think "generic_contact" is your only choice for "contact" users.

You could also try create these as normal XI users with the following options:

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- Enable Notifications
- Can see all hosts and services
- Read-only access
- Under "Core Config Manager access:", select "Limited"  with "Contacts" box checked for "Alerting Permissions"

Please NOTE that if you create these as XI users, those users will be allowed to log into XI.


Regards,
Vinh

[btayl]

Vinh you can close the Ticket

[scottwilkerson]

Vinh you can close the Ticket

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