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Nagios Contact
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:02 pm
by btayl
I should bet able to create a contact and send an alert to it correct.
Re: Nagios Contact
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:17 pm
by vtrac
Hi,
Here's the KB article for understanding Nagios XI users and contacts:
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ntacts.pdf
Regards,
Vinh
Re: Nagios Contact
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 7:56 pm
by btayl
Vinh it looks like I should beable to but it never send an alert off of just a contact.
Re: Nagios Contact
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 11:33 am
by vtrac
Hi,
Did you add the that contact to the "Contact Template"?
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Regards,
Vinh
Re: Nagios Contact
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:55 pm
by btayl
Does it mater xi_contact_generic or generic _contact
Re: Nagios Contact
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:53 pm
by 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
Re: Nagios Contact
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:14 am
by 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 ?
Re: Nagios Contact
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:51 am
by 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
Re: Nagios Contact
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:23 am
by btayl
Vinh you can close the Ticket
Re: Nagios Contact
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:46 am
by scottwilkerson
btayl wrote:Vinh you can close the Ticket
Locking thread