Extended Nagios Notification Mail

INSTALL

• replace the notifying definitions in the misccomands.cfg
• Make sure that PHP is installed and the path to the PHP-binary is correct.

Example misccommands.cfg

define command {
      command_name    host-notify-by-email
      command_line    /usr/bin/php -q /opt/nagios_mail.php
      }

define command {
      command_name    notify-by-email
      command_line    /usr/bin/php -q /opt/nagios_mail.php
      }

CONFIGURATION

• configure your domain address etc. at the top of the nagios_mail.php file.

TEST

• put your email-address in $config["mail_add_to_address"] statement.
• Then run the script from command-line:

/usr/bin/php -q /opt/nagios_mail.php

• You should recieve a test-email to the specified address.

FAQ

Q: i want to use ICINGA with it. Is it possible?
A: Yes, but you have to replace in Line 643 „_NAGIOS“ with „_ICINGA“

Q: Notifications through Nagios/Ichinga are empty. What to check?
A: check your php.ini for variables_order = “EGPCS”, the „E“ is important.

Q: Notifications through Nagios/Ichinga are still empty. What to check?
A: check nagios.cfg/icinga.cfg for the following setting: enable_environment_macros=1

Author

@author     Otto Berger <otto@bergerdata.de>
@copyright  Copyright (c) 2009, Otto Berger
@license    http://opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php GNU Lesser General Public License
@version    $Id$