Quick Nagios Problem

[DanW]

Checking my config file and i'm getting the following two errors...

Error: Service notification command 'notify-by-email' specified for contact 'nagios' is not defined anywhere!

Error: Host notification command 'host-notify-by-email' specified for contact 'nagios' is not defined anywhere!

where do i specify these options as i can't see anything in the documentation.....


Dan

[rush_tech]

Checking my config file and i'm getting the following two errors...

Error: Service notification command 'notify-by-email' specified for contact 'nagios' is not defined anywhere!

Error: Host notification command 'host-notify-by-email' specified for contact 'nagios' is not defined anywhere!

where do i specify these options as i can't see anything in the documentation.....


Dan

Edit the /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg config file with your favorite editor and change the email address associated with the nagiosadmin contact definition to the address you'd like to use for receiving alerts.
nano /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg

[Geoff]

I have the following in my commands.cfg

# 'host-notify-by-email' command definition
define command{
        command_name    host-notify-by-email
        command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios 2.6 *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /usr/bin/mail -s "Host $HOSTSTATE$ alert for $HOSTNAME$!" $CONTACTEMAIL$
        }


# 'notify-by-email' command definition
define command{
        command_name    notify-by-email
        command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios 2.6 *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "* *$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
        }

They appear to be installation defaults.

[DanW]

Edit the /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg config file with your favorite editor and change the email address associated with the nagiosadmin contact definition to the address you'd like to use for receiving alerts.
nano /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg

I already did that

I have the following in my commands.cfg

# 'host-notify-by-email' command definition
define command{
        command_name    host-notify-by-email
        command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios 2.6 *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /usr/bin/mail -s "Host $HOSTSTATE$ alert for $HOSTNAME$!" $CONTACTEMAIL$
        }


# 'notify-by-email' command definition
define command{
        command_name    notify-by-email
        command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios 2.6 *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "* *$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
        }

They appear to be installation defaults.

Geoff - yours command.cfg seems to give me errors ...

Nagios 3.0.1
Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Ethan Galstad (http://www.nagios.org)
Last Modified: 04-01-2008
License: GPL

Reading configuration data...

Error: Invalid command object directive 'Address:'.
Error: Could not add object property in file '/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg' on line 38.

***> One or more problems was encountered while processing the config files...

     Check your configuration file(s) to ensure that they contain valid
     directives and data defintions.  If you are upgrading from a previous
     version of Nagios, you should be aware that some variables/definitions
     may have been removed or modified in this version.  Make sure to read
     the HTML documentation regarding the config files, as well as the
     'Whats New' section to find out what has changed.

[Ric_]

What is on line 38 of that file?

[Geoff]

I'm using nagios 2.6. You are using nagios 3.01. I suspect the command definitions differ.

[DanW]

Think i've solved the problem .... was a classic case of PEBKAC ....