Re: Nagios/Groundwork's issue

[Guido Falsi]

Martyn wrote:
> I would like to thank you for your response firstly but I need to ask..
> Looking at the Nagios code below; how would I formulate a meaningful Nagios
> alert using Gnokii.
>
> Thanks
>
> Martyn
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Daniele Forsi
> Sent: 23 September 2009 17:26
> To: Discussion forum for gnokii users.
> Subject: Re: Nagios/Groundwork's issue
>
> 2009/9/23 Martyn:
>
> > Here is my Nagios Command:
> >
> > /usr/bin/printf "%.120s" "ALERT\n\nNotification Type:
> > $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress:
> > $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time:
> > $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$ ##" | gnokii 
> > --sendsms
> > "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ 
> > is$SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$ -r

I Do use Nagios at work, but not with gnokii, and don't know what 
Groundwork is, but I think you could have more luck is you use the smsd 
included with nagios. For best results I'd suggest interfacing it to 
nagios using the MySQL or PostgreSQL(depending on your personal 
preference or  what you have available) module.

Using an SQL table would avoid you directory permission problems and 
other things. Making an SH script to fill the table with the SMSes to 
send should be quite easy, just be sure to sanitize any data you put 
there in your script.

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Guido Falsi <address@hidden>