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ckliborn
Asked: 2012-01-27 10:13:03 +0800 CST

How can I configure icinga/nagios to alert via sms?

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I know the sms gateway for my cell phone provider so I can just send an email to it.

I am looking for examples of entries in contacts.cfg and commands.cfg that are mobile specific.

nagios alerts icinga

4 Answers

  1. Using a 3rd-party SMS service, or (even better) using a GSM device as Craig suggests, is going to be much more reliable/robust.

    If you're dead set on using the provider's email->SMS gateway, you can use slimmed-down contact commands like this:

    define command {
    command_name    notify-host-by-sms
    command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n$HOSTNAME$ is $HOSTSTATE$\n$HOSTOUTPUT$\n" | /usr/bin/mail -s "[Nagios] ($HOSTNAME$ $HOSTSTATE$)" $CONTACTEMAIL$

    }

    define command {
    command_name    notify-service-by-sms
    command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n$SERVICEDESC$ ($HOSTNAME$) is $SERVICESTATE$\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "[Nagios] ($HOSTNAME$/$SERVICEDESC$)" $CONTACTEMAIL$

    If any of these end up being too long, you can remove or substitute different macros in several places, as necessary. See the macro list for info on what's available in a notification command.

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  2. Best Answer

    In contacts_nagios2.cfg:

    define contactgroup{
        contactgroup_name       admins
        alias                   Nagios Administrators
        members                 user
}
define contact{
        contact_name                    name
        alias                           name
        service_notification_period     24x7
        host_notification_period        24x7
        service_notification_options    w,u,c,r
        host_notification_options       d,r
        service_notification_commands   notify-by-sms
        host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-sms
        email                           mail
        pager                          MOBILENUMBER
}

    And in commands.cfg

    define command{
       command_name notify-by-sms
       command_line script-to-sms-service
}
define command{
       command_name host-notify-by-sms
       command_line script-to-sms-service
}
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  3. The first answer will do what you need.

    You can send SMS messages through an SMS service, send them via the cell providers email to SMS addresses, or use a local SMS server. We did the latter. This link will give you details on how to do it:

    http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/using-sms-server-provide-robust-alerting-service-nagios

    This has been running for 1.5 yrs. Very reliable, and not dependent on email servers, or third party services.

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  4. If you want something that can be used out-of-the-box, you can take a look at SMSEagle

    That's a hardware sms gateway. Their advantage is that the device stands close to your infrastructure, so when your Internet connection fails you can still send your SMS alerts.

    They have ready plugin for Nagios - integration takes about 5min.

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