The automated notifications from Nagios 3.5.0 (on Ubuntu) don't seem to work and the error given is "No contacts were found for notification purposes. No notification was sent out". The below can be found in the debug log:
[1370347017.047457] [032.0] [pid=30297] ** Service Notification Attempt ** Host: 'nbsrvcomp-11', Service: 'Number open file descriptors', Type: 0, Options: 0, Current State: 1, Last Notification: Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970
[1370347017.047520] [032.0] [pid=30297] Notification viability test passed.
[1370347017.047530] [032.1] [pid=30297] Current notification number: 1 (incremented)
[1370347017.047539] [032.1] [pid=30297] Service notification will NOT be escalated.
[1370347017.047545] [032.1] [pid=30297] Adding normal contacts for service to notification list.
[1370347017.047555] [032.0] [pid=30297] No contacts were found for notification purposes. No notification was sent out.
Checking the config I can't see any problems:
root@nbsrvnagi-01v:/etc/apache2# grep -i enable_notifications /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
enable_notifications=1
root@nbsrvnagi-01v:/etc/apache2# grep cfg /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/timeperiods.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/commands.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/contacts.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/contactgroups.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/contacttemplates.cfg
cfg_dir=/etc/nagiosql/hosts
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/hosttemplates.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/hostgroups.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/hostextinfo.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/hostescalations.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/hostdependencies.cfg
cfg_dir=/etc/nagiosql/services
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/servicetemplates.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/servicegroups.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/serviceextinfo.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/serviceescalations.cfg
cfg_file=/etc/nagiosql/servicedependencies.cfg
root@nbsrvnagi-01v:/etc/apache2# cat /etc/nagiosql/contactgroups.cfg
define contactgroup {
contactgroup_name admins
alias Nagios Administrators
members chlewis
register 1
}
root@nbsrvnagi-01v:/etc/apache2# cat /etc/nagiosql/contacts.cfg
define contact {
contact_name chlewis
alias Chris Lewis
contactgroups admins
host_notifications_enabled 1
service_notifications_enabled 1
host_notification_period 24x7
service_notification_period 24x7
host_notification_options d,u,r,f,s,n
service_notification_options w,u,c,r,f,s,n
host_notification_commands notify-host-by-email
service_notification_commands notify-service-by-email
can_submit_commands 1
email <removed>
register 1
}
root@nbsrvnagi-01v:/etc/apache2# cat /etc/nagiosql/services/check_open_fds.cfg
define service {
#NAGIOSQL_CONFIG_NAME check_open_fds
hostgroup_name *
service_description Number open file descriptors
display_name Number open file descriptors
check_command check_nrpe!check_oepn_fds
max_check_attempts 5
check_interval 5
retry_interval 3
check_period 24x7
event_handler notify-service-by-email
notification_interval 120
notification_period 24x7
notification_options w,u,c,r,f,s
contact_groups admins
register 1
}
root@nbsrvnagi-01v:/etc/apache2# cat /etc/nagiosql/servicetemplates.cfg
define service {
name generic-service
is_volatile 0
max_check_attempts 4
check_interval 5
retry_interval 1
active_checks_enabled 1
passive_checks_enabled 1
check_period 24x7
parallelize_check 1
obsess_over_service 1
check_freshness 0
event_handler notify-service-by-email
event_handler_enabled 1
flap_detection_enabled 1
process_perf_data 1
retain_status_information 1
retain_nonstatus_information 1
notification_interval 0
notification_period 24x7
notification_options w,u,c,r
notifications_enabled 1
contact_groups admins
failure_prediction_enabled 1
register 0
}
root@nbsrvnagi-01v:/etc/apache2# cat /etc/nagiosql/commands.cfg
define command {
command_name notify-host-by-email
command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Host Alert: $HOSTNAME$ is $HOSTSTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
register 1
}
define command {
command_name notify-service-by-email
command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$\n" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert: $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
register 1
}
One strange this is that custom notifications work:
[1370347216.906200] [032.0] [pid=30297] ** Service Notification Attempt ** Host: 'nbsrvcomp-11', Service: 'Number open file descriptors', Type: 99, Options: 0, Current State: 1, Last Notification: Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970
[1370347216.906295] [032.0] [pid=30297] Notification viability test passed.
[1370347216.906304] [032.1] [pid=30297] Current notification number: 0 (unchanged)
[1370347216.906317] [032.1] [pid=30297] Service notification will NOT be escalated.
[1370347216.906329] [032.1] [pid=30297] Adding normal contacts for service to notification list.
Any help will be much appreciated.
