Configure alerts for email and contact groups in Nagios
If you have been following my latest entries, you know I have been covering the Nagios monitoring system (see my articles “Quickly install Nagios on Ubuntu“, “Easily extend Nagios' functionality“, and “Configure hostgroups for Nagios“.) This time around we are going to look at the notification function of Nagios. Specifically, I am going to show you how to set up Nagios for email alerts to a single email address and multiple addresses with the help of contact groups.
This article will assume the box hosting your Nagios installation has a working email server. If not, take a look at my Postfix articles here on Ghacks. Once that is up and running, email alerts are just a few steps away.
If you have been following my latest entries, you know I have been covering the Nagios monitoring system (see my articles “Quickly install Nagios on Ubuntu“, “Easily extend Nagios' functionality“, and “Configure hostgroups for Nagios“.) This time around we are going to look at the notification function of Nagios. Specifically, I am going to show you how to set up Nagios for email alerts to a single email address and multiple addresses with the help of contact groups.
This article will assume the box hosting your Nagios installation has a working email server. If not, take a look at my Postfix articles here on Ghacks. Once that is up and running, email alerts are just a few steps away.
