A notificationway definition is used to define the way a contact is notified.
Bold directives are required, while the others are optional.
define notificationway{ | |
notificationway_name | *notificationway_name* |
host_notification_period | *timeperiod_name* |
service_notification_period | *timeperiod_name* |
host_notification_options | [d,u,r,f,s,n] |
service_notification_options | [w,u,c,r,f,s,n] |
host_notification_commands | *command_name* |
service_notification_commands | *command_name* |
min_business_impact | [0/1/2/3/4/5] |
} |
# Email the whole 24x7 is okay
define notificationway{
notificationway_name email_in_day
service_notification_period 24x7
host_notification_period 24x7
service_notification_options w,u,c,r,f
host_notification_options d,u,r,f,s
service_notification_commands notify-service
host_notification_commands notify-host
}
This directive is used to define the host states for which notifications can be sent out to this contact. Valid options are a combination of one or more of the following:
- d = notify on DOWN host states
- u = notify on UNREACHABLE host states
- r = notify on host recoveries (UP states)
- f = notify when the host starts and stops flapping,
- s = send notifications when host or service scheduled downtime starts and ends. If you specify n (none) as an option, the contact will not receive any type of host notifications.
This directive is used to define the service states for which notifications can be sent out to this contact. Valid options are a combination of one or more of the following:
- w = notify on WARNING service states
- u = notify on UNKNOWN service states
- c = notify on CRITICAL service states
- r = notify on service recoveries (OK states)
- f = notify when the service starts and stops flapping.
- n = (none) : the contact will not receive any type of service notifications.
This directive is used to define the minimum business criticity level of a service/host the contact will be notified. Please see root_problems_and_impacts for more details.
- 0 = less important
- 1 = more important than 0
- 2 = more important than 1
- 3 = more important than 2
- 4 = more important than 3
- 5 = most important