Re: {bb} Email / SMS Notifications

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 02:49, cfaulks@aav.net.au wrote:
> With the recent purchase of an  Imate, Bigbrother rocks even more...
> 
> I now send email notifications to an internet (smtp) sms service.
> 
> I use the default warning rules to send * (Red) and restored (green) 
> alerts.
> 
> The strang thing is that when I send the alerts to my smtp email, the 
> details in the email I receive are:
> Subject: !BB - 1682510! wea01.svcs - 999172016015011
> 
> [BODY]
> wea01.svcs - 999172016015011 - [1682510] 
> 
> 
> Please see: http://bigbrother/html/wea01.svcs.html
> [/BODY]

That looks like the "brief message" format.

> When I send the notification to my sms service I receive:
> 
> wea01 - svcs 
> red Fri Aug 12 11:34:00 AEST 2005 Services Not OK
> green IBM Application Server V5 - Everyplace_Synchronization - Running
> green IBM Application Server V5 - IBMDB2eServer - Running
> green IBM WebSphere Applica....
> 
> The problem is that the SMS text is limited to 156 characters which equals 
> approx 2 services and I'm unable to confirm the critical service.

This is the longer "default" format.

> Why the difference ??

It looks like your normal e-mail recipients are matching the "briefrcpt"
token in the etc/bbwarnsetup.cfg file, while your SMS gateway recipients
are not.

> Is there a file which I can customise the information that is sent to 
> email/sms ? 
> 
> as an example:
> I have a server that monitors 5 services
> the www services dies
> 
> http://bb advises displays 4 green OK services and 1 red
> 
> Is there a way to email the critical service only (www).
> 
> My ultimate goal is to recieve a notification by sms advising the server 
> and the specific alert (srvc) in 156 character or less
> 
> If I could receive the notification by sms in the same format as email, 
> that would do me...
> 
> From within my imate, i then can connect to http://bb.domain.com
> 
> 
> cheers

If you need precise control over the format, then you can handle
your SMS gateway recipients using a custom paging script. There
are examples in the ext/pg directory.

Cheers, Phil.



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