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Nagios-Prowl

Current Version
v0.02
Last Release Date
2012-10-12
Compatible With
  • Nagios 2.x
  • Nagios 3.x
  • Nagios XI
License
GPL
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Allows you to send cleanly formatted Prowl notifications for Nagios alerts. Includes URLs to take you right to the host or service being alerted.
Requirements
============
* Perl modules
** LWP::UserAgent
** Crypt::SSLeay

Use
===
* Grab nagios-prowl.pl and put them somewhere nice.
* Set mode for nagios-prowl.pl to 0555, or something more restrictive (0500 maybe).
* In Nagios:
** Add the following two commands making sure that the paths to nagios-prowl.pl are correct. If you have a provider API key (and you should), be sure to fill it in. If you don't, remove the -p bit from each command. Also update with the URL to your Nagios cgi-bin.

define command {
command_name notify-host-by-prowl
command_line /usr/local/bin/nagios-prowl.pl -p -u "" -t "$LONGDATETIME$" -N "$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$" -s "$HOSTSTATE$" -H "$HOSTNAME$" -o "$HOSTOUTPUT$" -a "$_CONTACTPROWL_APIKEYS$"
}

define command {
command_name notify-service-by-prowl
command_line /usr/local/bin/nagios-prowl.pl -p -u "" -t "$LONGDATETIME$" -N "$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$" -s "$SERVICESTATE$" -H "$HOSTNAME$" -S "$SERVICEDESC$" -o "$HOSTOUTPUT$" -a "$_CONTACTPROWL_APIKEYS$"
}

** Add the following to contact records you'd like Prowl notifications for:

define contact {
service_notification_commands ,notify-service-by-prowl
host_notification_commands ,notify-host-by-prowl
_prowl_apikeys [, ...]
}