Text Message mail

joseme · Post by **joseme** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:05 pm

Hi Witness:
I'm trying to make some changes to text mail in THold, (I'm using thold to check the interface status Up/down), Thold sends a message showing only the interface (like " router - status- fa0/1 [int _status] is still bellow ....."), I would like to show another field more specific, for example the interface description, to see in mail "Link to New York"

I was trying to use <THRESHOLDNAME>, so I created a template named: "Router - interface status fa0/1 - Link to New York" and applied to device ... but it only shows "router - status- fa0/1"

I dont know if this descriptor <THRESHOLDNAME> works in this way, or maybe you can help me, I want to show in the message (or maybe in subject) , the interface description (in this case using the threshold name)

By the way, Is it possible to add extra NOTES, for each threshold?, so that this NOTES can be added to mail?.. It would be a great feature

...

Thanks

noname · Post by **noname** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:01 am

joseme wrote:I was trying to use <THRESHOLDNAME>, so I created a template named: "Router - interface status fa0/1 - Link to New York" and applied to device ... but it only shows "router - status- fa0/1"

Try this modification:
- http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?p=214568#p214568

Post by **TheWitness** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:04 am

In the current version of Thold, the Thold template can includes replacement tags such as |query_ifDesc| or |query_ifAlias| (if you have it).

The current version of THold also has a 'Reapply Suggested Names' option at the Threshold Page. Hopefully, you should not require the 'modification' that noname suggested.

TheWitness

joseme · Post by **joseme** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:24 am

Hi:
I applied threshold template named :|host_description| - Interface Status - |query_ifName| - |query_ifAlias| to my devices and works fine, but when I tried to use the descriptor <THRESHOLDNAME>, to include it in message, it doesn't works

<html><body>An ALERT has been issued that requires your attention. Host: <DESCRIPTION> (<HOSTNAME>) DATA: <THRESHOLDNAME> Message: <SUBJECT> </body></html>,

It shows:
DATA: RouterA - Status -fa0/0

and I think, it should show , the <THRESHOLDNAME> descriptor:
DATA: RouterA - Interface Status -fa0/0 - Link to New York

By the way, I was looking for the option 'Reapply Suggested Names' in settings, but I couldn't find it, where is it?

Thanks

noname · Post by **noname** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:49 pm

TheWitness wrote:The current version of THold also has a 'Reapply Suggested Names' option at the Threshold Page. Hopefully, you should not require the 'modification' that noname suggested.

Thanks TheWitness, I forgot to mention it's for older version of thold.

joseme wrote:By the way, I was looking for the option 'Reapply Suggested Names' in settings, but I couldn't find it, where is it?

Console -> Thresholds -> Choose an action: "Reapply Suggested Names"

joseme · Post by **joseme** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:00 am

HI:
I did "Reapply Suggested Names", but it doesn´'t work, the descriptor <THRESHOLDNAME>, doesn't show the name of threshold when a mail is sent...I dont know if I'm misunderstanding the meaning of this descriptor...

html><body>An ALERT has been issued that requires your attention. Host: <DESCRIPTION> (<HOSTNAME>) DATA: <THRESHOLDNAME> Message: <SUBJECT> </body></html>,

It shows:
DATA: RouterA - Status -fa0/0

and I think, it should show , the <THRESHOLDNAME> descriptor (I mean the threshlod name):
DATA: RouterA - Interface Status -fa0/0 - Link to New York

Could you check in your Cacti Lab environment?...

thanks

noname · Post by **noname** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:58 am

Hmm, then try this query to verify:

% mysql -uUSER -pPASS cacti -t -e 'SELECT id,name,name_cache FROM data_template_data WHERE local_data_id=XX;'

XX is ID of rra, you can see it at URL of threshold settings. (.../thold.php?rra=XX&view_rrd=...)

If 'name_cache' is not the output as you expected (even if you performed "Reapply Suggested Names"),
I recommend you to report that to http://bugs.cacti.net/.

Post by **TheWitness** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:42 am

SVN 1930 has the proper changes to support this. These things happen when you are not the original author.

joseme · Post by **joseme** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:31 pm

Hi Witness:
I applied the last svn I found , the threshold template is created fine, but now I can't select the template to apply to the device (It doesn't show the option)

...

Could you check..
Thanks

Post by **TheWitness** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:00 pm

Can't check. I don't have a copy of your database.

joseme · Post by **joseme** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:07 pm

Hi Witness:
I made a mistake...

the last THOLD svn works perfect !!... the descriptor <THRESHOLDNAME> shows what It should .

Thold is one of my favorite plugin!!....

Thanks Witness!!

PD: for next release, would be nice to have the chance to add "extra notes" in mail for each template (or threshold)..., I'm using thold to alert interface status ("1" for UP and "2" for DOWN), and mail only shows "1" or "2", but for someone who don't know what "1" and "2" mean is dificult, so I want to show that in "extra notes"... 1=UP, 2=DOWN

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