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Nagios is not sending email alrets when server goes down below is my configuration files.i configured sendmail and getting mails when tried in command line.

-->contacts.cfg

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# CONTACTS.CFG - SAMPLE CONTACT/CONTACTGROUP DEFINITIONS
#
# Last Modified: 05-31-2007
#
# NOTES: This config file provides you with some example contact and contact
# group definitions that you can reference in host and service
# definitions.
#
# You don't need to keep these definitions in a separate file from your
# other object definitions. This has been done just to make things
# easier to understand.
#
###############################################################################

###############################################################################
###############################################################################
#
# CONTACTS
#
###############################################################################
###############################################################################

# Just one contact defined by default - the Nagios admin (that's you)
# This contact definition inherits a lot of default values from the 'generic-contact'
# template which is defined elsewhere.

define contact{
contact_name nagiosadmin ; Short name of user
use generic-contact ; Inherit default values from generic-contact template (defined above)
alias Nagios Admin ; Full name of user
email nagios@localhost ; <<***** CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ******
}

define contact{
contact_name vreddyc ; Short name of user
use generic-contact ; Inherit default values from generic-contact template (defined above)
alias vidya Sagar ; Full name of user
email vreddyc@cisco.com ; <<***** CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ******
}

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#
# CONTACT GROUPS
#
###############################################################################
###############################################################################

# We only have one contact in this simple configuration file, so there is
# no need to create more than one contact group.

define contactgroup{
contactgroup_name admins
alias Nagios Administrators
members nagiosadmin
}

define contactgroup{
contactgroup_name vreddyc
alias LAB Administrators
members vreddyc
}

-->command.cfg

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# COMMANDS.CFG - SAMPLE COMMAND DEFINITIONS FOR NAGIOS 4.0.2
#
#
# NOTES: This config file provides you with some example command definitions
# that you can reference in host, service, and contact definitions.
#
# You don't need to keep commands in a separate file from your other
# object definitions. This has been done just to make things easier to
# understand.
#
###############################################################################

################################################################################
#
# SAMPLE NOTIFICATION COMMANDS
#
# These are some example notification commands. They may or may not work on
# your system without modification. As an example, some systems will require
# you to use "/usr/bin/mailx" instead of "/usr/bin/mail" in the commands below.
#
################################################################################

# 'notify-host-by-email' command definition
define command{
command_name notify-host-by-email
command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Host Alert: $HOSTNAME$ is $HOSTSTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
}

# 'notify-service-by-email' command definition
define command{
command_name notify-service-by-email
command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$\n" | /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ Service Alert: $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
}

################################################################################
#
# SAMPLE HOST CHECK COMMANDS
#
################################################################################

# This command checks to see if a host is "alive" by pinging it
# The check must result in a 100% packet loss or 5 second (5000ms) round trip
# average time to produce a critical error.
# Note: Five ICMP echo packets are sent (determined by the '-p 5' argument)

# 'check-host-alive' command definition
define command{
command_name check-host-alive
command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 5
}

################################################################################
#
# SAMPLE SERVICE CHECK COMMANDS
#
# These are some example service check commands. They may or may not work on
# your system, as they must be modified for your plugins. See the HTML
# documentation on the plugins for examples of how to configure command definitions.
#
# NOTE: The following 'check_local_...' functions are designed to monitor
# various metrics on the host that Nagios is running on (i.e. this one).
################################################################################

# 'check_local_disk' command definition
define command{
command_name check_local_disk
command_line $USER1$/check_disk -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p $ARG3$
}

# 'check_local_load' command definition
define command{
command_name check_local_load
command_line $USER1$/check_load -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$
}

# 'check_local_procs' command definition
define command{
command_name check_local_procs
command_line $USER1$/check_procs -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -s $ARG3$
}

# 'check_local_users' command definition
define command{
command_name check_local_users
command_line $USER1$/check_users -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$
}

# 'check_local_swap' command definition
define command{
command_name check_local_swap
command_line $USER1$/check_swap -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$
}

# 'check_local_mrtgtraf' command definition
define command{
command_name check_local_mrtgtraf
command_line $USER1$/check_mrtgtraf -F $ARG1$ -a $ARG2$ -w $ARG3$ -c $ARG4$ -e $ARG5$
}

################################################################################
# NOTE: The following 'check_...' commands are used to monitor services on
# both local and remote hosts.
################################################################################

# 'check_ftp' command definition
define command{
command_name check_ftp
command_line $USER1$/check_ftp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$
}

# 'check_hpjd' command definition
define command{
command_name check_hpjd
command_line $USER1$/check_hpjd -H $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$
}

# 'check_snmp' command definition
define command{
command_name check_snmp
command_line $USER1$/check_snmp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$
}

# 'check_http' command definition
define command{
command_name check_http
command_line $USER1$/check_http -I $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$
}

# 'check_ssh' command definition
define command{
command_name check_ssh
command_line $USER1$/check_ssh $ARG1$ $HOSTADDRESS$
}

# 'check_dhcp' command definition
define command{
command_name check_dhcp
command_line $USER1$/check_dhcp $ARG1$
}

# 'check_ping' command definition
define command{
command_name check_ping
command_line $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w $ARG1$ -c $ARG2$ -p 5
}

# 'check_pop' command definition
define command{
command_name check_pop
command_line $USER1$/check_pop -H $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$
}

# 'check_imap' command definition
define command{
command_name check_imap
command_line $USER1$/check_imap -H $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$
}

# 'check_smtp' command definition
define command{
command_name check_smtp
command_line $USER1$/check_smtp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$
}

# 'check_tcp' command definition
define command{
command_name check_tcp
command_line $USER1$/check_tcp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $ARG1$ $ARG2$
}

# 'check_udp' command definition
define command{
command_name check_udp
command_line $USER1$/check_udp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $ARG1$ $ARG2$
}

# 'check_nt' command definition
define command{
command_name check_nt
command_line $USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p 12489 -v $ARG1$ $ARG2$
}

################################################################################
#
# SAMPLE PERFORMANCE DATA COMMANDS
#
# These are sample performance data commands that can be used to send performance
# data output to two text files (one for hosts, another for services). If you
# plan on simply writing performance data out to a file, consider using the
# host_perfdata_file and service_perfdata_file options in the main config file.
#
################################################################################

# 'process-host-perfdata' command definition
define command{
command_name process-host-perfdata
command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "$LASTHOSTCHECK$\t$HOSTNAME$\t$HOSTSTATE$\t$HOSTATTEMPT$\t$HOSTSTATETYPE$\t$HOSTEXECUTIONTIME$\t$HOS TOUTPUT$\t$HOSTPERFDATA$\n" >> /usr/local/nagios/var/host-perfdata.out
}

# 'process-service-perfdata' command definition
define command{
command_name process-service-perfdata
command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "$LASTSERVICECHECK$\t$HOSTNAME$\t$SERVICEDESC$\t$SERVICESTATE$\t$SERVICEATTEMPT$\t$SERVICESTATETYPE$ \t$SERVICEEXECUTIONTIME$\t$SERVICELATENCY$\t$SERVICEOUTPUT$\t$SERVICEPERFDATA$\n" >> /usr/local/nagios/var/service-perfdata.out
}

templates.cfg

###############################################################################
# TEMPLATES.CFG - SAMPLE OBJECT TEMPLATES
#
#
# NOTES: This config file provides you with some example object definition
# templates that are refered by other host, service, contact, etc.
# definitions in other config files.
#
# You don't need to keep these definitions in a separate file from your
# other object definitions. This has been done just to make things
# easier to understand.
#
###############################################################################

###############################################################################
###############################################################################
#
# CONTACT TEMPLATES
#
###############################################################################
###############################################################################

# Generic contact definition template - This is NOT a real contact, just a template!

define contact{
name generic-contact ; The name of this contact template
service_notification_period 24x7 ; service notifications can be sent anytime
host_notification_period 24x7 ; host notifications can be sent anytime
service_notification_options w,u,c,r,f,s ; send notifications for all service states, flapping events, and scheduled downtime events
host_notification_options d,u,r,f,s ; send notifications for all host states, flapping events, and scheduled downtime events
service_notification_commands notify-service-by-email ; send service notifications via email
host_notification_commands notify-host-by-email ; send host notifications via email
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL CONTACT, JUST A TEMPLATE!
}

###############################################################################
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#
# HOST TEMPLATES
#
###############################################################################
###############################################################################

# Generic host definition template - This is NOT a real host, just a template!

define host{
name generic-host ; The name of this host template
notifications_enabled 1 ; Host notifications are enabled
event_handler_enabled 1 ; Host event handler is enabled
flap_detection_enabled 1 ; Flap detection is enabled
process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data
retain_status_information 1 ; Retain status information across program restarts
retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts
notification_period 24x7 ; Send host notifications at any time
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
}

# Linux host definition template - This is NOT a real host, just a template!

define host{
name linux-server ; The name of this host template
use generic-host ; This template inherits other values from the generic-host template
check_period 24x7 ; By default, Linux hosts are checked round the clock
check_interval 5 ; Actively check the host every 5 minutes
retry_interval 1 ; Schedule host check retries at 1 minute intervals
max_check_attempts 10 ; Check each Linux host 10 times (max)
check_command check-host-alive ; Default command to check Linux hosts
notification_period 24x7 ; Linux admins hate to be woken up, so we only notify during the day
; Note that the notification_period variable is being overridden from
; the value that is inherited from the generic-host template!
notification_interval 120 ; Resend notifications every 2 hours
notification_options d,u,r ; Only send notifications for specific host states
contact_groups admins ; Notifications get sent to the admins by default
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!
}

# Windows host definition template - This is NOT a real host, just a template!

define host{
name windows-server ; The name of this host template
use generic-host ; Inherit default values from the generic-host template
check_period 24x7 ; By default, Windows servers are monitored round the clock
check_interval 5 ; Actively check the server every 5 minutes
retry_interval 1 ; Schedule host check retries at 1 minute intervals
max_check_attempts 10 ; Check each server 10 times (max)
check_command check-host-alive ; Default command to check if servers are "alive"
notification_period 24x7 ; Send notification out at any time - day or night
notification_interval 30 ; Resend notifications every 30 minutes
notification_options d,r ; Only send notifications for specific host states
contact_groups admins ; Notifications get sent to the admins by default
hostgroups windows-servers ; Host groups that Windows servers should be a member of
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS - ITS JUST A TEMPLATE
}

# We define a generic printer template that can be used for most printers we monitor

define host{
name generic-printer ; The name of this host template
use generic-host ; Inherit default values from the generic-host template
check_period 24x7 ; By default, printers are monitored round the clock
check_interval 5 ; Actively check the printer every 5 minutes
retry_interval 1 ; Schedule host check retries at 1 minute intervals
max_check_attempts 10 ; Check each printer 10 times (max)
check_command check-host-alive ; Default command to check if printers are "alive"
notification_period workhours ; Printers are only used during the workday
notification_interval 30 ; Resend notifications every 30 minutes
notification_options d,r ; Only send notifications for specific host states
contact_groups admins ; Notifications get sent to the admins by default
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS - ITS JUST A TEMPLATE
}

# Define a template for switches that we can reuse
define host{
name generic-switch ; The name of this host template
use generic-host ; Inherit default values from the generic-host template
check_period 24x7 ; By default, switches are monitored round the clock
check_interval 5 ; Switches are checked every 5 minutes
retry_interval 1 ; Schedule host check retries at 1 minute intervals
max_check_attempts 10 ; Check each switch 10 times (max)
check_command check-host-alive ; Default command to check if routers are "alive"
notification_period 24x7 ; Send notifications at any time
notification_interval 30 ; Resend notifications every 30 minutes
notification_options d,r ; Only send notifications for specific host states
contact_groups admins ; Notifications get sent to the admins by default
register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS - ITS JUST A TEMPLATE
}

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