Templates are used to individually adjust the notifications generated by the SONARPLEX appliance. You set up the desired information from predefined variables. There are e-mail or text messages as well as host and service messages.
For customizing alert templates structure for email or SMS notifications, proceed as follows:
- Open the
> Configuration > Templates and select a template (see picture below).Insert excerpt _AdminWeb _AdminWeb nopanel true - Modify the default template structure by copying and pasting in the desired place or you can insert new variables (%VARIABLE_NAME%). Variable names are listed in the table below.
- Click on
to save your changes .Click or click on 
to save your changes and send a test email to admin.
The following variables can be used in templates:
| Host Notifications - Variable name | Service Notifications - Variable name |
|---|---|
ADMINEMAIL | ADMINEMAIL |
ADMINPAGER | ADMINPAGER |
CONTACTALIAS | CONTACTALIAS |
CONTACTEMAIL | CONTACTEMAIL |
CONTACTNAME | CONTACTNAME |
CONTACTPAGER | CONTACTPAGER |
DATE | DATE |
GMTIME | GMTIME |
HOSTADDRESS | HOSTADDRESS |
HOSTALIAS | HOSTALIAS |
HOSTCHECKS_ENABLED | HOSTCHECKS_ENABLED |
HOSTCHECK_COMMAND | HOSTCHECK_COMMAND |
HOSTCONTACTS | HOSTCONTACTS |
HOSTCONTACT_GROUPS | HOSTCONTACT_GROUPS |
HOSTHOST_NAME | HOSTHOST_NAME |
HOSTMAX_ATTEMPTS | HOSTMAX_ATTEMPTS |
HOSTMAX_CHECK_ATTEMPTS | HOSTMAX_CHECK_ATTEMPTS |
HOSTNAME | HOSTNAME |
HOSTNOTES | HOSTNOTES |
HOSTNOTES_URL | HOSTNOTES_URL |
HOSTNOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED | HOSTNOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED |
HOSTNOTIFICATION_INTERVAL | HOSTNOTIFICATION_INTERVAL |
HOSTNOTIFICATION_PERIOD | HOSTNOTIFICATION_PERIOD |
HOSTPASSIVE_CHECKS_ENABLED | HOSTPASSIVE_CHECKS_ENABLED |
HOSTSTATE | HOSTSTATE |
HOST_ALTITUDE | HOST_ALTITUDE |
HOST_LATITUDE | HOST_LATITUDE |
HOST_LONGITUDE | HOST_LONGITUDE |
LASTHOSTCHECK | LASTHOSTCHECK |
LASTHOSTSTATECHANGE | LASTHOSTSTATECHANGE |
LONGDATETIME | LONGDATETIME |
NOTIFICATIONNUMBER | NOTIFICATIONNUMBER |
NOTIFICATIONTYPE | NOTIFICATIONTYPE |
OUTPUT | OUTPUT |
REMOTE_ADDR | REMOTE_ADDR |
SHORTDATETIME | SHORTDATETIME |
SONARPLEX_ADDRESS | SONARPLEX_ADDRESS |
SONARPLEX_LOCATION | SONARPLEX_LOCATION |
SYSID | SYSID |
TIME | TIME |
TIMET | TIMET |
SERVICEACKAUTHOR | |
SERVICEACKCOMMENT | |
SERVICECHECKS_ENABLED | |
SERVICECHECK_COMMAND | |
SERVICECHECK_PERIOD | |
SERVICECONTACTS | |
SERVICECONTACT_GROUPS | |
SERVICEDESC | |
SERVICEEVENT_HANDLER | |
SERVICEEXECUTIONTIME | |
SERVICEFAILURE_PREDICTION_ENABLED | |
SERVICEHOST_NAME | |
SERVICEHOST_NAMES | |
SERVICELATENCY | |
SERVICEMAX_ATTEMPTS | |
SERVICEMAX_CHECK_ATTEMPTS | |
SERVICENORMAL_CHECK_INTERVAL | |
SERVICENOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED | |
SERVICENOTIFICATION_INTERVAL | |
SERVICENOTIFICATION_PERIOD | |
SERVICEOUTPUT | |
SERVICEPASSIVE_CHECKS_ENABLED | |
SERVICEPERFDATA | |
SERVICEPROCESS_PERF_DATA | |
SERVICESERVICE_DESCRIPTION | |
SERVICESHOULD_BE_SCHEDULED | |
SERVICESTATE |
| Note |
|---|
Not all variables are available for every notification. |