Opsview SMS notifications – integration manual

Here we describe how to setup Opsview with SMSEagle for SMS notifications. It should take you about 5 min to have it up and running.
Following manual is based on Opsview manual – Adding / Writing Your Own Notification Method

SMSEagle is an offline hardware SMS gateway. Therefore no external connection to 3rd party system is required. All notifications are generated on-premise and sent directly to a cellular network.

This solution can be used in secure installations without Internet access.

SMSEagle Setup

Create a new user for this script in SMSEagle. This user will be referenced below as: SMSEAGLEUSER and SMSEAGLEPASSWORD

Opsview Setup

1. Download latest version of the script notify_opsview_smseagle.sh from our repository: https://bitbucket.org/proximus/smseagle-opsview
Place the script in your Opsview plugins directory (by default: /usr/local/nagios/libexec/notifications). Make sure it is executable and owned by nagios user.

2. Edit script content:
### SMSEagle SETUP - please remember to change that settings SMSEAGLEIP="192.168.1.101" SMSEAGLEUSER="john" SMSEAGLEPASSWORD="doe"

Replace SMSEAGLEIP, SMSEAGLEUSER, SMSEAGLEPASSWORD in script with your values.

3. Create the SMS notification method:
– Go to Settings -> Notification methods -> Add new

Name: add name for new method
Make it active
Command: put notify_opsview_smseagle.sh
User variables: Here you have to pass a variable with destination number, fe. PAGER, OPSVIEW_CONTACTPAGER or NAGIOS_CONTACTPAGER
Submit changes.
Each User will have to select this Notification Method to one of their Notification Profiles.
Test Cause a failure to test that the notification is sent. After a few seconds, you should receive an SMS.
Reload Opsview to make the changes live.

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