Nagios on Details... https://www.deepreflect.net/tags/nagios/ Recent content in Nagios on Details... Hugo en-US Copyright © 2003 - 2026 Leonardo Rizzi Tue, 30 Jun 2026 03:28:29 +0200 Nagios - Twitter alerts https://www.deepreflect.net/2010/02/27/nagios-twitter-alerts/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:22:23 +0000 http://blog.deepreflect.net/?p=844 <p>This entry will cover how to send nagios alerts to twitter, in the examples to follow using curl.</p> <p>Firstly edit <code>commands.cfg</code></p> <p>And add the two following line:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span style="display:flex;"><span>define command { </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>command_name notify-by-twitter </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>command_line /usr/bin/curl --basic --user &#34;twitteruser:twitterpassword&#34; --data-ascii &#34;status=[Nagios] $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$&#34; http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>} </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>define command { </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>command_name host-notify-by-twitter </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>command_line /usr/bin/curl --basic --user &#34;twitteruser:twitterpassword&#34; --data-ascii &#34;status=[Nagios] $HOSTSTATE$ alert for $HOSTNAME$&#34; http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>} </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Now define a contact for this twitter service into: <code>contacts.cfg</code></p> This entry will cover how to send nagios alerts to twitter, in the examples to follow using curl.

Firstly edit commands.cfg

And add the two following line:

define command {
command_name    notify-by-twitter
command_line    /usr/bin/curl --basic --user "twitteruser:twitterpassword" --data-ascii "status=[Nagios] $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json
}
define command {
command_name    host-notify-by-twitter
command_line    /usr/bin/curl --basic --user "twitteruser:twitterpassword" --data-ascii "status=[Nagios] $HOSTSTATE$ alert for $HOSTNAME$" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json
}

Now define a contact for this twitter service into: contacts.cfg

define contact{
contact_name                    twitter
service_notification_commands   notify-by-twitter
host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-twitter
service_notification_period 24x7
host_notification_period 24x7
service_notification_options a
host_notification_options a
}

Add this contact into your existing contact groups like this (in contacts.cfg):

define contactgroup{
contactgroup_name       admins
alias                   Nagios Administrators
members                 nagiosadmin,sms_alert,twitter
}

Then run a nagios prefly check to ensure you have no syntax errors, and restart nagios.

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