WhatsApp notification via D7

Nagios alerts on WhatsApp using D7WhatsApp connector

Nagios alerts on WhatsApp through D7 Connector

Subscribe to D7WhatsApp and create templates

Before starting nagios setup make sure you have a valid WhatsApp subscription on https://d7networks.com. Please contact support@d7networks.com or signup at https://d7networks.com to enable WhatsApp on your D7 Account.

Once the whatsapp account is registered with meta, You will have to create following two templates for notifications.

Template name: host_notification_1

Body:

***** Nagios *****
Notification Type: {{1}}
Host: {{2}}
State: {{3}}
Address: {{4}}
Info: {{5}}
Date/Time: {{6}}

This alert was generated by Nagios

Template name: service_notification_1

Body:

***** Nagios *****
Notification Type: {{1}}
Service: {{2}}
Host: {{3}}
Address: {{4}}
State: {{5}}
Date/Time: {{6}}
Additional Info:{{7}}

This alert was generated by Nagios

Once these templates are approved by Meta, you can continue with the configurations.

Configure Nagios

1. Copy python scripts

Copy d7whatsapp_service.py and d7whatsapp_host.py python script files to your Nagios plugins folder and make it executable. You can download it from https://github.com/d7networks/d7whatsapp-nagios

Following are the location of plugins folder in different Operating Systems.

Debian/Ubuntu: /usr/local/nagios/libexec
Centos: /usr/lib/nagios/plugins (32 bit)
/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins (64 bit)

2. Create commands for WhatsApp Host and service notifications.

Make sure to replace SOURCE_NUMBER with the number you've registered with D7WhatsApp.

#define command{
       command_name    host-notify-by-whatsapp
       command_line    $USER1$/d7whatsapp_host.py --source_address "SOURCE_NUMBER" --to $CONTACTPAGER$ --template_id "host_notification_1"  --type "$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$" --host "$HOSTNAME$" --address "$HOSTADDRESS$" --state "$HOSTSTATE$" --date "$LONGDATETIME$" --info "$HOSTOUTPUT$"
       }

#define command{
 command_name    service-notify-by-whatsapp
       command_line    $USER1$/d7whatsapp_service.py --source_address "SOURCE_NUMBER" --to $CONTACTPAGER$ --template_id "service_notification_1" --type "$NOTIFICATIONTYPE$" --service "$SERVICEDESC$" --host "$HOSTNAME$" --address "$HOSTADDRESS$" --state "$SERVICESTATE$" --date "$LONGDATETIME$" --info "$SERVICEOUTPUT$"
 }

3. Update contact template

Update service_notification_commands and add host_notification_commands and include whatsapp notification commands

Default path : /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg or /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/templates.cfg

define contact{
        name                            generic-contact
        service_notification_period     24x7
        host_notification_period        24x7
        service_notification_options    w,u,c,r,f,s
        host_notification_options       d,u,r,f,s
        service_notification_commands   notify-service-by-email,service-notify-by-whatsapp
        host_notification_commands      notify-host-by-email,host-notify-by-whatsapp
        register                        0
        }

4. Add a pager number

Add pager number to your contacts, make sure it has the international prefix

   define contact {
       contact_name            nagiosadmin
       use                     generic-contact
       alias                   Nagios Admin
       email                   support@d7networks.com
       pager                   +97150975xxxx
   }

5. Support and Help

For all queries and help on installation please contact support@d7networks.com or visit https://d7networks.com ################################################################