contact.cfg Parameters

Contact configuration options include the following:

• contact_name: Name of the user who will be contacted when a notifiable event occurs.
• Alias: A longer name or perhaps a more descriptive name of the above.
• service_notification_period: The time period during which notifications should occur for services, for this contact.
• host_notification_period: The time period during which notifications will occur for host-based monitoring for this contact.
• service_notification_options: Notify this contact when a service for which this contact is defined is in warning, unknown, critical, or in recovery state.
• host_notification_options: Notify this contact when a host for which this contact is defined is in down, unreachable, or in recovery state.
• service_notification_commands: The command to use for notification when a service goes into a notification state, (i.e., warning, unknown, critical, or recovery state).
• host_notification_commands : The command to use for notification when a host goes in a notification state, (i.e., warning, unknown, critical, or recovery state).
• email: Email address to use for notifying this contact.
• pager: Pager address to use for notifying this contact.