Email Notifier Adapter example: Modifying the mail-notify.conf file

For an Email Notifier Adapter, the configuration file is mail-notify.conf:

Note:

Whenever you modify a configuration file, you need to stop and restart the notifier for the changes to take effect.

1. Using the sm_edit utility, open the configuration file:

   BASEDIR/smarts/bin>./sm_edit conf/notifier/mail-notify.conf
   

2. If you are developing multiple customized notification adapters, rename the configuration file, giving the file a relevant name (for example, if you are going to customize the Email Notifier Adapter to send emails for all problems related to Routers, you could name the file mail-notify-Router.conf). The sm_edit utility automatically saves this file to the BASEDIR/smarts/local/conf/notifierdirectory.

3. Modify the file to change the name of the Domain Manager or Global Manager:

   serverName = <YOUR_INCHARGE_MANAGER>
   

4. Define the hostname of the appropriate mail server:

   MailServer = "localhost"
   

5. Definethe recipients for the notification email. Multiple email addresses should be separated by a comma:

   Recipients = "root@localhost,recipient@your_company.com"
   

6. Define the email address of the sender. This address will display in the From field of the email message:

   SenderId = "daemon@localhost"
   

7. Add the following lines to specify the ASL scripts that contain your customizations. The lines should be added to the end of the file below the initialEventDelay parameter:

   filterRuleSet = "notifier/mail/mail-filter.asl"
   customRuleSet ="notifier/mail/mail-custom.asl" 
   

8. Modify the SubscribesTo parameter to define the specific notifications for which you want email alerts sent.

   For a Global Manager, you indicate which notifications generate

   emails by defining a notification list in the Subscriptions section:

    SubscribesTo = 
            {
                 #
                 # NL subscription.
                 #
                 GA_NLSubscription::mail-Default-Subscriptions
                 {
                          NLName = "Default"
                 }
            }
   

9. Save the modified configuration file. The sm_edit utility automatically saves the file to the BASEDIR/smarts/local/conf/notifier directory.

   Note:

   Appendix B, Example Files, contains complete samples of the configuration file.