Check_MK Werk 8025: Add all custom variables of host, service and contact to notification

ID: 8025 Title: Add all custom variables of host, service and contact to notification Component: cmc Level: 2 Class: New feature Version: 1.2.5i1 The CMC now automatically adds all custom variables of hosts, service and contacts to the notification context. The variable name is prefixed with the word <tt>HOST</tt>, <tt>SERVICE</tt> or <tt>CUSTOM</tt> and - as its variable name custom - converted to upper case. So a host variable with the name <tt>_foobar</tt> will be available as <tt>HOST_FOOBAR</tt> in the notification context. The names will be prefixed with <tt>NOTIFY_</tt> and put into the environment of the notification plugin. So at the end the variable will be available as <tt>NOTIFY_HOST_FOOBAR</tt>, e.g. in a shell script: F+:mynotify.sh echo "Foobar: $NOTIFY_HOST_FOOBAR" F-: H2:Notes <ul> <li>In the configuration files in <tt>main.mk</tt> or below <tt>conf.d</tt> the variables can be set via <tt>extra_host_conf</tt> or <tt>extra_service_conf</tt>. You need to have the variable names begin with an underscore. So a variable name of <tt>foobar</tt> is not allowed. You have to write either <tt>_foobar</tt> or <tt>_FOOBAR</tt>.</li> <li>When you add contact custom variables via WATO (button <i>Custom Attributes</i> in the users management</i>) the underscore will <i>automatically</i> be added.</li> <li>when using Nagios as monitoring core you have to adapt <tt>check_mk_templates.cfg</tt> whenever you add a new custom variable.</li> </ul>