Check_MK Werk 0968: Notification plugins now configurable via WATO

ID: 0968 Title: Notification plugins now configurable via WATO Component: Notifications Level: 2 Class: New Feature Version: 1.2.5i3 Check_MK now has a new alternative API for notification script, which allows them to be configured via WATO. The classical API provided the possibility of a list of strings that was passed to the script as <tt>PARAMETER_1</tt>, <tt>PARAMETER_2</tt>, etc. The new API passes arguments according to keys in a configured dictionary, like <tt>PARAMETER_FROM</tt> and <tt>PARAMETER_REPLY_TO</tt>. Two notification scripts have been converted to use the new API: <tt>mail</tt> (sending HTML emails) and <tt>mkeventd</tt> (forwarding to the Event Console). The configuration of a notification script does only work with the new <i>Rule Based Notifications</i> can be done at two places: <ul> <li>In new rulesets below <i>Host &amp; Service Parameters</i> &rarr; <i>Monitoring Configuration</i> &rarr; <i>Notifications</i></li> <li>Right in a notification rule</li> </ul> Both configurations are being merged on a per-key basis. That way you can e.g. setup a <tt>From:</tt> header for your outgoing emails via a global rule, but select various different <tt>Reply-To:</tt> addresses in different notification rules. If a configuration key appears both in <i>Host &amp; Service Parameters</i> and in a notification rule then the latter one has precedence.