On Tuesday 07 January 2014 15:59:57 John Thurston wrote:
Can anyone shed light on the current 'state of the art' for alerting by
SMS from Xymon? Are there recommended usb-modem/software combinations to
achieve this?
I'd like to have the option of sending alerts from my Xymon server
without relying on email->SMS gateways. (When I need to announce that
the mail queue has reached critical, it seems foolish to try to dispatch
that alert by mail.)
I'm running Xymon on Solaris which will ultimately limit my options, but
I'm interested in any information you have to share.
We use a SMS box (I know it's from Siemens but I don't have the correct model number) connected to a laptop with a serial cable.
On the laptop I have written a http frontend that accepts a number and the sms text. It does an insert in a mysql table. This is picked up by smsd and the sms is send. When done, it's reported back via the http site.
Works flawless.
I have 2 of these so the script on the xymon server can switch over to an other sms gateway if one fails.
It also has a mail 2 sms gateway implemented. Mail to a sms domain (sms.intra) is forwarded to this box. Via procmail the sms is inserted in the same mysql database.
Stef