notification stop/start script for nagios (specific service)

change-notif-host-srv.sh

#!/bin/sh

# enable/disable specific service notifications for the host
# using Nagios external commands

NOW=`date +%s`
CMDFILE='/var/spool/nagios/cmd/nagios.cmd'

# enable notification for the host
f_enable() {
  /usr/bin/printf "[%lu] ENABLE_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS;%s;%s\n" $NOW $HOST $SERVICE > $CMDFILE
  if [ $? -eq 0 ] ;then
    echo "Success"
    echo
    echo "Issued command : [$NOW] ENABLE_SRV_NOTIFICATIONS;$HOST;$SERVICE"
  else
    echo "Error"
    exit 1
  fi
}

# disable notification for the host
f_disable() {
  /usr/bin/printf "[%lu] DISABLE_SVC_NOTIFICATIONS;%s;%s\n" $NOW $HOST $SERVICE > $CMDFILE
  if [ $? -eq 0 ] ;then
    echo "Success"
    echo
    echo "Issued command : [$NOW] DISABLE_SRV_NOTIFICATIONS;$HOST;$SERVICE"
  else
    echo "Error"
    exit 1
  fi
}

f_usage() {
  echo "Enable/disable specific service notifications for the host"
  echo "using Nagios external commands"
  echo
  echo "usage: sh $0 hostname servicename [enable|disable]"
}

# MAIN
if [ $# -eq 3 ] ;then
  HOST=$1
  SERVICE=$2
  case $3 in
    enable)
      f_enable;;
    disable)
      f_disable;;
    *)
      f_usage
      exit 1;;
  esac
else
  f_usage
  exit 1
fi