In this manual, we will describe how to make a local copy of a built-in notification script.
Quick and dirty way
- Copy the notification plugin to the local directory
OMD[mysite]:~$ cp ~/lib/python3/cmk/cee/notification_plugins/servicenow.py ~/local/share/check_mk/notifications/
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- make the script executable
OMD[mysite]:~/local/share/check_mk/notifications$ chmod +x ~/local/share/check_mk/notifications/servicenow.py
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- Inside the script, you need to change
- The 3rd line to the name of your script. This name will be displayed in the Notification rules
3 # Notification script name 4 # Bulk: no
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- At the end of the notification script, we need to add:
print("outside: about to check for __main__ == %s" % __name__)
if __name__ == "__main__":
print("outside: about to call main()")
sys.exit(main())
The common way for Python developers
This way is more efficient and recommended for Python developers
Create a folder inside the local Python structure.
OMD[mysite]:~$ cd ~/local/lib/python3/cmk OMD[mysite]:~/local/lib/python3/cmk$ mkdir notifications_custom
Copy the notification script from the Python structure to the local Python structure.
OMD[mysite]:~$ cp ~/lib/python3/cmk/cee/notification_plugins/servicenow.py ~/local/lib/python3/cmk/notifications_custom/
Copy the notification script from the notification path to the local notification path.
OMD[mysite]:~$ cp ~/share/check_mk/notifications/servicenow ~/local/share/check_mk/notifications/
Now let's change some values.
OMD[mysite]:~$ vi ~/local/share/check_mk/notifications/servicenow
Change
# Servicenow (Enterprise only) to # Servicenow Custom (Enterprise only) and the import directory to the local structure from cmk.cee.notification_plugins import servicenow to from cmk.cee.notifications_custom import servicenow
Per default, all notification scripts are inside ~/lib/python3/cmk/notification_plugins/.
As ServiceNow is only available with the enterprise edition, you will find the script here: ~/lib/python3/cmk/cee/notification_plugins/
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