Nagios Config: Contacts 1

You will need to edit /etc/nagios/contacts.cfg

# 'efs' contact definition
define contact{
        contact_name                    efs
        alias                           Nagios Admin
        service_notification_period     24x7
        host_notification_period        24x7
        service_notification_options    w,u,c,r
        host_notification_options       d,u,r
        service_notification_commands   notify-by-email
        host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-email
        email                           efs@mail.fionavar.dd
        }

notification_commands can include commands for pager calls, sms messages, and so on while notification_options indicates what type of events this contact accepts notifications for. In this case warning, unknown, critical, and recovery for services, and down, unknown, and recovery for hosts.