Can I connect my SMS Gateway to Paessler PRTG?

 

You can of course use your SMS Gateway to send alarms from Paessler PRTG via SMS.

 

 

1 Configuration of Paessler PRTG

 

  1. Open the PRTG-Webinterface.
  2. Open via the menu „Setup | System Administration | Notification Delivery“.
  3. For provider not listed in „Configuration Mode“, choose in the section „SMS Delivery“ the option „Enter a custom URL“
  4. Enter the URL

     

    https://<IP-Address of the SMSGateway>/api.php?

    text=%SMSTEXT&to=%SMSNUMBER&username=admin&password=admin

 

 

 

i Please keep in mind that PRTG replaces %SMSTEXT and %SMSNUMBER during transmission automatically

 

 

 

ê It is recommended to create a new user for accessing the HTTP API

 

 

 

2 Create a new notification in PRTG

 

  1. Select in the menu of PRTG „Setup | Account Settings | Notifications“ and click „Add new Notification“
  2. Enter the name of the notification and click on „Send SMS/Pager Message“
  3. Enter the number of the receiver and adjust the message as required
  4. Adjust all other settings as required and click on „Save“

 

 

 

3 Test the notifications

 

Choose „Setup | Account Settings | Notifications“ to test the text message notifications and click „Test“.

 

After a couple of seconds the entered receiver will receive a text message.

 

 

 

From now on you can add custom trigger to send text message notifications.

More detailed information of notifications can be found in the PRTG-Manual.

 

 

This articel is based on Versand von SMS Benachrichtigungen über PRTG and Paessler Knowledge Base.