sysalert/config/sysalert.ini

[DEFAULT]
# Alert after this many failures
max_failures=0

# Send new alert after this many seconds if service still fails
resend_alert_time=3600

# Send alert on recovery
# can be yes, no or if-alerted
recovery_alert=if-alerted

# python module to use for notifications.
# currently provided modules:
# - sysalert.email
#
# Module should contain success() and failure() methods.
# These methods should take three paramters:
#
# service_name - name of the service
# failures     - list of dicts containing data about previous (and current) failures.
#                the list is sorted on time with the first failure first and latest failure at the end.
# config       - a dict containing any entries in the section from this file named after the alert method.
#                i.e 'sysalert.email'-section for 'sysalert.email' alert method.
alert_method=sysalert.email

[sysalert.email]
# defaulting to root@<fqdn> if these are not set
#mail_from=sysalert <root@localhost>
#mail_to=root <root@localhost>
smtp_host=localhost

# Specific services can have their own configuration
# If you have an unstable service that sometimes fails three times
# before it recovers you can override max_failures for this service
# by adding a section named after that service:
#
#[unstable.service]
#max_failures=3