[hobbit] hobbit-alerts.cfg regex/MACRO problem - need help

[Charles Jones]

As of today this problem is still a thorn in my side. I've been out sick 
this week so just now working on it again.

Charles Jones wrote:
> I'm still having this problem. If anyone has any ideas I'm open to 
> suggestions :)
>
> -Charles
>
> Charles Jones wrote:
>> I am trying to use a regex macro to exclude a number of hosts from an 
>> alert.  Here is the one I was using at first:
>> $UNUSED_PROD=%prod-app-(2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|18|20|21|22|23|24)|prod-web-(1|2|3|4|9|10|11)
>>
>>   
>> Here is how I am using it for the actual alert definition:
>> HOST=%(prod-.*) SERVICE=* EXHOST=$UNUSED_PROD
>>      MAIL $PRIMARY color=red REPEAT=60 RECOVERED NOTICE format=sms
>>      MAIL $SECONDARY color=red DURATION>20 REPEAT=60 RECOVERED NOTICE format=sms
>>
>>   
>> I ran into a problem with the host "prod-app-12" matching the regex. 
>> I realized this was because I was not terminating the numbers, so I 
>> changed my variable to:
>>
>> $UNUSED_PROD=%prod-app-(2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|18|20|21|22|23|24)$|prod-web-(1|2|3|4|9|10|11)$
>>
>>   
>> This SHOULD work according to online regex testing tools, and I also 
>> at Henriks advice, verified it using "pcretest":
>> $ pcretest
>> PCRE version 6.6 06-Feb-2006
>>
>>   re> /prod-app-(2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|18|20|21|22|23|24)$|prod-web-(1|2|3|4|9|10|11)$/
>> data> prod-web-12
>> No match
>> data> prod-web-11
>>  0: prod-web-11
>>  1: <unset>
>>  2: 11
>> data>
>>   
>> As seen above, the host "prod-web-12" does NOT match, but 
>> "prod-web-11" DOES, which is exactly how I want it.
>>
>> *However, when I use this in hobbit-alerts.cfg. I do not get the 
>> expected behavior. Instead, ALL hosts match, according to pages sent 
>> out and from viewing the "info" section.  *The strange thing is, 
>> according to hobbitd_alert --test, the hostname was successfully 
>> excluded, but clicking on the "info" column for hosts that are 
>> supposed to be excluded reveals that they are still configured to alert.
>>
>> ../bin/hobbitd_alert --test prod-web-11 procs --color-red
>> 00009993 2006-11-09 21:48:30 send_alert prod-web-11:procs state Paging
>> 00009993 2006-11-09 21:48:30 *** Match with 'HOST=%(prod-.*) SERVICE=*' ***
>> 00009993 2006-11-09 21:48:30 Matching host:service:page 'prod-web-11:procs:PROD/PRODWEB' against rule line 170
>> 00009993 2006-11-09 21:48:30 *** Match with 'MAIL $PRIMARY color=red REPEAT=60 RECOVERED NOTICE format=sms' ***
>> 00009993 2006-11-09 21:48:30 Mail alert with command 'mail xxxxx at cingularme.com'
>> 00009993 2006-11-09 21:48:30 Failed 'MAIL $SECONDARY color=red DURATION>20 REPEAT=60 RECOVERED NOTICE format=sms' (min. duration 0<1200)
>> ...
>> 00009993 2006-11-09 21:48:30 Failed 'HOST=* SERVICE=* EXHOST=$UNUSED_PROD' (hostname excluded)
>>
>> * Another thing, when I do the same test as above, using hostname 
>> "prod-web-12", which is a host that should NOT be excluded, 
>> hobbitd_alert still says that it was excluded (same last line of 
>> output as the prod-web-11 test above).
>>
>> I have also tried enclosing the regex in quotes, which didn't work 
>> either.
>>
>> If anyone has any insight, please let me know. I have contacted 
>> Henrik about this, but I believe he misread my email, as he suggested 
>> that I add $ to the regex, which I had already tried...so now I am 
>> hoping that he or someone else sees this message and can see what Im 
>> doing wrong.
>>
>> -Charles
>>
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