[Xymon] how to add a specific http timeout

[Nico]

Thanks for this quick reply and this workaround. i'll try this asap !

cheers
Nico

Le 31 janv. 2012 à 09:55, Henrik Størner a écrit :

> On 31-01-2012 09:25, Nicolas LIENARD wrote:
>> Currently, xymonnet is running with a global timeout of 20 seconds
>> (--timeout=20).
>> 
>> For a particular device, i need to increase the HTTP timeout (120
>> seconds.. sic).
>> 
>> I did't find anything regarding this kind of feature. only a old mail of
>> 2006 saying it's not possible.
>> (http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2006-August/009042.html).
>> 
>> Is it still not possible to override this timeout individually ?
> 
> No, this will be possible in the next release - but not in 4.3.x.
> 
> What you can do is to use the "NET:foo" definition on this particular host in hosts.cfg to have it tested by a special instance of the xymonnet task:
> 
> 1) Add the "--test-untagged" option to your current xymonnet command in tasks.cfg
> 
> 2) Add "NET:slowtests" to this particular host in hosts.cfg
> 
> 3) In a script, set XYMONNETWORK="slowtests" (remember to export it!) and then run the xymonnet command to do the test of this one host, with the different --timeout option
> 
> 4) Add a new section to tasks.cfg to run the test script.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Henrik
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