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size=2>Thanks for the suggestion. I'll certainly give that some
thought. Comma-separated is just the easiest when it comes to converting
my existing bbwarnrules.cfg file as I can just select the hosts and replace
spaces with commas. Going forward I had thought of using macros, but I'll
look at PAGEs too.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>SebA</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> jm54601@yahoo.com
[mailto:jm54601@yahoo.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 15 October 2008
16:03<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [hobbit]
Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not
documented<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>I struggled with the same thing through a lot of trial and error.
On a related note, I highly recommend trying to get away from using a comma
separated list as it's a nightmare to maintain. I'm working toward using
the PAGE token, where a list of hosts on a given page alerts a group, so
you're effectively grouping your hosts based on the support team
responsible. There will still be exceptions, but if you can generalize
alerts so all the hosts on a given page can alert the same way, you'll save
time and avoid the possibility of a host not having an alert configured.
Just my 2 cents.</DIV>
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Original Message ----<BR>From: SebA <spa@syntec.co.uk><BR>To:
hobbit@hswn.dk<BR>Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:43:35 AM<BR>Subject:
[hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not
documented<BR><BR>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Comma-separated lists of hostnames in
hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented, so maybe we could add something like this
(taken from </FONT><A
href="http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-clients.cfg.5.html"
target=_blank rel=nofollow><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-clients.cfg.5.html</FONT></U></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>) to </FONT><A
href="http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-alerts.cfg.5.html"
target=_blank rel=nofollow><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-alerts.cfg.5.html</FONT></U></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>:</FONT></P>
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HOST=targetstring Rule matching a host by the hostname.
"targetstring"<BR> is either a
comma-separated list of hostnames (from the bb-hosts
file),<BR> "*" to
indicate "all hosts", or a Perl-compatible regular
expression.<BR> E.g.
"HOST=dns.foo.com,</FONT><A href="http://www.foo.com/" target=_blank
rel=nofollow><U><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff
size=2>www.foo.com</FONT></U></A><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>"
identifies two specific
hosts;<BR> "HOST=%www.*.<A
href="http://foo.com/" target=_blank>foo.com</A>
EXHOST=www-test.foo.com" matches all hosts with
a<BR> name beginning with "www",
except the "www-test" host.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adding an example that used the comma-separated
syntax to </FONT><A
href="http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/hobbit-alerts.html" target=_blank
rel=nofollow><U><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/hobbit-alerts.html</FONT></U></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2> and hobbit-alerts.cfg (sample) files would also be
good.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>And, actually, maybe something to say that the
comma-separated syntax can be used in all XXX= places (except, presumably,
REPEAT) and also for the recipient. One really shouldn't have to work
this basic stuff out using:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>$</FONT> <FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>./bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>!</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>We definitely need some more
complex examples. Maybe someone who has a complex and varied
hobbit-alerts.cfg can post some sanitized examples that someone can commit to
SVN?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>SebA</FONT>
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