[hobbit] Suggestion for Defaults

Henrik Stoerner henrik at hswn.dk
Mon Feb 14 10:12:49 CET 2005


On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 02:06:57AM -0500, Asif Iqbal wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 07:58:28AM, Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 12:38:07PM -0500, Asif Iqbal wrote:
> > > Same thing for COLOR. Currently I have to mention COLOR=red which I like
> > > to set as default. Do I set that in the --alertcolors?
> > 
> > If you use "--alertcolors=red" then it cannot be overridden in the
> > hobbit-alerts.cfg file. So if you do want some tests to send an alert
> > when they go yellow, then you must use "--alertcolors=red,yellow" (the
> > default is red,yellow,purple) and add the COLOR=... definition for
> > each rule or recipient.
> 
> So let me get this clear. If I setup "--alertcolors=red" in the
> hobbitlaunch.cfg file (and restart hobbit) I do not have to add
> COLOR=red and FORMAT for the default TEXT alert for RED only to work?

Correct. And the restart will happen automatically.

> Sorry for such a long question.
> 
> Realizing now how simple the alert file now compare to bbwarrules and
> bbwarnsetup files

That was the general idea :-) I've never liked the old BB alert setup.

> Thank you so much for such an awesome tool


Regards,
Henrik



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