[hobbit] Extend timers to avoid purples

[Andy France]

> Kevin Hanrahan wrote on 28/06/2005 08:03:49:
>
> OK, ...thanks for the reply... I tried that, I think.
>
> I made a custom script for checking domain registration expiration dates
and
> I am calling it from hobbitlaunch as such:
>
> [Domain Registration]
> CMD /home/hobbit/server/ext/ext-domainname.sh
> INTERVAL 1400m
>
> I am passing the status of the test (using an allready existing BB test)
> like this:
>
>
> #  Get Status proc - used to get all responses
> #
> get_status()
> {
>   DaysLeft=`$PROBE $1`
>   RESULT="OK: Remaining days - $DaysLeft"
>   COLOR="green"
>   if [ "$DaysLeft" != "Record not found" ]
>     then
>     if [ "$DaysLeft" -le "$DAYSLEFTWARN" ]
>     then
>       RESULT="WARNING: Remaining days - $DaysLeft"
>       COLOR="yellow"
>     fi
>     if [ "$DaysLeft" -le "$DAYSLEFTERROR" ]
>     then
>       RESULT="ERROR: Remaining days - $DaysLeft"
>       COLOR="red"
>     fi
>   else
>     RESULT="ERROR: $DaysLeft"
>     COLOR="red"
>   fi
>   echo "$COLOR+1430m `date` $RESULT"
> }


You shouldn't be adding the status lifetime to color...
  echo "$COLOR `date` $RESULT"


> #  Main body
> $GREP "$TEST" $BBHOSTS |
> while read line; do
>   TESTNAME=`echo "$line" | awk '{print $2}'`
>   STATUS=`get_status $TESTNAME`
>   if [ ! -z "$STATUS" ]
>   then
>     # NOW USE THE BB COMMAND TO SEND THE DATA ACROSS
>     SDISPLAY="status $TESTNAME.$TEST $STATUS"
>     echo "$SDISPLAY" >> /tmp/ext-domainname.output
>     $BB $BBDISP "$SDISPLAY"
>   fi
> done


...you should be adding it here to status!
  SDISPLAY="status+1430 $TESTNAME.$TEST $STATUS"


>
> After 30 minutes it always goes purple! I thought I was adding 1430
minutes
> to the result time...am I wrong?
>
> I am no coder so please be patient but I could use some direction here
> please.
>
> Thank you
>
> kevin

HTH!
Andy.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: henrik
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 2:16 AM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] Extend timers to avoid purples

>
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 01:59:45PM +1200, Andy France wrote:
> >
> >
> > Kevin Hanrahan wrote on 25/06/2005 07:49:42:
> >
> > > Can anybody tell me how to get a test to avoid purples if it is only
> > > run once a day?  Thanks
> > >
> >
> > As Hobbit doesn't have it's own client (yet!), I'll assume it
> > understands all of the standard bb client options.
> >
> > If you read the help pages on the bb4.org site

> Or do a "man bb".

> Except I hadn't gotten around to describing the full syntax of the status
> command. It's in there now.

> > When you call the bb client executable from your script, change
> > "status" to "status+1440" in the message header for the lifetime to be
> > 24 hours.

> Hobbit also accepts "status+25h"

>
> Regards,
> Henrik


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