[hobbit] how can I receive alerts for every new trigger matched for 'LOG'

[Jerry Yu]

the LOG check clears itself after 30m, if it didn't see the offending
entries again. If this 30m can be changed to 5m or 6m, then, I can get new
offenders (as it will trigger status change for certain).

On 11/28/06, Peter Welter <peter.welter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sounds a bit like a question I posted two weeks ago: Hobbit responds
> on status-changes (green-.yellow->red->etc). You can make it detect
> several issues, but when another issue comes up and the status itself
> does not change, you will not be notified.
>
> Although the GROUP-keyword for DISK and PROC adds granularity, this is
> not possible for LOG (yet?!) and although the GROUP-keyword is very
> powerful, the above remains so this does not solve your problem.
>
> Regards,
> Peter
>
> 2006/11/27, Jerry Yu <jjj863 at gmail.com>:
> > hi, there,
> > I have a LOG check for "error: #1" "error: #2" in a log file. We'd like
> to
> > receive email alerts for each every trigger matched, "%error: #" since
> we
> > needs to know the all the error # reported.
> > Right now, it generates email alerts. but not for every new
> triggers.  No
> > alerts are generated for a newly matched trigger log entry if the STATUS
> is
> > red/yellow already.  In my thinking, if the LOG check itself can be
> > RECOVERED after 5m (I believe the default is 30m), this ought work.
> >
> > Does anybody know how to change the default from 30m to 5m (for a single
> > check/test)?
> > Any alternative/recommendations to get the desired results?  I initially
> > thought a 'creative' combination of 'REPEAT=5 DURATION<10' would do
> it...
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