[hobbit] conn testing name not ip

[Charles Jones]

Jon Hittner wrote:
> I'm running hobbit 4.2 and noticed that the conn tests are not using the ip 
> address listed in the bb-hosts files but instead seem to be doing an dns 
> lookup on the name and attempting to ping the address in dns.   Is there any 
> way to change this behavior?  I would like the address listed in the first 
> field of the bb-hosts file to be the one fpinged for the conn test.
>   
Jon,

Yep...just add a "testip" flag. Example:

1.2.3.4  myhost.com  # ssh *testip* http://www.myhost.com

This will make the conn test use 1.2.3.4 and not whatever myhost.com 
resolves to.

-Charles
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