[hobbit] Different timeouts per HTTP check

[Larry Barber]

Sure, you set BBLOCATION to the appropriate value for each instance of
bbtest-net. Here's the stanzas from hobbitlaunch:

[bbnet-midr]
    ENVFILE /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
    NEEDS hobbitd
    CMD BBPORT=1984 BBLOCATION=MIDR bbtest-net --report --ping
--checkresponse --concurrency=128 --timeout=15 --test-untagged
    LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network-midr.log
    INTERVAL 2m

[bbnet-midr-lf]
    ENVFILE /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
    NEEDS hobbitd
    CMD BBPORT=1984 BBLOCATION=MIDRLF bbtest-net --report=bbtest-mdrlf
--ping --checkresponse --concurrency=128 --timeout=15 --frequenttestlimit=0
    LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network-midrlf.log
    INTERVAL 10m

I also see that I misstated what I was doing before, the problem was that
some of our customers were complaining about how often Hobbit was hitting
their site (like checking something every two minutes was going to destroy
their site) so I created a separate bbtest-net instance that only ran every
10 minutes instead of every 2 minutes. But the same idea could be used to
give a longer timeout if necessary, just change the --timeout argument to
bbtest-net.

Thanks,
Larry Barber



On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell at gmail.com>wrote:

> OK, cool.  I didn't think that would work.  This is on a single Xymon
> server??  Are you setting BBLOCATION at all??
> Ralph Mitchell
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Larry Barber <lebarber at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Using NET: the way I specified works fine, I have a similar situation, a
>> few very slow web pages that tend to time out with the default settings, and
>> that is how I handle the problem. I just use NET: to specify a different
>> instance of bbtest-net, one with a longer timeout.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Larry Barber
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Unless something changed recently, the NET keyword allows you to specify
>>> which of several Hobbit/Xymon servers performs network checks for a given
>>> host.  I don't think it would do what the original poster wanted.
>>> Ralph Mitchell
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Larry Barber <lebarber at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can use the "NET:" keyword (see the bb-hosts man page) to set up an
>>>> alternate network check. In the stanza within hobbitlaunch.cfg that launches
>>>> the bbtest-net that is associated with the new set of network checks you can
>>>> set an alternate timeout.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Larry Barber
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Wouter Schoot <wouter at schoot.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using a few HTTP checks to see how fast (and if) a website
>>>>> responds. However, some are known to be slower than others and I want
>>>>> therefor some sites not to trigger an alert or at least not if it doesn't
>>>>> respond in 10 seconds, but for instance 20 seconds. How can I achieve this
>>>>> for 1 check, not globally for all HTTP checks?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Wouter
>>>>>
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>>
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