[hobbit] bb-hosts class override

[Thomas Eckert]

have you tried to use
  CLASS:sles11
?

nick.nauwelaerts at thomsonreuters.com wrote:
> hello,
> i can't seem to find a way to get the class override in bb-hosts to
> work. we have a bunch of servers running several linux versions. them
> being linux the report their status like this by default (gathered from
> clientdata):
> client vl143,eu,compumark,com.linux linux
> 
> this will make them fall into the CLASS=linux in hobbit-clients.cfg. i
> would however like them to be recognized under a different class, being
> sles11. this can be done by changing the CONFIGCLASS on the client in
> hobbitclient.cfg, but i'd prefer not to do such configuration on each
> client, limiting my configuration to the server. as such, i've added the
> following to my bb-hosts:
> 10.223.136.143  vl143.eu.compumark.com # ssh CLASS=sles11
> 
> however, this does not seem to force the client under the sles11 class.
> 
> if i change the CONFIGCLASS on the local client, it does work, verifying
> that my class configuration in hobbit-clients.cfg on the server is
> correct. in this case the client would report it's class as such:
> client vl143,eu,compumark,com.linux sles11
> 
> how does one use the CLASS directive in bb-hosts? i've seen this in the
> mailinglist archives but alas, without a solution.
> 
> our server is running xymon 4.2.2 on sles10 sp2 amd64, our clients are a
> mix of sles9, sles10 & sles11 all xymon 4.2.2, all amd64.
> 
> thx
> 
> 
> // nick
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