[xymon] Warning threshold for ping and email alert

[Asif Iqbal]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Marc Fricke <mfricke at royfree.org.au> wrote:
> Is there a way to set a warning/critical threshold for the "conn" ping test? EG. can I get it to show yellow/red when pings hit a defined amount such as 2000ms+?

badconn:1:2:4  will turn yellow on 2 failed pings and turn red on 4 failed pings

man bb-hosts and search for badTEST and badconn for more details

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> To send email alerts from Xymon - do I need to setup mail in CentOS first and it should be automatic? Thanks

you need to define MAIL in hobbtiserver.cfg

man hobbitserver.cfg and search for MAIL for more details

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huh?

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you probably want to remove this crap before posting it to mailing list.

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