Network test performed on hostname instead of IP

[meepmeep @ Fantasya.org]

Ok ... it works with the "testip" tag !

Great :)

--
Nicolas G. / meepmeep
[EuropNet.org Admin]



On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:50 PM, meepmeep @ Fantasya.org <
meepmeep at fantasya.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I use xymon to monitor a couple of irc server from my network.
> The bb-host file looks like this :
>
> 1.1.1.1    irc1.domain.tld # telnet:6667
> 2.2.2.2    irc2.domain.tld # telnet:6667
> 3.3.3.3   irc2.domain.tld # telnet:6667
> 4.4.4.4  hub1.domain.tld # telnet:6667
>
> I works great until today :
> 1/ irc2.domain.tld goes down => xymon send me an alert =>  Monitoring works
> great !
> 2/ I change the DNS of irc2.domain.tld to "CNAME irc.domain.tld" (round
> robin on other ircX.domain.tld) to redirect user.
> 3/ 5 minutes after the propagation of the new dns ... xymon says that
> irc2.domain.tld is back online (which is right for the dns, but not for the
> IP address ...)
>
> I check the "conn" page of "irc2.domain.tld", and it gives an ip from the
> round robin of irc.domain.tld ==> So, before making the test, xymon resolves
> the hostname instead of directly using the IP address.).
>
> For me, the hostname is only here to show something "digest" on the web
> page, I would like to run every test on the ip (including conn and telnet on
> my case)....
>
> Any idea on a way to change this ?
>
> --
> Nicolas G. / meepmeep
> [EuropNet.org Admin]
>
>
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