[Xymon] http test question

[Ryan Novosielski]

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There is an option for setting the data lifetime -- that does not have
to happen (though it is one fixed value).

On 11/01/2011 10:36 AM, Steve Holmes wrote:
> You will also have to deal with the purple that will result if you don't
> keep reporting the test to the server.
> Steve
> 
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Taylor Lewick
> <tlewick at tradebotsystems.com <mailto:tlewick at tradebotsystems.com>> wrote:
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>     According to the docs, the NKTIME controls when the alert is
>     displayed on the webpage, but I don’t think it keeps the test from
>     running.  I’d like to be able to tell the test to run only once or
>     twice.  I’m guessing I’ll need to just write a custom script and
>     control it via cron or the ext and xymon framework…____
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>     *From:*FORD Alan [mailto:Alan.FORD at stanwell.com
>     <mailto:Alan.FORD at stanwell.com>]
>     *Sent:* Monday, October 31, 2011 6:12 PM
>     *To:* Taylor Lewick; xymon at xymon.com <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
>     *Subject:* RE: http test question____
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>     Hi, you can try using use the NKTIME tag in hosts.cfg to control
>     this.____
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>     Note these options will be dropped in Xymon 5.____
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>     Alan____
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>     *From:*xymon-bounces at xymon.com <mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>
>     [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com <mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>]
>     *On Behalf Of *Taylor Lewick
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, 1 November 2011 6:40 AM
>     *To:* xymon at xymon.com <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
>     *Subject:* [Xymon] http test question____
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>     Hi all.  Is it possible to control the times an HTTP URL test is
>     performed?____
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>     I know I can add http://www.sample.com and use regexs to look for an
>     occurrence of the word Fail, but we would only like it to check once
>     or twice per day, say at 7:45 and then once more at 8:25.  I know
>     its easy to control the timing of when the alert is sent.  But can I
>     limit when the test is run?  Short of creating an ext-script, not
>     sure how I do that in xymon.____
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>     Thanks,____
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>     Taylor____
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