[Xymon] Using '.default.' in hosts.cfg

[David Baldwin]

John,
> On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 15:12 +0000, John Horne wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Using Xymon 4.3.7 I want to add a '.default.' entry to my hosts.cfg
>> file, but am unsure of its syntax. The man page for hosts.cfg says
>> '...you can define a host name ".default." and put...'.
>>
>> so does that mean:
>>
>>    .default.    noclear
>> or
>>    127.0.0.1   .default.  noclear
>>
>> What do I enter as the IP address, or can it be anything or can it be
>> left out completely?
>>
>> The man page is not clear on this, so perhaps a full example would help?
>>
> It seems it does require an IP address (I'm using 0.0.0.0), and that it
> must be the first entry in the hosts.cfg file.
>

as you've worked out, you need an address of 0.0.0.0

You can have as many .default. lines as you wish - it simply changes the
active defaults for subsequently listed hosts.

The following example will propagate status from the subpage to the next
level for 'someprodhost' - the status of 'somedevhost' tests will be
visible on the page, but will not propagate.

page dev Development
0.0.0.0 .default. # NOPROPRED:* NOPROPYELLOW:*
1.1.1.1 somedevhost # http://whatever ntp
0.0.0.0 .default. #
1.1.1.2 someprodhost # http://whatever ntp


>From the man page:

DEFAULT HOST
If you have certain tags that you want to apply to all hosts, you can
define a host name ".default." and put the tags on that host. Note 
that  per-host  definitions will override the default ones.

NOTE:  The  ".default."  host  entry  will only accept the following
tags - others are silently ignored: NOCOLUMNS, COMMENT, DESCR, CLASS,
dialup, testip, nobb2, nodisp, noinfo, notrends, TRENDS, NOPROPRED,
NOPROPYELLOW, NOPROPPURPLE, NOPROPACK, REPORTTIME, WARNPCT, NET,
noclear,  nosslcert,  ssldays,  DOWNTIME,  depends, noping, noconn,
trace, notrace, HIDEHTTP, browser, pulldata.
Specifically, note that network tests, "badTEST" settings, and alternate
pageset relations cannot be listed on the ".default." host.

David.

-- 
David Baldwin - Senior Systems Administrator (Datacentres + Networks)
Information and Communication Technology Services
Australian Sports Commission          http://ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617


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