[Xymon] PAGE match and group-only

[Davíð Steinn Geirsson]

If it were only one host and two tests, yes, this would be a simple
and clear way to do this. However this config was only an example to
demonstrate the bug - the real configuration is a lot longer. Doing it
this way would end up with an incredibly large and unwieldy alerts.cfg.


This particular xymon installation has ~60 hosts and many hundreds of
tests. The tests have different alert requirements but can basically be
classified into four categories:

1) Call group A 24/7
2) Call group A 8/5
3) Call group B 24/7
4) Call group B 8/5

Different tests on the same machines belong to different alert
groups. In addition, the different groups would like to have their own
page where they can see just their own hosts/tests.

Listing all the tests in alerts.cfg would be madness (I know because
that's how it's been done previously).

So this was my idea on how to solve this issue. Another way I
see would be to use bogus hostnames and make entries like
"server1.example.com-groupA" and "server1.example.com-groupB", but I
think that's horrendously ugly. It's only one machine after all. And
there is a benefit to being able to see all the tests on a single
machine, in addition to the groupA/groupB pages.

Anyway, is this a bug in xymon? I guess it must be, since the manpages
say nothing about this as far as I can tell.

Best regards,
Davíð


On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 16:29:55 +0000
"Root, Paul T" <Paul.Root at CenturyLink.com> wrote:

> Why go through all this?  Why not:
> 
> HOST=testserver SERVICE=test1
> 	$ALERT_TYPE_1
> 
> HOST=testserver SERVICE=test2
> 	$ALERT_TYPE_2
> 
> Simple, clear, and effective.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Davíð
> Steinn Geirsson Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 11:12 AM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: [Xymon] PAGE match and group-only
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Consider the following hosts.cfg:
> 
> page testpage1 Test page 1
> group-only test1
> 0.0.0.0 testserver
> 
> page testpage2 Test page 2
> group-only test2
> 0.0.0.0 testserver
> 
> page hostdefs Host definitions
> 10.100.252.1 testserver # prefer
> 
> And alerts.cfg:
> 
> PAGE=testpage1 COLOR=red DURATION>5
> 	$ALERT_TYPE_1
> 
> PAGE=testpage2 COLOR=red DURATION>5
> 	$ALERT_TYPE_2
> 
> I would expect xymon to alert with $ALERT_TYPE_1 when testserver.test1
> goes red. What actually happens is that sometimes $ALERT_TYPE_2 gets
> triggered as well, even though test1 does not appear on the page
> testpage2.
> 
> Anyone has any ideas? I'm guessing this is a bug in xymon, just want
> to see if anyone has patches or a workaround.
> 



-- 
Bestu kveðjur / Best regards
Davíð Steinn Geirsson
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