[Xymon] ANALYSIS.CFG evaluation order question

[Robert Herron]

Please disregard this question.  I found the answer in the man pages for
hobbit-client.cfg and analysis.cfg.  And the answer is yes, the file is
still evaluated from top to bottom.


Robert Herron
robert.herron at gmail.com


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Robert Herron <robert.herron at gmail.com>wrote:

> Currently running Xymon 4.2.3 and on the verge of upgrading to 4.3.17.
> Given the various filename changes involved with 4.3.x move, I'm reviewing
> and cleaning my config files.
>
> The last block of documentation in my current hobbit-clients.cfg says:
>
> "Rules are evaluated from the top of this file and down, and the first
> matching rule is used. So you should put the specific rules first, and the
> generic rules last."
>
> Is this still true?
>
> The ~/xymon-4.2.3/hobbitd/etcfiles/hobbit-clients.cfg and
> ~/xymon-4.3.17/xymond/etcfiles/analysis.cfg do not have this block or
> anything on order of evaluation.
>
> Basically, I want to verify db1 goes RED for a load of 35, db[3-5] at 22,
> and everything else at 10 using this configuration:
> HOST=%db1
>         LOAD    33.0 35.0
> HOST=%db(1|3|4|5)
>         LOAD    17.0 22.0
>         PROC    tnslsnr
>         PROC    ntpd
>         PROC    postfix
> DEFAULT
>         # These are the built-in defaults.
>         UP      1h
>         LOAD    5.0 10.0
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Robert Herron
> robert.herron at gmail.com
>
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