[Xymon] stop using dns and /etc/hosts

[Asif Iqbal]

Use testip. man hosts.cfg
On Mar 4, 2015 7:32 AM, "Ian Diddams" <didds3 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I have a hosts.cfg entry
>
> 1.2.3.4 server1
>
> where 1.2.3.4 is server1's INTERNAL IP address
>
> but its conn check is red because xymon is actually trying to ping its
> external, NATTed, address 5.6.7.8 which it cannot reach.
>
> Its because DNS is resolving the IP 5.6.7.8
>
> I can use a local hosts file entry to override that again, but I'd rather
> have some way fo telling xymon to only use entries in hosts.cfg and ignore
> native resolution.
>
> How might i achieve that?
>
> cheers
>
> Ian
>
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