[Xymon] 30-second refresh [was: 4.3.25 - ouch]

[Matt Vander Werf]

Ah. I didn't realize you were referring to the info page.

No, I completely agree with you here in regards to the info page.

My thoughts were more directed at actual status pages or other pages where
colors/icons might change, which it seems like you're in agreement with me.

Again, the refresh interval doesn't matter so much to me. However it was
done previously worked just fine.

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Matt Vander Werf

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 5:02 PM, John Thurston <john.thurston at alaska.gov>
wrote:

> On 2/10/2016 12:44 PM, Matt Vander Werf wrote:
> - snip -
>
>> I very much disagree with the idea of having to hit F5 every so often to
>> see a refreshed Xymon page, rather then it refreshing automatically.
>>
>> If I have a Xymon page up on a monitor and then I am working on
>> something else on another monitor, I don't want to have to go over to
>> the browser on the other monitor and hit F5 every so often to refresh
>> the page. I'd much rather it refresh every so often automatically, so
>> then I just have to look over at the monitor every so often to look for
>> any changes.
>>
>> Where exactly are you seeing this refresh change (just curious)?
>>
>
> This refresh has been moved from the _meta_ content of the svchosts page
> the HTTP _header_ . As such, "view source" will no longer reveal it.
>
> Why wouldn't you want it to refresh automatically? Isn't the idea to get
>> the most up-to-date info possible?
>>
>
> Not in all cases. I want the general pages of hosts (like xymon.html) to
> refresh periodically, but there is no need to have them auto-refresh faster
> than I am running xymongen.
>
> The issue I see is specifically with the "info" page produced by
> svcstatus.sh. I have it open when I'm studying a host for a specific
> reason. I would prefer that page not auto-refresh while I'm studying it
> trying to figure out a problem. If I want new information, I can refresh
> it. I might even want to keep it frozen and open a new copy in a new tab so
> I could compare the past and the present.
>
> Does anyone put a single host's "info" page on a screen and leave it there
> for general monitoring? If so, why? What problem does it solve that looking
> at the parent page of hosts does not?
>
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>
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