Re: [hobbit] Host still tested on old ip address after a change

[Buchan Milne <bgmilne (at) staff.telkomsa.net>]

On Wednesday 28 March 2007, Dennis Ortsen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've added a host to be checked for connectivity in the bb-hosts file. When
> the host appeared on the status webpage it came up as red instead of green.
> I checked the ip address I entered in the bb-hosts file and saw I made a
> typo. I then corrected the ip address but the status red doesn't change to
> green. When I click on the red "conn" smiley, I see that hobbit is still
> checking the wrong ip address. I've tried to drop the conn test on that
> host, I've tried to drop the host and add it again, but it still comes up
> as red, on the old ip address. I've kept the name the same. I'm only doing
> a conn test (it's a switch).
>
> Does anyone have a clue what might be going on?

By default, hobbit tests the IP it gets from a DNS lookup. You can force it to 
use the IP in bb-hosts for a specific host by adding the 'testip' flag to the 
entry in bb-hosts.

Regards,
Buchan

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Buchan Milne
ISP Systems Specialist - Monitoring/Authentication Team Leader
B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)