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Re: [hobbit] Multiple yellow to red



It would be nice if the manpage expanded on what "TEST" in "badTEST" can
be.  I've confirmed "badssh" and "badhttp" work, but I haven't yet
determined what else works with it.  Does "badconn" work, for instance?  Or
is it really "badTCP-TEST"?

On 4/18/07, Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson (at) sas.com> wrote:
>
>  Looking at that in the bb-hosts manpage...
>
>  badTEST[-weekdays-starttime-endtime]:x:y:z
>               Normally   when  a  network  test  fails,  the  status
> changes  to  red  immediately.   With  a
>               "badTEST:x:y:z" tag this behaviour changes:
>               * While "z" or more successive tests fail, the column goes
> RED.
>               * While "y" or more successive tests fail, but fewer than
> "z", the column goes YELLOW.
>               * While "x" or more successive tests fail, but fewer than
> "y", the column goes CLEAR.
>               * While fewer than "x" successive tests fail, the column
> stays GREEN.
>
> This says "when it fails"...I'm looking for "when it stays in this
> state"...where state is definable (maybe default is red)...
>
> =G=
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Larry Barber [mailto:lebarber (at) gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:18 PM
> *To:* hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Multiple yellow to red
>
> For network tests, look for "badTEST" in the bb-hosts man page.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry Barber
>
> On 4/18/07, Galen Johnson < Galen.Johnson (at) sas.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey,
> >
> > I'll admit I haven't put a lot of legwork into this but...is it possible
> > to configure hobbit to go red on a test after a certain number of cycles at
> > yellow?  I have some tests that I don't mind if they are yellow for small
> > period but if they are there too long I need to know.
> >
> > I could probably handle this with a script but it'd be nice if hobbit
> > could handle it out of the box...maybe extend COLOR or DURATION...
> >
> > HOST=* COLOR=3*yellow
> >         blah blah blah
> >         MAIL admin (at) foo.com
> >
> > That would alert after it was yellow for 3 cycles...or would a DURATION
> > alert work...hurmmmmmm...
> >
> > =G=
> >
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