Re: [hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented

["jm54601 (at) yahoo.com" <jm54601 (at) yahoo.com>]

I struggled with the same thing through a lot of trial and error.  On a related note, I highly recommend trying to get away from using a comma separated list as it's a nightmare to maintain.  I'm working toward using the PAGE token, where a list of hosts on a given page alerts a group, so you're effectively grouping your hosts based on the support team responsible.  There will still be exceptions, but if you can generalize alerts so all the hosts on a given page can alert the same way, you'll save time and avoid the possibility of a host not having an alert configured.  Just my 2 cents.


 


----- Original Message ----
From: SebA <spa (at) syntec.co.uk>
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:43:35 AM
Subject: [hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented


Comma-separated lists of hostnames in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented, so maybe we could add something like this (taken from  http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-clients.cfg.5.html) to http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-alerts.cfg.5.html:
        HOST=targetstring Rule matching a host by the hostname.  "targetstring"
        is either a comma-separated list of hostnames (from the bb-hosts file),
        "*"  to  indicate "all hosts", or a Perl-compatible regular expression.
        E.g.  "HOST=dns.foo.com,www.foo.com"  identifies  two  specific  hosts;
        "HOST=%www.*.foo.com  EXHOST=www-test.foo.com" matches all hosts with a
        name beginning with "www", except the "www-test" host. 
Adding an example that used the comma-separated syntax to http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/hobbit-alerts.htmland hobbit-alerts.cfg (sample) files would also be good.
And, actually, maybe something to say that the comma-separated syntax can be used in all XXX= places (except, presumably, REPEAT) and also for the recipient.  One really shouldn't have to work this basic stuff out using:
$ ./bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test 
! 
We definitely need some more complex examples.  Maybe someone who has a complex and varied hobbit-alerts.cfg can post some sanitized examples that someone can commit to SVN?
Many thanks, 
SebA