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

["SebA" <spa (at) syntec.co.uk>]

Thanks for the suggestion.  I'll certainly give that some thought.
Comma-separated is just the easiest when it comes to converting my existing
bbwarnrules.cfg file as I can just select the hosts and replace spaces with
commas.  Going forward I had thought of using macros, but I'll look at PAGEs
too.
 
SebA


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From: jm54601 (at) yahoo.com [mailto:jm54601 (at) yahoo.com] 
Sent: 15 October 2008 16:03
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in
hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented


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>
http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-clients.cfg.5.html) to
<http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-alerts.cfg.5.html>
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, <http://www.foo.com/> www.foo.com"
identifies  two  specific  hosts;
        "HOST=%www.*.foo.com <http://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.html>
http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/hobbit-alerts.html and
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