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

["T.J. Yang" <tj_yang (at) hotmail.com>]

Hi, SebA

Would mind go one step further ?
get  a hobbit developer account  from Henrik to update the manpages ?

T.J. Yang

From: spa (at) syntec.co.uk
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:25:16 +0100
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented










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


  
  
  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) 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.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 



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