Re: [hobbit] Different timeouts per HTTP check

[Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com>]

OK, cool.  I didn't think that would work.  This is on a single Xymon
server??  Are you setting BBLOCATION at all??
Ralph Mitchell


On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Larry Barber <lebarber (at) gmail.com> wrote:

> Using NET: the way I specified works fine, I have a similar situation, a
> few very slow web pages that tend to time out with the default settings, and
> that is how I handle the problem. I just use NET: to specify a different
> instance of bbtest-net, one with a longer timeout.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry Barber
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Unless something changed recently, the NET keyword allows you to specify
>> which of several Hobbit/Xymon servers performs network checks for a given
>> host.  I don't think it would do what the original poster wanted.
>> Ralph Mitchell
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Larry Barber <lebarber (at) gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You can use the "NET:" keyword (see the bb-hosts man page) to set up an
>>> alternate network check. In the stanza within hobbitlaunch.cfg that launches
>>> the bbtest-net that is associated with the new set of network checks you can
>>> set an alternate timeout.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Larry Barber
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Wouter Schoot <wouter (at) schoot.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm using a few HTTP checks to see how fast (and if) a website responds.
>>>> However, some are known to be slower than others and I want therefor some
>>>> sites not to trigger an alert or at least not if it doesn't respond in 10
>>>> seconds, but for instance 20 seconds. How can I achieve this for 1 check,
>>>> not globally for all HTTP checks?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Wouter
>>>>
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>>>
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