[Xymon] nopropred

[John Thurston]

How about this contrived example:

> page FOO A Page of FOOs
> 
> group Production Servers
> 0.0.0.0  .default.    # DESCR:"Database Server:Juneau" 
> 0.0.0.0  one.bar.com  # sql
> 0.0.0.0  two.bar.com  # ssh
> 
> group Test Servers
> 0.0.0.0  .default.     # DESCR:"Database Server:Anchorage" nopropred:*
> 0.0.0.0  three.bar.com # sql https://three.bar.com/
> 0.0.0.0  four.bar.com  # nopropyellow:+msgs
> 
> group Development Servers
> 0.0.0.0  .default      # DESCR:"Development Hosts:No Callout" nonongreen nosslcert
> 0.0.0.0  five.bar.com  # sql https://five.bar.com/
> 0.0.0.0  six.bar.com   # 


Each display group has its own default line. The line affects all hosts 
until the next .default. is encountered, which is why I put one at every 
display group. In my example above, each host in the group will get its 
'DESCR" tag from the .default. line. Those in 'Test Servers' will also 
get nopropred for all tests, while four.bar.com will also get the msgs 
test added the nopropyellow list. Host five.bar.com will have an HTTPS 
test performed, but its .default. line will suppress the displaying of 
the certificate information from that test.

Hosts in the display group may be able to override the .default., but it 
depends on the tag. For example, the 'nopropred:*' could be overridden 
by a 'nopropred:msgs' on four.bar.com. I am, however, unaware of any 
negating command for 'nonongreen'; what would it be 'nononongreen' ? :)

It is very important to read the notes in the man page regarding which 
tags are available for use in .default.

> NOTE: The ".default." host entry will only accept the following tags - others are silently ignored: delayyellow, delayred, NOCOLUMNS, COMMENT, DESCR, CLASS, dialup, testip, nonongreen, nodisp, noinfo, notrends, noclient, TRENDS, NOPROPRED, NOPROPYELLOW, NOPROPPURPLE, NOPROPACK, REPORTTIME, WARNPCT, NET, noclear, nosslcert, ssldays, DOWNTIME, depends, noping, noconn, trace, notrace, HIDEHTTP, browser, pulldata. Specifically, note that network tests, "badTEST" settings, and alternate pageset relations cannot be listed on the ".default." host.

Please note: "others are silently ignored"

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John Thurston    907-465-8591
John.Thurston at alaska.gov
Department of Administration
State of Alaska

On 3/19/2018 5:07 AM, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:
> Can you supply an example?  I didn't realize that could be used anywhere except globally.
> 
> 
> Scot Kreienkamp |Senior Systems Engineer | La-Z-Boy Corporate
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of John Thurston
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 2:17 PM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] nopropred
> 
> 
> On 3/16/2018 9:34 AM, Jason Brockdorf wrote:
>> Is it possible for me to apply nopropred/nopropyellow/noproppurple tags to
>> groups and/or pages instead of hosts?
> 
> Only by use of the .default. line. I use such lines generously.
> 
> Each of my display groups has a .default. line. This lets me quickly set
> attributes for hosts belonging to same support teams. And because each
> group has a .default. line, I am never surprised by default lettings
> leaking down from other display groups.
> 
> Such lines could just as easily be defined at the page-level, if that is
> a better fit with your business requirements.
> 
> The .default. line was a major improvement when moving from Big Brother
> to Xymon.