[hobbit] Bb-hosts unmanageable

Stef Coene stef.coene at docum.org
Fri Dec 22 09:41:12 CET 2006


On Friday 22 December 2006 09:21, Strandell, Ralf wrote:
> 1) Split bb-hosts into "hobbit-tests" (test config) and "hobbit-display"
> (display structure, use names given is hobbit-tests). Keep bb-hosts as
> fallback...
I think Henrik is working on this.

> 2) Let us "include subpage filename" to cut these files into smaller,
> more manageable pieces. I don't like my 500 line structureless config
> file.
Checkout the include tag:
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/manpages/man5/bb-hosts.5.html

> 3) We would need two main VIEWS:
> 3a) infrastructure view: keep routers/switches on one page (&subpages),
> keep UPS'es on another page (the Power Page), keep servers on a third
> page and so on.
> 3b) business process view: group gateways, switches, UPSes, servers,
> printers by site or by business process
> Because of this we would like to have a separate hobbit-display. Writing
> EVERYTHING twice, the other half with noconn, is a nightmare. I get paid
> for this, but still...
I don't know if this can help, but checkout the NK stuff on the same page:
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/manpages/man5/bb-hosts.5.html


Stef



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