[hobbit] Feature requests

[s_aiello at comcast.net]

On Wednesday 25 July 2007 10:09, Moore, Joe wrote:
> If we're throwing out feature requests...
>
> My users would love to see something that can be descibed as a "service
> group" of statuses...
>
> Basically, we have several groups of web servers on the page that the
> apache admins look at, in group-only blocks (they don't care about
> system messages, only their HTTP, CONT, and TRENDS).  In order for them
> to see everything, they have to scroll around because there are a bunch
> of 3-column, N-row groups.  But the same data could be condensed into a
> single screen of a bunch of N-column, 3-row groups.
>
> So what I'd like to propose is a "servicegroup"# tag in bb-hosts, that
> renders its content as rows of tests, and columns of hosts (as opposed
> to the normal rows of hosts, columns of tests)
>
> Syntax:
> servicegroup SERVICE1|SERVICE2|SERVICE3 [group-title]
> 	Defines a group of host-service pairs that appear on the web
> page.  Hosts in the servicegroup are listed as a single header-line with
> rows for each SERVICE listed.
>
> (Optional: allow "servicegroup * group-title" to show rows for all
> services on any of the hosts)
>
> Another benefit for this just came to mind: 'servicegroup TRENDS "System
> performance trends"'... Have a page or block at the bottom of your
> servers-page with easy access to all of the graphs for all those
> systems.
>

Don't the group-only and group-exceot bb-host parameters already cover this ? 
I am assuming you are leaving the devices on their primary page, but want a 
seperate page for apache admins. on their page you would just use an bb-host 
alias: 0.0.0.0  devicename  # noconn.  Where the bb-host entry on the primary 
page would have the correct IP and all BBTAGS + the prefer BBTAG.

<snippet from man bb-hosts>
group-only COLUMN1|COLUMN2|COLUMN3 [group-title]
    Same as the "group" and "group-compress" lines, but includes only the 
columns explicitly listed in the group. Any columns not listed will be 
ignored for these hosts.

group-except COLUMN1|COLUMN2|COLUMN3 [group-title]
    Same as the "group-only" lines, but includes all columns EXCEPT those 
explicitly listed in the group. Any columns listed will be ignored for these 
hosts - all other columns are shown.
</snippet>

 ~Steve