[hobbit] Feature requests

[Trent Melcher]

On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 10:28 -0400, s_aiello at comcast.net wrote:
> 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.

He is already using the group-only parameter, what he want to do is
flip-flop the hosts and services,  He wants rows of services and columns
of hosts.

Trent

> 
> <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
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