[hobbit] bb-hosts class override

[nick.nauwelaerts at thomsonreuters.com]

indeed, i should have mentioned that.

i tried:
CLASS=sles11
CLASS:sles11
CONFIGCLASS=sles11
CONFIGCLASS:sles11

according to the manpage CLASS:sles11 should be the correct syntax.

// nick

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Eckert [mailto:tom at IT-Eckert.de] 
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 16:48
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] bb-hosts class override
> 
> have you tried to use
>   CLASS:sles11
> ?
> 
> nick.nauwelaerts at thomsonreuters.com wrote:
> > hello,
> > i can't seem to find a way to get the class override in bb-hosts to
> > work. we have a bunch of servers running several linux 
> versions. them
> > being linux the report their status like this by default 
> (gathered from
> > clientdata):
> > client vl143,eu,compumark,com.linux linux
> > 
> > this will make them fall into the CLASS=linux in 
> hobbit-clients.cfg. i
> > would however like them to be recognized under a different 
> class, being
> > sles11. this can be done by changing the CONFIGCLASS on the 
> client in
> > hobbitclient.cfg, but i'd prefer not to do such 
> configuration on each
> > client, limiting my configuration to the server. as such, 
> i've added the
> > following to my bb-hosts:
> > 10.223.136.143  vl143.eu.compumark.com # ssh CLASS=sles11
> > 
> > however, this does not seem to force the client under the 
> sles11 class.
> > 
> > if i change the CONFIGCLASS on the local client, it does 
> work, verifying
> > that my class configuration in hobbit-clients.cfg on the server is
> > correct. in this case the client would report it's class as such:
> > client vl143,eu,compumark,com.linux sles11
> > 
> > how does one use the CLASS directive in bb-hosts? i've seen 
> this in the
> > mailinglist archives but alas, without a solution.
> > 
> > our server is running xymon 4.2.2 on sles10 sp2 amd64, our 
> clients are a
> > mix of sles9, sles10 & sles11 all xymon 4.2.2, all amd64.
> > 
> > thx
> > 
> > 
> > // nick
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