[Xymon] enhancement request: nested entries in alerts.cfg and analysis.cfg

[Mark Felder]

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015, at 21:39, Phil Crooker wrote:
> I'm sure many people have regexes with expressions like
> host[0-9].whatever.com to cover multiple hosts in alert HOST groups. It
> would be useful to be able to have a HOST statement within a group, eg:
> 
> 
> $LINUX=host[0-9].whatever.com
> 
> 
> HOST=%$LINUX COLOR=RED
> 
>         MAIL helpdesk at whatever.com
> 
>         HOST host4.whatever.com MAIL devel at whatever.com SERVICE=http
> 
>         HOST !%host[25].whatever.com MAIL someone at whatever.com
> 
> 
> As it is, I now have to rename 'host4', etc, in xymon and create separate
> HOST statements.
> 
> 
> Although I don't have as great a need for this capability in
> analysis.cfg, it makes sense to have it there as well.
> 
> 
> Is this something others want?
>

This would have been very useful at my previous job. I'm surprised for
as big of an install JC runs that he doesn't need it. Perhaps he
automates management of these files with an external tool they've
developed :-)