[Xymon] purple pages

[Frank]

    This looks interesting, thank you.

On 8/3/17 16:35, John Thurston wrote:
> On 8/3/2017 11:46 AM, Frank wrote:
>> Is there something that can be done, automated process to
>> compare what is in the data files against the hosts file and then remove
>> any inconsistencies.
>
> On an old instance of Big Brother, our business requirements include 
> just destroying everything purple. We use the following (extremely 
> crude) sledge hammer:
>> /usr/bin/rm -f `/usr/bin/grep -l "^purple " /opt/bb/bbvar/logs/*`
> In our old BB, we run it with crond. On Xymon, it could be just 
> another xymon task.
>
>
> On our production instance of Xymon, we don't simply remove entries 
> from the hosts.cfg file. We use a script with following syntax:
>
>   Syntax: RetireXY hostname [[hostname]...]
>
> It runs through the offered hostnames and confirms each exists in the 
> hosts.cfg. It then inserts a new display group (with today's date) in 
> a file called retired_hosts.cfg, moves in all original lines for the 
> offered hostnames _as comments_, and creates a new line with for each 
> with all tests suppressed. It then enables any disabled tests for the 
> named hosts.
>
> The above script doesn't destroy data in Xymon. It preserves the 
> original test settings, and all test results for the host so we could 
> include those in reports. It puts the "retired" hosts on an obscure 
> page in Xymon, while giving us a straight forward timeline of 
> retirements.
>
>
>
> Every now and then (one a year?), we run another script with identical 
> syntax, called
>    DestroyRetired
> It confirms all of the offered hostnames have been retired, and 
> removes their lines (and comments) from retired_hosts
>
>
>
> We have yet another script with the following syntax:
>
>   Syntax: CleanupPurple hostname testname [[ testname]...]
>
> which our admins can use to blast purple splotches from the screen. It 
> confirms the hostname exists in hosts.cfg, and the requested tests are 
> purple. It then submits the correct "drop" commands to xymon for the 
> specific host and test combinations. This saves us from someone 
> accidentally submitting a "drop foobar.com" command, when they meant 
> to submit "drop foo.bar.com http" :p  {raises hand}
>
>

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