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How to list a host multiple times in bb-hosts properly

list Henrik Størner
Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:45:13 +0200
Message-Id: <user-87f3e3b589e7@xymon.invalid>

On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 04:27:23PM -0400, Jeff Stuart wrote:
I have a machine that I wish to appear on multiple pages.  So I list it
more than once in bb-hosts.

First time, I list it this way:

group-only bbd|bbgen|bbtest|hobbitd|rsync       Hobbit Monitoring Server
123.123.123.123    123.123.123.123 # BBPAGER BBNET BBDISPLAY bbd noconn 
rsync

Then I list it this way:

page game-servers Main Game Server Boxes.
group-except bbd|bbgen|bbtest|hobbitd|rsync
123.123.123.123    123.123.123.123 # ftp !telnet !smtp ssh  ntp  prefer
badconn:1:2:4
The rule is: Put all of your tags on one of these definitions, and ONLY
a "noconn" on the others.

So using your example:

group-only bbd|bbgen|bbtest|hobbitd|rsync       Hobbit Monitoring Server
123.123.123.123    123.123.123.123 # noconn 

page game-servers Main Game Server Boxes.
group-except bbd|bbgen|bbtest|hobbitd|rsync
123.123.123.123    123.123.123.123 # ftp !telnet !smtp ssh  ntp  prefer badconn:1:2:4 bbd rsync


There's no link between the "group-only" or "group-except" definitions,
and where you have the network tests defined, so even though it might
seem a bit odd with "group-except bbd|rsync" and then those two tests
listed on the first host-entry, it will work the way you want it to.
Because the tool the runs the network tests ignores all of the page,
subpage, group* definitions; and the tool that builds the webpages
ignores how all of the network tests were defined (it just looks at
what status columns are available).


Henrik