On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 13:40 +1100, Jeremy Laidman wrote:
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:45 PM, John Horne <user-e95f1ec2f147@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Within swatch could you not use the 'exec' command to invoke 'xymon' to
update the Xymon server? Something like (completely untested!):
watchfor = /low dhcp pools/
exec = xymon <xymonserver IP> 'status <localhostname>.dhcp red
`date` DHCP pools getting low!'
Won't the test go purple after a while?
As it stands, yes, so maybe use something like 'status+5d'.
A way to get around this would be to create a status file, and then
have another process "refresh" Xymon based on the content of the file:
To achieve this with our old BB system with TheState, we had an 'expire'
time included in the status message. A separate process then ran every 5
mins or so and looked for 'expired' statuses and deleted them. This then
allowed a 'default' status to be shown (usually green). (Sorry probably
didn't describe that too well, it is a tad complex but has worked well.)
John.
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