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how to trigger in column "msgs" ???

list Cayo de Moraes
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:33:43 +0200
Message-Id: <user-4f1e299f6dc5@xymon.invalid>

Thank you for the fast answer Stef!

im geting the lines from my logfile and i can see them in hobbit. So far its
working. But somehow they can not be triggered.

now the only thing that i want to do is:
msgs column should get red, when this logfile get a line (the content doesnt
matter). Thats why i think that the trigger would not be a really good idea,
because i would have to trigger a status for every type of entries in this
log.

i also tried to write something in this logfile and then trigger some words
(to become red) but it didnt work...

TIA

2009/6/23 Stef Coene <user-dbffe946c0f4@xymon.invalid>
On Tuesday 23 June 2009, Cayo de Moraes wrote:
Hi guys,

im trying to do an easy thing but its not working. I've been looking in
the
client-local.cfg manual but it doesnt helped a lot.

What i want to do is:
-monitor a logfile (like as usual by the column msgs) which is usualy
empty. -trigger the status as soon as the logfile get a line --> then it
should become red!!!

What i tried to do:
-put some lines like: "trigger allert", "* COLOR=red" etc... in the
client-local.cfg --> didnt work

ps: I'm trying to do this in the Hobbit-Server... should i change the
config in the client also?

does somebody know how i can configure this?
Yes.
First make sure the client is sending the content of the file so you have
something under the files check.  This can be configured in
client-local.cfg
(see the manpage for the correct syntax).  You can also check the tmp
directory on the client.  There should be some files with the relevant
lines
from client-local.cfg.  It will also take some time (10 minutes) before the
client picks up the changed config and start sending lines.

Next step is in hobbit-clients.cfg where you can configure what will be
triggering a red or yellow error.

So, first make sure the client is sending lines from the logfile and then
confgure what will trigger red/yellow.


Stef