how to add a specific http timeout

There's no native option for doing this within the test definition file, but you can perform a DS override based on the response time to cause the test to alert regardless.

In an analysis.cfg section targeting your host, place something like this:

HOST=www.example.com
     DS http tcp.http.www.example.com:8280,.rrd:sec >1.0 COLOR=red "TEXT=Response time &V exceeds &U seconds"

(See analysis.cfg(5) for the precise syntax. The RRD section needs to match the name of the RRD file for this URL.)

It's a bit inefficient, since you're doubling the number of messages for this test through the system, but should scale perfectly OK for many installs. If you have a large number of these (say, 25,000 websites you want to check with an alternate threshold), then using special NET: tags (or alternate hosts files completely) and distinct xymonnet instances will definitely be a better option.


HTH,
-jc


On 5/6/2019 2:14 AM, José Manuel Blasco Díaz wrote:

Good Morning.

I run Xymon 4.3.25 and I need to enable an alert for http 8280 when timeout is over 1 second.

Can I do easily way in hosts or I have to create a new configuration as you explain in olders version?

“No, this will be possible in the next release - but not in 4.3.x.

What you can do is to use the "NET:foo" definition on this particular

host in hosts.cfg to have it tested by a special instance of the

xymonnet task:

1) Add the "--test-untagged" option to your current xymonnet command in

tasks.cfg

2) Add "NET:slowtests" to this particular host in hosts.cfg

3) In a script, set XYMONNETWORK="slowtests" (remember to export it!)

and then run the xymonnet command to do the test of this one host, with

the different --timeout option

4) Add a new section to tasks.cfg to run the test script.”

Thanks.

Best Regards.

JoseManuelBlasco