I simply specify multiple URLS in bb-hosts, such as:
1.2.3.4 web1.mydomain.com # ssh http://some.url:8080 http://some.other.url:8081 http://yet.another.url:8082
This puts the status of all 3 urls in the "http" column for that host, and if any of them go down there will be a red alert, which is I believe the effect you are wanting. Note: if the urls you are testing do not all resolve to the same IP, you may have to use extra options (see "Testing sites by IP-address" section of bb-hosts man page) such as http://some.url:8080=1.2.3.5/index.html
Another option is to create pseudo-hostnames for URLs. I have done this on some Hobbit setups were many many URLs were being monitored, such as:
subpage PRODURLS Prod URLs
1.2.3.4 URL-Login_Portal # http://some.url:8080/index.html
1.2.3.5 URL-Admin_Site # http://some.url:8081/admin.php
1.2.3.6 URL-File_Repo # https://some.url/files.php
Using above method, you can define alerts in hobbit-alerts.cfg based on the page name:
PAGE=%.*/PRODURLS SERVICE=*
MAIL user-a583dc237b60@xymon.invalid format=sms
Hope I didn't confuse you :-) I think the first option (specifying multiple http checks in bb-hosts) is all you need.
-Charles
James Wade wrote:
We have a lot of URL's that we monitor.
We have had cases where multiple URL's
go down at the same time.
I'm trying to figure out a way to have a view
that would show me the machine name with
the actual URL that is down.
So for example, I may have 4 machines each
with 4 or 5 URL's on them (4 ports 8081, 8082, 8083...)
However, perhaps port 8081 goes down on 2 machines,
and 8081 & 8083 goes down on the other two machines.
I'd like a view to do this:
machine1 http://machine1:8081 <http://machine1:8081/>; Down
http://machine1:8083 <http://machine1:8083/>; Down
machine 2 http://machine2:1081 <http://machine2:1081/>; Down
Any hints on doing something like this?
Thanks......James