Possibly a better way would be to stick with the single msgs column but in your analysis.cfg where you specifiy the log strings you want to alert on, you can add GROUP=
i.e. LOG /applogs/was/server/SystemOut.log "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError" COLOR=red GROUP=waslogs
That way when you set up the alerts you can specify the host, the service and the group
HOST=server SERVICE=msgs GROUP=waslogs
MAIL etc.....
From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Pierre Malenfant
Sent: 20 January 2014 13:54
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Breaking msgs in multiple columns for various log files monitoring
Hello All,
I searched the Xymon Archive without success about this. Found a few inquiries but no solutions.
I would like to have multiple columns for log file monitoring. I need the exact same thing as msgs, but in many columns to alert differently.
Ex:
System logs -> Alert to sysadmins
Application logs -> Alert to Analysts
DB logs -> Alert to DBA.
Having the columns named like msgs_sys / msgs_app / msgs_db would make sense to me.
There may be good ext scripts for this. I tought it would be simpler to have a central setup with the msgs "style".
For thoses of you that had the issue, what's your recommendation?
Thanks in advance!
Pierre Malenfant
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