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Suggestion for Defaults

list Asif Iqbal
Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:06:57 -0500
Message-Id: <user-8300d094a749@xymon.invalid>

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 07:58:28AM, Henrik Stoerner wrote:
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 12:38:07PM -0500, Asif Iqbal wrote:
I like a way to set the default for the followings
REPEAT, currently it is 30 and I like to change it not for all my 200
entries separately but as a default value 
You set the default repeat interval with the "--repeat=N" option for
hobbitd_alert. Change it in etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg .

I like to have FORMAT assumed as default to TEXT. Right now I have to
atleast mentioned the word FORMAT in all my 200 rules separately
FORMAT=TEXT already is the default setting ...

Same thing for COLOR. Currently I have to mention COLOR=red which I like
to set as default. Do I set that in the --alertcolors?
If you use "--alertcolors=red" then it cannot be overridden in the
hobbit-alerts.cfg file. So if you do want some tests to send an alert
when they go yellow, then you must use "--alertcolors=red,yellow" (the
default is red,yellow,purple) and add the COLOR=... definition for
each rule or recipient.

BTW, if I choose COLOR=RED it fails, I assume it is case sensitive?!
Yes, it is. I'll change that, having things case-sensitive for no good
reason is just annoying.

It would be great if I could Add more than one email alias in the same
MAIL line.
This was added in RC2. Doing

    MAIL user-b7c20e0da76a@xymon.invalid user-ef86c43926b6@xymon.invalid COLOR=red

will work as you expect it to. If you have a macro that expands to
several mail-adresses, then that will work too. Like

    $ADMINS="user-b7c20e0da76a@xymon.invalid user-143c88f2d522@xymon.invalid"

    HOST=*
        MAIL $ADMINS COLOR=red
So let me get this clear. If I setup "--alertcolors=red" in the
hobbitlaunch.cfg file (and restart hobbit) I do not have to add
COLOR=red and FORMAT for the default TEXT alert for RED only to work?

Sorry for such a long question.

Realizing now how simple the alert file now compare to bbwarrules and
bbwarnsetup files

Thank you so much for such an awesome tool
Regards,
Henrik

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