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Force client to update data

list Henrik Størner
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:00:54 +0200
Message-Id: <user-572b57e6a179@xymon.invalid>

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:51:19AM -0400, Gary B. wrote:
Is there a way to force the Hobbit clients to update their data to the
server?  Often times I'll be adding new process checks or otherwise
modifying existing tests, and would like to be able to see their
status updated on the Hobbit server.

Right now, that means waiting 5 minutes for the client to get the
new/updated checks, and then waiting another 5 minutes for it to
report back to the server.  However, I *don't* have any reason/need to
adjust this time globally.  I would like to force an update only once
in a while, when making changes to the client tests.  Is there
currently any way to do this?
The easiest way would be to restart the Hobbit client a couple of times;
each time it starts, it will contact the server so doing it twice will
fetch the new config from client-local.cfg, and send in a status with
these changes in them.

It's probably also a good idea to do a "kill -HUP" on the hobbitd and
hobbitd_client processes on the Hobbit server, to make sure that they
have the latest config files loaded. Do that before you bounce the
client.


Regards,
Henrik