how to trigger in column "msgs" ???
list Cayo de Moraes
Hi guys, im trying to do an easy thing but its not working. I've been looking in the client-local.cfg manual but it doesnt helped a lot. What i want to do is: -monitor a logfile (like as usual by the column msgs) which is usualy empty. -trigger the status as soon as the logfile get a line --> then it should become red!!! What i tried to do: -put some lines like: "trigger allert", "* COLOR=red" etc... in the client-local.cfg --> didnt work ps: I'm trying to do this in the Hobbit-Server... should i change the config in the client also? does somebody know how i can configure this? thanks, Cayo
list Stef Coene
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On Tuesday 23 June 2009, Cayo de Moraes wrote:
Hi guys, im trying to do an easy thing but its not working. I've been looking in the client-local.cfg manual but it doesnt helped a lot. What i want to do is: -monitor a logfile (like as usual by the column msgs) which is usualy empty. -trigger the status as soon as the logfile get a line --> then it should become red!!! What i tried to do: -put some lines like: "trigger allert", "* COLOR=red" etc... in the client-local.cfg --> didnt work ps: I'm trying to do this in the Hobbit-Server... should i change the config in the client also? does somebody know how i can configure this?
Yes. First make sure the client is sending the content of the file so you have something under the files check. This can be configured in client-local.cfg (see the manpage for the correct syntax). You can also check the tmp directory on the client. There should be some files with the relevant lines from client-local.cfg. It will also take some time (10 minutes) before the client picks up the changed config and start sending lines. Next step is in hobbit-clients.cfg where you can configure what will be triggering a red or yellow error. So, first make sure the client is sending lines from the logfile and then confgure what will trigger red/yellow. Stef
list Cayo de Moraes
Thank you for the fast answer Stef! im geting the lines from my logfile and i can see them in hobbit. So far its working. But somehow they can not be triggered. now the only thing that i want to do is: msgs column should get red, when this logfile get a line (the content doesnt matter). Thats why i think that the trigger would not be a really good idea, because i would have to trigger a status for every type of entries in this log. i also tried to write something in this logfile and then trigger some words (to become red) but it didnt work... TIA 2009/6/23 Stef Coene <user-dbffe946c0f4@xymon.invalid>
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On Tuesday 23 June 2009, Cayo de Moraes wrote:Hi guys, im trying to do an easy thing but its not working. I've been looking in the client-local.cfg manual but it doesnt helped a lot. What i want to do is: -monitor a logfile (like as usual by the column msgs) which is usualy empty. -trigger the status as soon as the logfile get a line --> then it should become red!!! What i tried to do: -put some lines like: "trigger allert", "* COLOR=red" etc... in the client-local.cfg --> didnt work ps: I'm trying to do this in the Hobbit-Server... should i change the config in the client also? does somebody know how i can configure this?Yes. First make sure the client is sending the content of the file so you have something under the files check. This can be configured in client-local.cfg (see the manpage for the correct syntax). You can also check the tmp directory on the client. There should be some files with the relevant lines from client-local.cfg. It will also take some time (10 minutes) before the client picks up the changed config and start sending lines. Next step is in hobbit-clients.cfg where you can configure what will be triggering a red or yellow error. So, first make sure the client is sending lines from the logfile and then confgure what will trigger red/yellow. Stef
list Stef Coene
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On Tuesday 23 June 2009, Cayo de Moraes wrote:
Thank you for the fast answer Stef! im geting the lines from my logfile and i can see them in hobbit. So far its working. But somehow they can not be triggered. now the only thing that i want to do is: msgs column should get red, when this logfile get a line (the content doesnt matter). Thats why i think that the trigger would not be a really good idea, because i would have to trigger a status for every type of entries in this log. i also tried to write something in this logfile > and then trigger some words (to become red) but it didnt work...
This works fine for mu: LOG %/home/rdbmsp/oracle/admin/TEST/bdump/alert_TEST.log %ORA-04031 I had to add a % so it is interpreted as a regexp. Stef
list Buchan Milne
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On Tuesday 23 June 2009 08:06:27 Cayo de Moraes wrote:
Hi guys, im trying to do an easy thing but its not working. I've been looking in the client-local.cfg manual but it doesnt helped a lot. What i want to do is: -monitor a logfile (like as usual by the column msgs) which is usualy empty. -trigger the status as soon as the logfile get a line --> then it should become red!!!
Do you need to see the contents of the log file or not? If you just want to alert on the file being non-empty, you may prefer to use a FILES check, alerting with 'size>0'.
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What i tried to do: -put some lines like: "trigger allert", "* COLOR=red" etc... in the client-local.cfg --> didnt work
client-local.cfg should just list which log files should be checked on the client. The pattern to alert on should go in hobbit-clients.cfg. Please include the entire section from the relevant config files, otherwise it is difficult to assist (the snippets you provide wouldn't work on their own ...).
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ps: I'm trying to do this in the Hobbit-Server... should i change the config in the client also?
No. Please read the client-local.cfg man page.
list L.M.J
Le Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:33:43 +0200,
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Cayo de Moraes <user-92aec3b3c467@xymon.invalid> a écrit :
Thank you for the fast answer Stef! im geting the lines from my logfile and i can see them in hobbit. So far its working. But somehow they can not be triggered. now the only thing that i want to do is: msgs column should get red, when this logfile get a line (the content doesnt matter). Thats why i think that the trigger would not be a really good idea, because i would have to trigger a status for every type of entries in this log. i also tried to write something in this logfile and then trigger some words (to become red) but it didnt work... TIA
Hello Cayo,
I'm wondering if you have the behavior expected with Hobbit? I never been able to trigger alerts on
Hobbit :-/
thanks by advance,
LMJ