More than just green/red for HTTP cont= tests?
list Gary Baluha
Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find this question anywhere in the hobbit mailing list archives... Is there a way to have multiple HTTP cont= tests for a single web page, that are for different content checks for a different status color? I currently have Hobbit monitoring several webpages which themselves are like mini-Hobbit display pages. Depending on the status of those pages, I'd like hobbit to display either green, yellow, or red. Currently, the cont= test only checks if the content exists; if it does, it's green, otherwise, it's red. What I'm thinking is, is there a way to say something like cont[=column];url;[expected_data_regexp];[alternate_data_regexp] Where if "expected_data_regexp" is matched, the status is green. If it isn't matched, it tries to match "alternate_data_regexp". If *that* is matched, the status is yellow. If neither are matched, the status is reg. Also, let me know if you all think this is going a little beyond the scope of Hobbit. Perhaps I should be doing this test with an external script, rather than using an http cont= test. The only problem would be, I'd have to make the script be able to read and parse an http page... Gary B.
list Rolf Schrittenlocher
Hi Gary,
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Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find this question anywhere in the hobbit mailing list archives... Is there a way to have multiple HTTP cont= tests for a single web page, that are for different content checks for a different status color? I currently have Hobbit monitoring several webpages which themselves are like mini-Hobbit display pages. Depending on the status of those pages, I'd like hobbit to display either green, yellow, or red. Currently, the cont= test only checks if the content exists; if it does, it's green, otherwise, it's red. What I'm thinking is, is there a way to say something like cont[=column];url;[expected_data_regexp];[alternate_data_regexp] Where if "expected_data_regexp" is matched, the status is green. If it isn't matched, it tries to match "alternate_data_regexp". If *that* is matched, the status is yellow. If neither are matched, the status is reg. Also, let me know if you all think this is going a little beyond the scope of Hobbit. Perhaps I should be doing this test with an external script, rather than using an http cont= test. The only problem would be, I'd have to make the script be able to read and parse an http page...
I don't know if cont can do what you want, but I assume: No. Your last point seems to be faisable. You might use e.g. wget to store the http-content in a tmp-file and then you could analyze it with a simple grep or something more sophisticated. kind regards Rolf -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher HRZ/BDV, Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (XX) XX - XXX XXXXX Fax: (XX) XX XXX XXXX LBS: user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid Persoenlich: user-6ea8e907e200@xymon.invalid