Repeat: Issues with DOWNTIME, purple status, and sslcert test 🔗 link

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I asked this question in about March of last year and didn't get any
replies. Figured I'd give it another shot as it has been a persistent
annoyance since then (though the behavior has changed slightly, which
I've edited below):

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Hunted around on Google and the mailing list archives about this one,
but I'm turning nothing up.

I have some downtime statements listed for a few hosts (names and IP's
changed to protect probably nothing, but hey):

10.11.12.13  host1.umdnj.edu #
"DOWNTIME=ldap,ldaps,sslcert:*:2200:2300:Development/Test Systems Cold
Bacukup"
10.11.12.14     host2.umdnj.edu #
"DOWNTIME=ldap,ldaps,sslcert:*:2200:2300:Development/Test Systems Cold
Bacukup"
0.0.0.0         host3.umdnj.edu #
"DOWNTIME=http,sslcert:*:2200:2300:Development/Test Systems Cold Bacukup"
0.0.0.0         host4.umdnj.edu #
"DOWNTIME=http,sslcert:*:2200:2300:Development/Test Systems Cold Bacukup"

The downtime is picked up fine, and correctly, in the "info" test on the
hosts. What's interesting is what happens when the time rolls around
with the sslcert test (I'll pick Friday night out of the air, but
there's nuance every day):

host1: Green until purple at 2245.
host2: Ditto.
host3: Ditto.
host4: Blue at ~2200, red at 2245.

All four share the same DOWNTIME definition, aside from the tests
involved, so I'm mighty confused. Is there some interplay here that I'm
not aware of (either by what triggers an sslcert test, https/ldaps/etc.,
or by using 0.0.0.0 on some of the hosts, the actual status of the hosts
during the DOWNTIME, etc.) that someone might have some hints for
teasing out?

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On Jan 5, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Ryan Novosielski wrote:

I've run into issues with this in the past. The code that parses the DOWNTIME for the info page seems to be different from the code that actually implements it. Things that show up correctly in the web view won't necessarily work. I forget what's different about the syntax, but I know I've mentioned it on the list before. If you search for posts from me on DOWNTIME, hopefully it'll explain.

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Rob McBroom
<http://www.skurfer.com/>;

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On 01/05/2011 10:59 AM, Rob McBroom wrote:

I've located the thread. Can any developer (Henrik?) comment on whether
this issue has been fixed in later versions, either the documentation or
the behavior or both?

http://www.xymon.com/archive/2009/04/msg00301.html

This is a detailed explanation of the issue by Dominic Frise from 2009,
but apparently there's a mention of it in that message from 2008.

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Rob McBroom <mailto:user-371ba9bb5b75@xymon.invalid> wrote:

I believe this has been improved now in the 4.3.0 tree. (See my message from
5-Nov-2010.) From what I've heard 4.3.0 seems to be very close to release,
so you may want to try it. I suggest the best way to get the latest fixes is
to check it out with subversion. (Search the mailing list for instructions.)

Kind regards,

SebA

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On 01/05/2011 11:45 AM, SebA wrote:

Very good, thanks. I will wait for the release -- I do not have a
testing system and my management would be skittish about me installing a
pre-release I imagine (even one less buggy than stable).

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