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My Hobbit-alerts.cfg is written as followed.


HOST=server1
        MAIL user-36a709000296@xymon.invalid RECOVERED
        MAIL user-6754c2964be5@xymon.invalid RECOVERED

HOST=server2
        MAIL user-36a709000296@xymon.invalid RECOVERED
        MAIL user-6754c2964be5@xymon.invalid RECOVERED

. . .

HOST=* RECOVERED
        IGNORE HOST=server
        IGNORE HOST=server1
        IGNORE HOST=server2
        MAIL user-6754c2964be5@xymon.invalid
        MAIL user-505c83ee2e58@xymon.invalid
        MAIL user-6754c2964be5@xymon.invalid
        MAIL user-6754c2964be5@xymon.invalid

I am not using SMS but using the phone provider's email to send test to a
phone. The messages poured in after a hobbit.sh restart, but then the quit
going through. Sometimes only the (at)company recipients go through. Also
for the cell phone emails is there a way I can customize messages sent to
the recipient? Ie. make the text short and sweet, (Server and Service status
only)


-Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary B. [mailto:user-33b796116d5f@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:33 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Alerts Question

Hi, I seem to be having issues with the reliability with the alerts
feature.

Look at the /var/log/hobbit/notifications.log and page.log files.  You
might also want to manually test the alert rules to see how they work

My Hobbit-alerts.cfg is written as followed.


HOST=server1
        MAIL user-36a709000296@xymon.invalid RECOVERED
        MAIL user-6754c2964be5@xymon.invalid RECOVERED

HOST=server2
        MAIL user-36a709000296@xymon.invalid RECOVERED
        MAIL user-6754c2964be5@xymon.invalid RECOVERED

The alert rules I have are written as:
HOST=server1 RECOVERED
    MAIL <phone address> REPEAT=interval
    MAIL <company address> REPEAT=interval
. . .

HOST=* RECOVERED
        IGNORE HOST=server
        IGNORE HOST=server1
        IGNORE HOST=server2
        MAIL user-6754c2964be5@xymon.invalid
        MAIL user-505c83ee2e58@xymon.invalid
        MAIL user-6754c2964be5@xymon.invalid
        MAIL user-6754c2964be5@xymon.invalid

You can do
   IGNORE HOST=server,server1,server2
   MAIL <address1>,<address2>

I am not using SMS but using the phone provider's email to send test
to a
phone. The messages poured in after a hobbit.sh restart, but then the
quit
going through. Sometimes only the (at)company recipients go through.

Also

for the cell phone emails is there a way I can customize messages sent
to
the recipient? Ie. make the text short and sweet, (Server and Service
status
only)


-Mike

Yes.  I believe Hobbit has a method of doing that by itself, but I use
a custom external script, as I needed to slightly modify the way
SMS-style messages are sent.  It's a short script, so I've included it
below.  Just stick it into the /var/hobbit/server/ext directory (and
make sure it has the execute bit set).  Then, create a MAIL rule as
below:

SCRIPT /var/hobbit/server/ext/oursms <address> FORMAT=SMS REPEAT
=1h

The "oursms" script:
#!/bin/sh
#VARIABLES:
msg=$BBALPHAMSG         #Full text of message
code=$ACKCODE           #The ack code
host=$BBHOSTNAME        #Host name

# CODE:
#=======
subject="!HB ${code}"  #Subject will read as "!HB <hobbit alert code>"
message="${msg}"
echo "${message}" | mail -s "${subject}" $RCPT


If you want to customize the script to change the way the subject
and/or body appear on the pager, look at the section titled "ALERT
SCRIPTS" at the bottom of the page:

On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 12:54:27PM -0700, Jordan Mendler wrote:

We have a Windows 2003 Server that does streaming through mms and rtsp.
Is there any functionality to allow a hobbit server to monitor these two
protocols on the streaming server?