From peter.welter@gmail.com Wed Jun 24 08:20:17 2026
From: peter.welter@gmail.com
To: xymon@xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Critical Systems 'Hosts docs'-URL does not show correct	URL
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:09:23 +0200
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I tried to edit the hobbit-nkview.cfg to make this show up:

unix_8x5|http|||W:0800:1700|3|bvs_unix|<a href=3D"
https://somewhere.our.domain/mediawiki/index.php/Hobbit_Repair_Actions#http">=
http</a>|user
2008-01-09 13:45:26

However, the html-markup (<a href etc) is stripped... :-(

Regard, Peter


2011/7/27 Peter Welter <peter.welter at gmail.com>

> Hello all,
>
> After years of Xymon usage, I start to use the Critical Systems view. I
> have setup a BBGENOPTS to use a docurl. I expect this URL to show up on the
> Critical Systems view.
>
> Either as the clickable host; either as the Host docs.
>
> However, neither show the correct documentation.
>
> In more detail:
>
>    - I have tested this with 2 Xymon distributions: 4.2.3 and Xymon
>    4.3.0-0.beta2
>    - So I have setup:
>
> BBGENOPTS=3D"--recentgifs --subpagecolumns=3D2 --docurl=3D
> https://wiki.ourserver.nl/syntax/index.php/ServerInformatie:%s --rss
> --rsslimit=3Dyellow --rssversion=3D2.0"     # Standard options for bbgen.
>
>
>    - Below the screen that shows the Priority 2 call. The link shows the
>    Info-text instead of the expected wiki-docs that does show in normal
>    operation. Not on this screen:
>
>
>
>  *disk* <https://monxy.leidenuniv.nl/xymon-cgi/hobbitcolumn.sh?disk>
> ------------------------------
> PRIO 2host (BSO-8x5 - Backup (XXX))<https://xymon.somewhere.nl/xymon-cgi/bb=
-hostsvc.sh?HOST=3Dhost&SERVICE=3Dinfo>[image:
> red]<https://xymon.somehwere.nl/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=3Dhost&SERVICE=
=3Ddisk&NKPRIO=3D2&NKTTGROUP=3Dbvs%5funix&NKTTEXTRA=3D>
>
>
>
> And when I click the smiley, you get this screen... The Host info shows
> again the info-text. The Host-docs gives the same screen; it links to
> itself.
>
> PriorityResolver groupDocumentation2bvs_unixHost info
> Host docs<https://xymon.ourserver.nl/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=3Dhostnam=
e&SERVICE=3Ddisk&NKPRIO=3D2&NKTTGROUP=3Dbvs%5funix&NKTTEXTRA=3D>
>      Host-ack              30 minutes          1 hour          2 hours
>        3 hours          6 hours          12 hours          24 hours
>     2 days          3 days          4 days          5 days          1 week
>        4 weeks
>
> From the man-pages:
>
> "The detailed status view
>
> When looking at the status of one of the items shown on the Critical
> Systems view, a number of additional items show up. On the example Critical
> Systems view above, you will notice that the instructions we entered about
> what to do with the disk status is shown here, so they are available to the
> operators. There are links to the host documentation and host information. "
> So is there something I understand wrong and does it work as expected? Or
> is this something else?
>
> Any help much appreciated,
>
> Peter
>

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