We use a "directory alerts" and a "directory clients" within hobbit-clients.cfg to separate out the alerts and clients(to email or page).

Here is sample file within the clients directory (that is a sub-dir of hobbit/server/etc/ )

HOST=hostname DISK /tmp 90 95 GROUP=unix_team

Here is sample of a file within the alerts directory (same path as clients above)

GROUP=unix_team MAIL mailoncall REPEAT=60 RECOVERED SCRIPT /home/xymon/server/ext/smsplus.sh pageoncall COLOR=red REPEAT=15 RECOVERED GROUP=unix_team_low MAIL mailoncall REPEAT=120 RECOVERED SCRIPT /home/xymon/server/ext/smsplus.sh pageoncall COLOR=red REPEAT=15 RECOVERED TIME=W:0800:1700

The file name can be anything so be sure to not leave anything within the subdirs that you don't want to be parsed.

This allows us to separate out everything by groups and only leave generic or all encompassing information with hobbit-clients.cfg

Tom

-----Original Message----- From: wiskbroom at hotmail.com [mailto:wiskbroom at hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:44 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Alerting and Grouping Questions

Hello All;

I currently have my bb-hosts file setup in the following way:

--- bb-hosts ---

subpage windowsDC Windows DC Servers

title <H3><I>Windows DC Servers</H3></I>

include site1-windowsDC.txt

include site2-windowsDC.txt

The reason for this is so that I can easily and quickly add hosts into a file using a name that is relevant to the host. Also, this would allow me to monitor it on more than one page. (I.e. I can monitor site-1's DC servers on the subpage just for site-1, but I can also display it under my subpage/page for my entire organizations DC servers).  This will help make future node rollouts and deletions far easier since I can now delegate authority to others to simply edit these files containing only the hosts they are responsible for monitoring.

What I'd like to do is to have my alerts fall under the same method, i.e. any hosts belonging to "subpage windowsDC" would have its processes (PROC) defined using "windowsDC" in hobbit-clients.cfg, and its recipients for alerts also specified by the groupname "windowsDC" within hobbit-alerts.cfg. 

Is this possible? I've not been able to make it work and was wondering if perhaps I am attempting the impossible.

Thank you,

.vp

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