In our Hobbit configuration, we have hosts using every possible combination of CLIENT, NAME, neither, and both.
In short, here is how it works: (In the bb-hosts file)
IP HOSTNAME # CLIENT=HOSTNAME_ALIAS NAME=DISPLAY_NAME
- Without CLIENT or NAME, the machine displays as HOSTNAME on the Hobbit webpage, and in monitor alerts. All "bb" commands, alert rules, and monitor rules (hobbit-clients.cfg) should refer to the machine as HOSTNAME
- With CLIENT, the machine displays as HOSTNAME on the Hobbit webpage and in monitors alerts as above. All rules should also refer to the machine as HOSTNAME. CLIENT is primarily to get rid of Ghost Client alerts. (In your case, this is what you would use)
- NAME only affects what the machine shows up as on the Hobbit webpage. Looking at my Hobbit notifications log file, the alerts sent out still use HOSTNAME as the name.
- With both CLIENT and NAME, both rules apply.
For your final question, no, as long as HOSTNAME doesn't change (which is what Hobbit uses for the name internally), the old saved data won't be lost. If you want to change HOSTNAME, you should use the "rename" command for the "bb" program (how to use this is listed in the man pages).
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Eric Jacobs < eric.jacobs at thomastechsolutions.com> wrote:
Long time ago, servers were set up with "wrong" name. To correct hobbit display "NAME" variable was used in bb-hosts file for these servers. But I notice that email alerts are sent out with "wrong" name. If I used correct name in entry and used "CLIENT" variable to list name that would be seen by Hobbit server, would email alerts go out with correct name? And, if I make that change now, does that screw up any of the old saved data?
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