[hobbit] Alert macro syntax

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 11:13:30AM -0500, Kevin.Hanrahan at novainfo.com wrote:

I could use some help with the syntax for alert using macros. I tried defining servers as such:

$GROUP1=server1 server2 server3 $SYSADMIN=kevin at domain.com HOST=$GROUP1 MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red REPEAT=15m RECOVERED

This is wrong.

When you use macros, you must remember that it's purely a text substitution.

If you did not use macros, you'd write the rule as

HOST=%server1|server2|server3

So to do that with a macro, the macro must be defined exactly like that. Thus:

$GROUP1=%server1|server2|server3 $SYSADMIN=kevin at domain.com HOST=$GROUP1 MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red REPEAT=15m RECOVERED

Henrik