On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 04:26:50PM -0400, Brian Bernstein wrote:
It seems that hobbitd_alert for whatever reason, is sending alerts only once every half hour.
In other words, if I was to test an alert as such: bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test [hostname] [test]
It will immediately output that it found a matching rule, and states the action being taken (mail -s etc. . .), however, the notification will not come up in the notifications.log or in the mail server logs until either :06 or :36 past the hour.
I don't understand. The "--test" option is a simulation; it doesn't generate any alert messages.
I think what you're seeing is a *real* alert being sent out because of a system that is down. The 30 minute interval between alerts would match the default REPEAT setting.
I have not tested to see if this happens when a machine actually goes down (the test in question for this particular alert), just with the test option in hobbitd_alert (actually, the host I've chosen for the test was already down).
Precisely. So you have a host that is down, and alert rules configured. Then you get the alerts - not from the testing you're doing, but from the Hobbit system.
Regards, Henrik