xymon "hostinfo" does not honour tags set by `.default.`
Brothers,
I found that the information returned by xymon 127.0.0.1 "hostinfo" does not honour tags by .default..
Steps to reproduce:
root at pi3:/etc/xymon# egrep -i 'default|pi3' hosts.cfg
0.0.0.0 .default. # nosslcert
127.0.0.1 pi3 # bbd http://pi3/
root at pi3:/etc/xymon# xymon 127.0.0.1:1984 "hostinfo host=^pi3"
pi3|127.0.0.1|bbd|http://pi3/
(note the missing nosslcert-tag)
Not using .default. the correct set of tags is returned:
root at pi3:/etc/xymon# egrep -i 'default|pi3' hosts.cfg
127.0.0.1 pi3 # bbd http://pi3/ nosslcert
root at pi3:/etc/xymon# xymon 127.0.0.1:1984 "hostinfo host=^pi3"
pi3|127.0.0.1|bbd|http://pi3/|nosslcert
This makes hostinfo not a usable source for getting the monitoring configuration for hosts or prevents the use of .default..
All the best Thomas
On 10/29/2017 10:08 AM, Thomas Eckert wrote:
I found that the information returned by
xymon 127.0.0.1 "hostinfo"does not honour tags by.default..
- snip - This makes
hostinfonot a usable source for getting the monitoring configuration for hosts or prevents the use of.default..
I have confirmed this same behavior with xymon 4.3.26 on Solaris
It would be nice if it honored the .default. lines. If that isn't possible, the documentation for the "xymon hostinfo" command should be updated to reflect this limitation.
-- Do things because you should, not just because you can.
John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Department of Administration State of Alaska
On 10/29/2017 11:08 AM, Thomas Eckert wrote:
Brothers,
I found that the information returned by
xymon 127.0.0.1 "hostinfo"does not honour tags by.default..Steps to reproduce:
root at pi3:/etc/xymon# egrep -i 'default|pi3' hosts.cfg 0.0.0.0 .default. # nosslcert 127.0.0.1 pi3 # bbd http://pi3/
root at pi3:/etc/xymon# xymon 127.0.0.1:1984 "hostinfo host=^pi3" pi3|127.0.0.1|bbd|http://pi3/
(note the missing
nosslcert-tag)Not using
.default.the correct set of tags is returned:root at pi3:/etc/xymon# egrep -i 'default|pi3' hosts.cfg 127.0.0.1 pi3 # bbd http://pi3/ nosslcert
root at pi3:/etc/xymon# xymon 127.0.0.1:1984 "hostinfo host=^pi3" pi3|127.0.0.1|bbd|http://pi3/|nosslcert
This makes
hostinfonot a usable source for getting the monitoring configuration for hosts or prevents the use of.default..All the best Thomas
Hi,
By default, 'hostinfo' does only show the specific entries for that host. I believe it could be reworked to walk through the included default config as well, though I'm not sure if there would be any side impacts there (I don't think so).
As a workaround for now, for a specific host you can issue a "hostinfo clone=<name>" request, which should actually include the .default. entries applicable to it. The output format, however, is one-per line. (This is the interface used by certain binaries when they're doing a one-off lookup for a specific host from xymond.)
HTH, -jc
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