I've been doing some further digging on this and it appears that the new test is working fine but the original xymonnet test is also checking this host. It appears as if --test-untagged is not working. Neil Simmonds Operation Analyst (Operations Support Group) Express Gifts Limited Express House Clayton Business Park Accrington Lancashire BB5 5JY T: 01254 303092 | E: neil.simmonds at Express-Gifts.co.uk ________________________________ From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Neil Simmonds Sent: 14 February 2012 09:17 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] how to add a specific http timeout I've been looking at setting one of our systems to have a different timeout on the http test to the default 10 seconds. I've followed the instructions from Henrik,

1) Add the "--test-untagged" option to your current xymonnet command in tasks.cfg

2) Add "NET:slowtests" to this particular host in hosts.cfg

3) In a script, set XYMONNETWORK="slowtests" (remember to export it!) and then run the xymonnet command to do the test of this one host, with the different --timeout option

4) Add a new section to tasks.cfg to run the test script.

Yet it's not working. This is my xymonnet entry in tasks.cfg [xymonnet] ENVFILE /xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg NEEDS xymond CMD xymonnet --report --ping --checkresponse --test-untagged LOGFILE $XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymonnet.log INTERVAL 5m My entry in hosts.cfg looks like this, ***.**.**.** Matrix # http://***.**.**.**:8080/4daction/getImageData?u=419520 NET:slowtests My script looks like this, #!/bin/sh XYMONNETWORK="slowtests" export XYMONNETWORK $XYMONHOME/bin/xymonnet --report --ping --checkresponse --timeout=20 And finally my extra entry in tasks.cfg looks like this, ## Xymonnet test with 20 second timeout [slowtests] ENVFILE /xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg NEEDS xymond CMD $XYMONHOME/ext/slowtests.sh LOGFILE $XYMONSERVERLOGS/slowtests.log INTERVAL 5m This is all running on Xymon 4.3.4 Can anyone spot where I might have gone wrong. Thanks, Neil Simmonds Operation Analyst (Operations Support Group) Express Gifts Limited Express House Clayton Business Park Accrington Lancashire BB5 5JY T: 01254 303092 | E: neil.simmonds at Express-Gifts.co.uk Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151. Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority ________________________________ NOTE: This email and any information contained within or attached in a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the Individual to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely for the purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any information or data included with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient will refrain from utilising the information for any purpose other than that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and remove it from their records. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. No warranties or assurances are made in relation to the safety and content of this e-mail and any attachments. No liability is accepted for any consequences arising from it. Findel Plc reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its internal and external networks. If you have received this email in error please notify our IT helpdesk on +44(0) 1254 303030 Name & Registered Office: EXPRESS GIFTS LIMITED, 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, SK14 4TH, Company No. 00718151. Express Gifts Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority -------------- NOTE: This email and any information contained within or attached in a separate file is confidential and intended solely for the Individual to whom it is addressed. The information or data included is solely for the purpose indicated or previously agreed. Any information or data included with this e-mail remains the property of Findel PLC and the recipient will refrain from utilising the information for any purpose other than that indicated and upon request will destroy the information and remove it from their records. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Findel PLC. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. No warranties or assurances are made in relation to the safety and content of this e-mail and any attachments. No liability is accepted for any consequences arising from it. Findel Plc reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its internal and external networks. If you have received this email in error please notify our IT helpdesk on +44(0) 1254 303030