I've looked at the hosts.cfg man page, I've done some searching of the list archives, and I've done some experimentation of my own, but I seem to be unable to achieve the following:
I have some hosts for which I'd like to perform web content checks. I've got the cont= lines setup like so:
cont=ptlcls2;http://some.host.here:20039/wps/portal/fhmc;"regex[[:space:]]text"
And the alarm works just fine.
I've tried adding:
DOWNTIME=content:*:1435:1445:"some description"
or
DOWNTIME=ptlcls2:*:1435:1445:"some description"
But the new column "ptlcls2" still goes red, rather than blue, during the DOWNTIME period.
The only thing I can think of is that DOWNTIME isn't available for content checks, or that I'm incorrectly specifiying the test/status/column for the DOWNTIME specification. If anyone has any insight as to what I might be doing wrong, I'd greatly appreciate it.
-- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org
"It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1
On 2014-08-04 2:52 pm, Mike Burger wrote:
I've looked at the hosts.cfg man page, I've done some searching of the list archives, and I've done some experimentation of my own, but I seem to be unable to achieve the following:
I have some hosts for which I'd like to perform web content checks. I've got the cont= lines setup like so:
cont=ptlcls2;http://some.host.here:20039/wps/portal/fhmc;"regex[[:space:]]text"
And the alarm works just fine.
I've tried adding:
DOWNTIME=content:*:1435:1445:"some description"
or
DOWNTIME=ptlcls2:*:1435:1445:"some description"
But the new column "ptlcls2" still goes red, rather than blue, during the DOWNTIME period.
The only thing I can think of is that DOWNTIME isn't available for content checks, or that I'm incorrectly specifiying the test/status/column for the DOWNTIME specification. If anyone has any insight as to what I might be doing wrong, I'd greatly appreciate it.
No answers on the initial question...so let me follow up with:
If I set DOWNTIME on "http", will that cover the content checks?
Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org
"It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1
On Aug 22, 2014, at 9:21, "Mike Burger" <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> wrote:
On 2014-08-04 2:52 pm, Mike Burger wrote: I've looked at the hosts.cfg man page, I've done some searching of the list archives, and I've done some experimentation of my own, but I seem to be unable to achieve the following:
I have some hosts for which I'd like to perform web content checks. I've got the cont= lines setup like so:
cont=ptlcls2;http://some.host.here:20039/wps/portal/fhmc;"regex[[:space:]]text"
And the alarm works just fine.
I've tried adding:
DOWNTIME=content:*:1435:1445:"some description"
or
DOWNTIME=ptlcls2:*:1435:1445:"some description"
But the new column "ptlcls2" still goes red, rather than blue, during the DOWNTIME period.
The only thing I can think of is that DOWNTIME isn't available for content checks, or that I'm incorrectly specifiying the test/status/column for the DOWNTIME specification. If anyone has any insight as to what I might be doing wrong, I'd greatly appreciate it.
No answers on the initial question...so let me follow up with:
If I set DOWNTIME on "http", will that cover the content checks?
My answer: probably. In fact I might be able to even go by my own experience but I am not able to check at the moment. Easy to verify though -- set it and check the info page for the server.
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