On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Rob McBroom <mailinglist0 at skurfer.com> wrote:

Sorry if this is documented somewhere, but a quick search didn't answer my question.

I'm defining a new server-side test in hobbitlaunch.cfg. It's working as intended, except for one thing:

It doesn't need to run very often. I'm thinking every 6 hours or so. I've got it set to 1 hour now while I test things out and it keeps going purple about a minute before it runs again (and goes back to green). Is the INTERVAL supposed to be factored in when determining if something should be purple? If not, what do I need to do? A separate rule just for this test in hobbit-alerts.cfg? (I really hope not.)

bb hobbit "status+6h ..... " should get rid of the purple. man bb for details

Thanks.

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Rob McBroom wrote:

Sorry if this is documented somewhere, but a quick search didn't answer my question.

I'm defining a new server-side test in hobbitlaunch.cfg. It's working as intended, except for one thing:

It doesn't need to run very often. I'm thinking every 6 hours or so. I've got it set to 1 hour now while I test things out and it keeps going purple abo$

Thanks.

-- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/>

Hi, Rob !

You can change this in your server-side test

if you change the status, which you sent to the xymon-server

e.g. $BB $BBDISP "status+6h $MACHINE.$COLUMN $COLOR date

http://www.xymon.com/hobbit/help/manpages/man1/bb.1.html

XYMON MESSAGE SYNTAX

This section lists the most commonly used messages in the Xymon protocol.

Each message must begin with one of the Xymon commands. Where a HOSTNAME is specified, it must have any dots in the hostname changed to commas if the Xymon FQDN setting is enabled (which is the default). So e.g. the host "www.foo.com" would report as "www,foo,com".

status[+LIFETIME][/group:GROUP] HOSTNAME.TESTNAME COLOR <additional text> This sends in a status message for a single test (column) on a single host. TESTNAME is the name of the column where this test will show up; any name is valid except that using dots in the testname will not work. COLOR must be one of the valid colors: "green", "yellow", "red" or "clear". The colors "blue" and "purple" - although valid colors - should not be sent in a status-message, as these are handled specially by the Xymon server. The "additional text" normally includes a local timestamp and a summary of the test result on the first line. Any lines following the first one are free-form, and can include any information that may be useful to diagnose the problem being reported. The LIFETIME defines how long this status is valid after being received by the Xymon server. The default is 30 minutes, but you can set any period you like. E.g. for a custom test that runs once an hour, you will want to set this to at least 60 minutes - otherwise the status will go purple after 30 minutes. It is a good idea to set the LIFETIME to sligtly more than the interval between your tests, to allow for variations in the time it takes your test to complete. The LIFETIME is in minutes, unless you add an "h" (hours), "d" (days) or "w" (weeks) immediately after the number, e.g. "status+5h" for a status that is valid for 5 hours. The GROUP option is used to direct alerts from the status to a specific group. It is currently used for status generated from the Xymon clients' data, e.g. to direct alerts for a "procs" status to different people, depending on exactly which process is down.

Cheers, martin