Here's a script I used to convert bbwarnrules.cfg to hobbit-alerts.cfg.  It's far from perfect, but might help you save some labor.  We also used host groups and page groups fairly extensively in bbwarnsetup.cfg.  This script merges both.

#!/bin/bash

Converts bbwarnrules.cfg to hobbit-alerts.cfg format

TO DO: DAY and TIME

#BBWR=/usr/local/bb/etc/bbwarnrules.cfg #BBWS=/usr/local/bb/etc/bbwarnsetup.cfg BBWR=bbwarnrules.cfg BBWS=bbwarnsetup.cfg OUT1=/tmp/HGA.date +%s HG='hg-' DHG='$hg-' PG='pg-' DPG='$pg-' #for i in grep ^hg- $BBWR|tr ' ' '+' for i in cat $BBWR | tr ' ' '+' do if [[ $i == [h][g]* ]] then

HOST=echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $1}'| sed -e s/$HG/$DHG/g

HGA=echo $i | awk -F\; '{print $1}' if [[ $HGA == *[+]* ]] then

echo handle multiple hostgroups

echo -n HOST= for yy in echo $HGA | tr '+' ' ' do grep -w $yy $BBWS|awk -F: '{print $2}' >> $OUT1 done for xx in cat $OUT1 do echo -n $xx, done | sed s/.$// rm $OUT1 else grep -w $HGA $BBWS | awk -F: '{print $2}' | tr ' ' ',' | sed -e s/,/HOST=/ fi EXHOST=echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $2}'| sed -e s/$HG/$DHG/g

SERVICE=echo $i | tr '+' ',' | tr '*' 'x' | awk -F\; '{print $3}' | sed -e s/fping/conn/g

SERVICE=echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $3}' | sed -e s/fping/conn/g EXSERVICE=echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $4}' DAY=echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $5}' TIME=echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $6}' MAIL=echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $7}' if [[ $EXHOST != "" ]] then echo -n " EXHOST=%$EXHOST" fi echo -n " SERVICE=$SERVICE" if [[ $EXSERVICE != "" ]] then echo -n " EXSERVICE=$EXSERVICE" fi if [[ $DAY == \* && $TIME == \* ]] then true else echo -n " TIME=$DAY:$TIME" | tr '-' ':' fi echo " RECOVERED" for m in $MAIL do case $m in ext*) SCR=echo " SCRIPT /usr/local/hobbit/server/ext/pg/$m REMEDY" | sed -e s/ext-//g | sed -e s/-tokin//g | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' echo -n " " echo $SCR | awk '{print $1" "$2" "$4" "$3}' ;; pg-*) echo " MAIL $m" | sed -e s/$PG/$DPG/g | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' ;; *) echo " MAIL $m" | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' ;; esac done echo elif [[ $i != \#* && $i != \*DC* && $i != notify* && $i != \* && $i != unmatched* && $i != \!* ]] then HOST=echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $1}' EXHOST=echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $2}' SERVICE=echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $3}' | sed -e s/fping/conn/g EXSERVICE=echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $4}' MAIL=echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $7}' echo -n "HOST=$HOST" | tr ' ' ',' if [[ $EXHOST != "" ]] then echo -n " EXHOST=$EXHOST" fi echo -n " SERVICE=$SERVICE" if [[ $EXSERVICE != "" ]] then echo -n " EXSERVICE=$EXSERVICE" fi if [[ $DAY == \* && $TIME == \* ]] then true else echo -n " TIME=$DAY:$TIME" | tr '-' ':' fi echo " RECOVERED" for m in $MAIL do case $m in ext*) #echo " SCRIPT /usr/local/hobbit/server/ext/pg/$m REMEDY"| sed -e s/ext-//g | sed -e s/-tokin//g | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' SCR=echo "SCRIPT /usr/local/hobbit/server/ext/pg/$m REMEDY" | sed -e s/ext-//g | sed -e s/-tokin//g | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' echo -n " " echo $SCR| awk '{print $1" "$2" "$4" "$3}' ;; pg-*) echo " MAIL $m" | sed -e s/$PG/$DPG/g | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' ;; *) echo " MAIL $m" | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' ;; esac done echo elif [[ $i == \#* ]] then echo $i | tr '+' ' ' else echo -n '#FIX THIS#' echo $i | tr '+' ' ' fi done

From: spa at syntec.co.uk To: hobbit at hswn.dk Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:25:16 +0100 Subject: RE: [hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented

Thanks for the suggestion.  I'll certainly give that some thought.  Comma-separated is just the easiest when it comes to converting my existing bbwarnrules.cfg file as I can just select the hosts and replace spaces with commas.  Going forward I had thought of using macros, but I'll look at PAGEs too. SebA

From: jm54601 at yahoo.com [mailto:jm54601 at yahoo.com] Sent: 15 October 2008 16:03 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented

I struggled with the same thing through a lot of trial and error.  On a related note, I highly recommend trying to get away from using a comma separated list as it's a nightmare to maintain.  I'm working toward using the PAGE token, where a list of hosts on a given page alerts a group, so you're effectively grouping your hosts based on the support team responsible.  There will still be exceptions, but if you can generalize alerts so all the hosts on a given page can alert the same way, you'll save time and avoid the possibility of a host not having an alert configured.  Just my 2 cents.

----- Original Message ---- From: SebA <spa at syntec.co.uk> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:43:35 AM Subject: [hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented

Comma-separated lists of hostnames in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented, so maybe we could add something like this (taken from  http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-clients.cfg.5.html) to http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-alerts.cfg.5.html: HOST=targetstring Rule matching a host by the hostname.  "targetstring" is either a comma-separated list of hostnames (from the bb-hosts file), "*"  to  indicate "all hosts", or a Perl-compatible regular expression. E.g.  "HOST=dns.foo.com,www.foo.com"  identifies  two  specific  hosts; "HOST=%www.*.foo.com  EXHOST=www-test.foo.com" matches all hosts with a name beginning with "www", except the "www-test" host. Adding an example that used the comma-separated syntax to http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/hobbit-alerts.htmland hobbit-alerts.cfg (sample) files would also be good. And, actually, maybe something to say that the comma-separated syntax can be used in all XXX= places (except, presumably, REPEAT) and also for the recipient.  One really shouldn't have to work this basic stuff out using: $ ./bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test ! We definitely need some more complex examples.  Maybe someone who has a complex and varied hobbit-alerts.cfg can post some sanitized examples that someone can commit to SVN? Many thanks, SebA

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