Hi all. Is it possible to control the times an HTTP URL test is performed?
I know I can add http://www.sample.com and use regexs to look for an occurrence of the word Fail, but we would only like it to check once or twice per day, say at 7:45 and then once more at 8:25. I know its easy to control the timing of when the alert is sent. But can I limit when the test is run? Short of creating an ext-script, not sure how I do that in xymon.
Thanks, Taylor
Hi, you can try using use the NKTIME tag in hosts.cfg to control this. Note these options will be dropped in Xymon 5.
Alan
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Lewick Sent: Tuesday, 1 November 2011 6:40 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] http test question
Hi all. Is it possible to control the times an HTTP URL test is performed?
I know I can add http://www.sample.com and use regexs to look for an occurrence of the word Fail, but we would only like it to check once or twice per day, say at 7:45 and then once more at 8:25. I know its easy to control the timing of when the alert is sent. But can I limit when the test is run? Short of creating an ext-script, not sure how I do that in xymon.
Thanks, Taylor
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According to the docs, the NKTIME controls when the alert is displayed on the webpage, but I don't think it keeps the test from running. I'd like to be able to tell the test to run only once or twice. I'm guessing I'll need to just write a custom script and control it via cron or the ext and xymon framework...
From: FORD Alan [mailto:Alan.FORD at stanwell.com] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 6:12 PM To: Taylor Lewick; xymon at xymon.com Subject: RE: http test question
Hi, you can try using use the NKTIME tag in hosts.cfg to control this. Note these options will be dropped in Xymon 5.
Alan
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Lewick Sent: Tuesday, 1 November 2011 6:40 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] http test question
Hi all. Is it possible to control the times an HTTP URL test is performed?
I know I can add http://www.sample.com and use regexs to look for an occurrence of the word Fail, but we would only like it to check once or twice per day, say at 7:45 and then once more at 8:25. I know its easy to control the timing of when the alert is sent. But can I limit when the test is run? Short of creating an ext-script, not sure how I do that in xymon.
Thanks, Taylor
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You will also have to deal with the purple that will result if you don't keep reporting the test to the server. Steve
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Taylor Lewick <tlewick at tradebotsystems.com>wrote:
According to the docs, the NKTIME controls when the alert is displayed on the webpage, but I don’t think it keeps the test from running. I’d like to be able to tell the test to run only once or twice. I’m guessing I’ll need to just write a custom script and control it via cron or the ext and xymon framework…****
*From:* FORD Alan [mailto:Alan.FORD at stanwell.com] *Sent:* Monday, October 31, 2011 6:12 PM *To:* Taylor Lewick; xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* RE: http test question****
Hi, you can try using use the NKTIME tag in hosts.cfg to control this.****
Note these options will be dropped in Xymon 5.****
Alan****
*From:* xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Taylor Lewick *Sent:* Tuesday, 1 November 2011 6:40 AM *To:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* [Xymon] http test question****
Hi all. Is it possible to control the times an HTTP URL test is performed?
I know I can add http://www.sample.com and use regexs to look for an occurrence of the word Fail, but we would only like it to check once or twice per day, say at 7:45 and then once more at 8:25. I know its easy to control the timing of when the alert is sent. But can I limit when the test is run? Short of creating an ext-script, not sure how I do that in xymon.****
Thanks,****
Taylor****
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There is an option for setting the data lifetime -- that does not have to happen (though it is one fixed value).
On 11/01/2011 10:36 AM, Steve Holmes wrote:
You will also have to deal with the purple that will result if you don't keep reporting the test to the server. Steve
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Taylor Lewick <tlewick at tradebotsystems.com <mailto:tlewick at tradebotsystems.com>> wrote:
According to the docs, the NKTIME controls when the alert is displayed on the webpage, but I don’t think it keeps the test from running. I’d like to be able to tell the test to run only once or twice. I’m guessing I’ll need to just write a custom script and control it via cron or the ext and xymon framework…____ __ __ *From:*FORD Alan [mailto:Alan.FORD at stanwell.com <mailto:Alan.FORD at stanwell.com>] *Sent:* Monday, October 31, 2011 6:12 PM *To:* Taylor Lewick; xymon at xymon.com <mailto:xymon at xymon.com> *Subject:* RE: http test question____ __ __ Hi, you can try using use the NKTIME tag in hosts.cfg to control this.____ Note these options will be dropped in Xymon 5.____ __ __ Alan____ __ __ __ __ *From:*xymon-bounces at xymon.com <mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com> [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com <mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>] *On Behalf Of *Taylor Lewick *Sent:* Tuesday, 1 November 2011 6:40 AM *To:* xymon at xymon.com <mailto:xymon at xymon.com> *Subject:* [Xymon] http test question____ __ __ Hi all. Is it possible to control the times an HTTP URL test is performed?____ __ __ I know I can add http://www.sample.com and use regexs to look for an occurrence of the word Fail, but we would only like it to check once or twice per day, say at 7:45 and then once more at 8:25. I know its easy to control the timing of when the alert is sent. But can I limit when the test is run? Short of creating an ext-script, not sure how I do that in xymon.____ __ __ Thanks,____ Taylor____ __ __ __ __ This email is to be read subject to the email disclaimer located at http://www.stanwell.com/email-disclaimer.aspx____ _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon-- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. -Juan Ramon Jimenez, poet, Nobel Prize in literature (1881-1958)
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:40:02 -0500, Taylor Lewick <tlewick at tradebotsystems.com> wrote:
Hi all. Is it possible to control the times an HTTP URL test is performed?
I know I can add http://www.sample.com and use regexs to look for an occurrence of the word Fail, but we would only like it to check once or twice per day, say at 7:45 and then once more at 8:25. I know its easy to control the timing of when the alert is sent. But can I limit when the test is run? Short of creating an ext-script, not sure how I do that in xymon.
There is, but it is a bit of work.
- Change the XYMONNETWORK setting in xymonserver.cfg to "standard".
- Either add the "--test-untagged" option to your xymonnet command in tasks.cfg, or add "NET:standard" to all of your normal hosts.
- Add a "NET:morningcheck" to the host(s) that have this particular schedule.
You now have a setup where the normal network checks will test all servers, except the ones with the special schedule.
So, to run the morning check on the special hosts, create an extension script with this:
#!/bin/sh XYMONNETWORK=morningcheck export XYMONNETWORK exec xymonnet $*
Put this in ~xymon/server/ext/morningcheck and make that file executable.
Then configure tasks.cfg to run this at the specific times you want. In tasks.cfg, add this:
[morningcheck0745] CMD $XYMONHOME/ext/morningcheck --validity=60 [... any other xymonnet options ...] CRONDATE 45 7 * * * [morningcheck0815] CMD $XYMONHOME/ext/morningcheck --validity=1440 [... any other xymonnet options ...] CRONDATA 15 8 * * *
The --validity options are to make sure the checks don't go purple, since you won't be updating the status every 5 minutes.
The same technique can be used if you want to run checks with different intervals, e.g. if you have hosts that must be checked more often than once every 5 minutes.
Regards, Henrik
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Alan.FORD＠stanwell.com
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henrik＠hswn.dk
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tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com