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| author |  Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de> | 2020-11-17 15:03:01 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de> | 2020-11-17 22:28:05 +0100 |
| commit | 6c14412aa936d24a7a6c124b390bbd95fdc66cd7 (patch) | |
| tree | 51c0efbaf96849c76d2eb57420040136d5ffb853 /doc/netwatch-notify.md | |
| parent | e1d9b08b9af23a20b612e92b150aded8ee1b1b68 (diff) | |
netwatch-notify: implemented simple dependency model
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/netwatch-notify.md | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/netwatch-notify.md b/doc/netwatch-notify.md index 557ae88..66c5c75 100644 --- a/doc/netwatch-notify.md +++ b/doc/netwatch-notify.md @@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Description This script sends notifications about host UP and DOWN events. In comparison to just netwatch (`/ tool netwatch`) and its `up-script` and `down-script` -this script implements a simple state machine. Host down events are triggered -only if the host is down for several checks to avoid false alerts. +this script implements a simple state machine and dependency model. Host +down events are triggered only if the host is down for several checks and +optional parent host is not down to avoid false alerts. Requirements and installation ----------------------------- @@ -39,6 +40,14 @@ The count threshould (default is 5 checks) is configurable as well: / tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=example.com, count=10" host=104.18.144.11; +If the host is behind another checked host add a dependency, this will +suppress notification if the parent host is down: + + / tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=gateway" host=93.184.216.1; + / tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=example.com, parent=gateway" host=93.184.216.34; + +Note that a configured parent increases the check count threshould by one. + Also notification settings are required for e-mail and telegram. --- |