[smokeping-users] Exclude hosts from sorters

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi Marc,

Today Marc Haber wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a few hosts that mess up the default presentation of the
> "Charts" feature due to their characteristics.
>
> For example, I am monitoring a host in New Zealand from Europe, while
> most of my other monitored hosts are in Europe. Now guess which host
> is constantly in the "Top Max Roundtrip Time" chart.
>
> Additionally, I am monitoring a host that is behind an ADSL line which
> is occasionally loaded to capacity. This makes this host constantly
> showing up in the "Top Standard Deviation" chart.
>
> A third case is a host that is turned off at night, making it top
> scorer in the "Top Packet Loss" chart.
>
> Is there a possibility to have the sorter ignore certain hosts by
> configuration? I would imagine to have this either configured in the
> Chart definition:
>
> ++ max
> sorter = Max(entries=>5)
> title = Top Max Roundtrip Time
> menu = by Max
> format = Max Roundtrip Time %f seconds
> ignore = host1, host2, host3
>
> or in the host definition
>
> +++ brazil
>
> probe = FPing
> menu = brazil
> title = brazil
> host = 192.0.2.3
> ignore_chart = stddev,max

both would be possible ... I guess modifying a sorter module would be a
more localized change ...

cheers
tobi


> Greetings
> Marc
>
>

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