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The aim of the widget status is to provide an overview of a an host, a cluster or a check. Il will contain:

  • The name of the element
  • The status and

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  • it context (see Monitoring logic for more details)
  • Notifications sent:
    • Notifications can be configured in Shinken administration UI in case an element becomes

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    • WARNIGN or CRITICAL.
    • So if notification has been sent for this element, an envelope will be displayed with the number of notification on the right.
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  • For

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  • hosts, it displays also the number of check, sorted per status.

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  • Here are the possible states:
 

Ok                     => no problem.

 

Warning             => the element is running but in a degraded mode.

 

Critical               => not running.

 

Unknown            => no information is available.

  • Here are the possible contexts:
 

FLAPPING              => its state changed often (by default, checks are made every five minutes, so its means that the X last checks results were different)

 

DOWNTIME           => the element has been flagged by a Shinken user as “under maintenance”

 

ACKNOWLEDGED   => the problem has been taken into consideration by a Shinken user

 

PARTIAL ACKNOWLEDGED       => the problem has been taken into consideration by a Shinken user

  • If you you select a host (not a cluster or a check), number of checks in each status will be displayed

 

 

Critical checks

Orange

Warning checks

Grey

Unknown checks

Green

Ok checks

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  • If the status refer to an element, a click in the widget will open the “Detailed view” of the element.the Detailed View Panel providing detail on the element (see the Host Detail View chapter).
    • For an host, clicking on one of the checks summary box, will directly open the Detail panel on the tab checks panel.
    • The list of check will be filtered to only display check matching this status.
    • To get the full list of check, simply remove the filter ( See Checks Tab chapter)

Configuration

  • Open the configuration box.
  • Type the element host or cluster name in the edit field under Host.
    • The total number of host and cluster will be displayed near host (119 in our exemple).
    • It will automatically show the list of available hosts.
    • If you type characters, the list will be automatically filtered.
Once your element is selected, if you want to monitor a specific check, you just have to type check name inside this second box
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    • As soon as you have typed 1 letter, a matching list of checks will be displayed below
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·        It will automatically show the list of available hosts.

·        If you type characters, the list will be automatically filtered.

  • Once your element is selected, if you want to monitor a specific check, you just have to type check name inside this second box. 
  • When configured, press the OK button.

 

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  As soon as you have typed 1 letter, a matching list of checks will be displayed below.