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Overview

Hostgroup usage is very useful in several points :

  • let Administrators to organize and order hosts by type, datacenters, applications, family etc.
  • let Administrators the ability to apply common properties like the Realm
You can access to the Hostgroups configuration by using the link in the main menu.

The main page of Hostgroups Configuration is composed of a table, listing all existing Hostgroups.

This table contains the following informations :

  • Differences
  • Name of the hostgroup
  • Members of the hostgroup
  • Status of the hostgroup (Enabled or Disabled)

A tool bar on top of the table, gives administrators the ability to do the following :

  • Enable, Disable, Delete or Duplicate selected Hostgroups
  • Filter List by Name
  • Filter List by Template applied on Hostgroups
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Like other configuration element pages, an action menu is displayed on the left.

This Menu provides following operations :

  • Add en new Hostgroup
  • Show hostgroup detected by automatic modules
  • Accept differencies on selected elements
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Create a new hostgroup

To create a new Host Group, use the button "Add new [Hostgroup]" located in the Action Menu.Image Added

Hostgroup creation form will be displayed.

This form is composed of one tab, containig the following properties :

  • Name
    • used to define the name of the hostgroup
    • this field is required
  • Alias
    • used to define a longer name, or a description to identify the Hostgroup
  • Members
    • used to include members in the hostgroup
    • fields is a list of members that can be added using the select list of existing hosts
  • Realm
    • used to define the Realm in which members should be monitored
    • if no realm is selected, members will be monitored on their respective realm
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Like on other forms, the left menu give to Administrators the ability to :
  • Validate the new hostgroup
  • Cancel the action
  • Delete the hostgroup

 

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Once validated, the new hostgroup will appear in the table list.

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Modify Hostgroup
Modify Hostgroup
Modify a hostgroup

To modify properties of a hostgroup, first go on the Hosts page, from the Main menu, and then click on the host name you want to modify.Image Added

The form displayed is the same form used to create a new hostgroup.

All fields are filled using the hostgroup properties.

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Add or remove Members

Members can be added either by editing the group, either by editing Host or Host Template.

Add a member to group


To add one or more members, first edit the group of you choice.

Then in the Hostgroup Form, select hosts you want to add by opening the select list

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Add a member to group

To remove a member, click on the mark displayed in the member.