Page History

Overview

When accessing the Hosts Configuration Page, an Host Table is displayed, listing all Hosts objects.

This table contains the following informations :

• A check box to select one or more checks
• Differences
• Name
• Apply on Hosts
• Apply on Host Groups
• Check Templates
• Status

Image Added

This page also provides, on the left, an action Menu, used to :

• Add a new Check
• Show Checks detected by Automatic Modules
• Accept differencies on selected elements

On the top of the table, A tool bar let Administrators the ability to :

• Enable, Disable, Delete or Duplicate selected Checks
• Filter list by Name
• Filter list by Template applied on Checks
• Filter list by pack

Check creation form will be displayed.

This form is composed of tabs, corresponding to categories of properties :

• Generic

• Data

• Monitoring

• Notifications

• Advanced

The left menu give to Administrators the ability to :

• Validate the new Check
• Cancel the action
• Delete the Check

Data is used to show and create variables used by Shinken to perform checks.

Those values are also called Macros.

As shown on the picture, when creating a new check, no data are available, even if the new check inherit from Template

To see data that will be applied to check, it is necessary to first validate the new check, and come back to its configuration.

Data are displayed in two sections :

• Local : data for this check only (custom data)
• From Templates : data inherited from one or more templates

Data from templates are seperated by template names.

This allow Administrators to see what and where data have been get.

Data are represented by a Key and a Value.

When data are local, both of them can be modified.

When data are inherited, only values can be modified.

 Create a new Check

See chapter Create a Check for more details.

Modify a check

The form displayed is the same as the form used to create a new Check. All fields are filled with Check properties.

Once changes have been made, configuration of the Check must be saved
by clicking the Validate button available on the left menu.

Cancel button revert all changes to precedent configuration.

Delete a check

To delete a check, you can use the form of the check, or delete it directly from the list page.

From the Form page

First go to the Checks page, from the Main menu, then click on the check name you want to delete.

Once in the page displaying the form, click on the Delete button available on the left menu.

A confirmation popup will be displayed.

From the Main page

First go to the Checks page, from the Main menu, then click on the check box placed on the first column of the table.

Use the Action menu on the top to select Delete, and click to the Launch Button.

A confirmation popup will be displayed.

Using the Main page gives Administrators ability to Delete many Checks at once.

Duplicate a check

Duplication operation is very useful when similar Checks must be added.

To duplicate a check, first go on the Main page listing all checks, then select a check by clicking
on the check box placed on the first column.

Once selected, the check can be duplicated by selecting Duplicate in the select Action of the tool bar.

Duplication is executed by clicking the Launch button.

Using the Main page gives Administrators ability to Dublicate many Checks at once.

All properties are kept when duplicating operation, as well as hosts check applies on, contacts, data.

Note:Duplicated checks are totaly detached and independant of the cloned Check. No relation is made in the configuration