SYNOPSIS

hobbit-ackinfo.cgi

DESCRIPTION

hobbit-ackinfo.cgi is invoked as a CGI script via the hobbit-ackinfo.sh CGI wrapper.

hobbit-ackinfo.cgi is used to acknowledge an alert on the Xymon "Critical Systems" view, generated by the hobbit-nkview.cgi(1) utility. This allows the staff viewing the Critical Systems view to acknowledge alerts with a "Level 1" alert, thereby removing the alert from the Critical Systems view.

Note that the Level 1 alert generated by the hobbit-ackinfo.cgi utility does NOT stop alerts from being sent.

In a future version of Xymon (after Xymon 4.2), this utility will also be used for acknowledging alerts at other levels.

OPTIONS

--level=NUMBER

Sets the acknowledgment level. This is typically used to force a specific level of the acknowledgment, e.g. a level 1 acknowledge when called from the Critical Systems view.

--validity=TIME

Sets the validity of the acknowledgment. By default this is taken from the CGI parameters supplied by the user.

--sender=STRING

Logs STRING as the sender of the acknowledgment. By default, this is taken from the loginname of the webuser sending the acknowledgment.

--env=FILENAME

Loads the environment defined in FILENAME before executing the CGI script.

--area=NAME

Load environment variables for a specific area. NB: if used, this option must appear before any --env=FILENAME option.

--debug

Enables debugging output.