rhq-users April 2012

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RHQ 4.2 Maven artifacts published
by Ian Springer 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

...are now published to the JBoss Releases repo, e.g. the domain jar is at: https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases/org/rhq/rh… To add RHQ dependencies to your Maven project, add the following repo to either your pom or settings.xml: <repository> <id>jboss-public-repo-group</id> <name>JBoss Public Repository Group</name> <url>http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url> <snapshots> <enabled>false</enabled> </snapshots> </repository>

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Alert priority format
by Al Amyot 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

Our shop wants to send alert notifications to the BMC Remedy product which can automatically create an incident ticket from the email. Unfortunately it expects a simple numeric priority field not the "!!! - HIGH" that RHQ puts out. Can anyone point us to the code that formats this subject line? I have been unable to find it. This chunk of code appears to build the email: Map<String, String> alertMessage = emailManager.getAlertEmailMessage(ancestry.get(resource.getId()), // 746 <http://git.fedorahosted.org/git?p=rhq/rhq.git;a=blob;f=modules/enterpri se/server/jar/src/main/java/org/rhq/enterprise/server/alert/AlertManager Bean.java#l746> resource.getName(), // 747 <http://git.fedorahosted.org/git?p=rhq/rhq.git;a=blob;f=modules/enterpri se/server/jar/src/main/java/org/rhq/enterprise/server/alert/AlertManager Bean.java#l747> alertDefinition.getName(), // 748 <http://git.fedorahosted.org/git?p=rhq/rhq.git;a=blob;f=modules/enterpri se/server/jar/src/main/java/org/rhq/enterprise/server/alert/AlertManager Bean.java#l748> alertDefinition.getPriority().toString(), // 749 <http://git.fedorahosted.org/git?p=rhq/rhq.git;a=blob;f=modules/enterpri se/server/jar/src/main/java/org/rhq/enterprise/server/alert/AlertManager Bean.java#l749> new Date(alert.getCtime()).toString(), // 750 <http://git.fedorahosted.org/git?p=rhq/rhq.git;a=blob;f=modules/enterpri se/server/jar/src/main/java/org/rhq/enterprise/server/alert/AlertManager Bean.java#l750> prettyPrintAlertConditions(alert.getConditionLogs(), false), // 751 <http://git.fedorahosted.org/git?p=rhq/rhq.git;a=blob;f=modules/enterpri se/server/jar/src/main/java/org/rhq/enterprise/server/alert/AlertManager Bean.java#l751> prettyPrintAlertURL(alert)); So it seems like the Priority class's toString() method builds it. Our alternative to customizing the code is passing the email through some sort of transforming filter. Suggestions are welcome! I apologize if this is a newbie question - it's been a while since I looked at the code and I only have rudimentary Java knowledge Al Amyot | Consultant Sierra Systems (eHealth): 204-926-4257 (T): 204-942-2575 (C): 204-230-7911 (F): 204-942-2047 444 St. Mary Avenue, Suite 1050 Winnipeg, MB R3C 3T1 Management Consulting | System Integration | Managed Services website: www.SierraSystems.com <http://www.sierrasystems.com/> facebook - www.sierrasystems.com/facebook google+ - www.sierrasystems.com/google+ linkedin - www.sierrasystems.com/linkedin twitter - www.sierrasystems.com/twitter This email and/or any documents in this transmission is intended for the addressee(s) only and may contain legally privileged or confidential information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, copying or dissemination is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and return the original. Ce courriel et tout document dans cette transmission est destiné à la personne ou aux personnes à qui il est adressé. Il peut contenir des informations privilégiées ou confidentielles. Toute utilisation, divulgation, distribution, copie, ou diffusion non autorisée est strictement défendue. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire de ce message, veuillez en informer l'expéditeur immédiatement et lui remettre l'original.

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Environment migration
by Steve Bicker 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

Hi, I was wondering if there are any mechanisms within RHQ that provide a means for migrating the data of an installation into a new environment? One thing I am specifically concerned about is alert definitions- if there are many alerts defined in one installation, say a development environment, is there any way to have those imported into a fresh installation in a different environment? It seems like it would be very painstaking and error-prone to redefine these all from scratch through the GUI. What would be the best way to go about this? Any information is appreciated. Thanks, Steve

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Dashboard/GUI questions
by Steve Bicker 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

Hi, Is there any capability within RHQ that allows you to define your own default dashboard for newly created users, or is the built-in dashboard always the default? Or could there be any way to create a common dashboard layout that can be shared across users? I also have a question about RHQ's portlets and GUI components. I've noticed that if you have something like a table of values, you have the options to do things like sort and rearrange the table columns. However, these changes are never kept if you leave the page and come back. I don't suppose there is any means for persisting the modifications that are made like this? In one troublesome example in particular, I use a table of values as part of the user input within a custom resource's configuration page. However, I would like the columns to always be in a particular order. It seems that even if I define them in my preferred order within the plugin descriptor, they will always display in alphabetical order on the page. Is there any way around this? Thanks! Steve

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Servers - Top Level Imports
by Jay Shaughnessy 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

Yesterday there was a lot of discussion (internally) around Servers vs. Services and how to classify types. The result is that it's still something of a vague semantic. In general, plugin developers tend to declare a type a Server when it is backed by a discoverable process, regardless of the parent type. For example, an RHQ Agent is a server as it is a discoverable process, but so is the Agent's JVM. The difference is that the Agent is available as a "Top Level Import", meaning its parent is the platform and it must be explicitly imported into inventory. The Agent's JVM is not. Its parent is the Agent resource and it will be imported automatically. But they are both server category resource types. The issue is that Inventory->Servers can present a confusing resource list as it shows all servers, and there can be several for one "top level import". It's unlikely that there will be any change to the categories offered. And type categorization will continue to be loosely defined and left to the plugin developer. So, I added a new Inventory option, currently named "Inventory->Servers - Top Level Imports" to present a list of only servers that have platforms as parents. In essence, the servers that the user chose to import, and not their sub-server resources. Try it out and let us know if it's useful, confusing, or should in some way be improved. Also remember to love your search bar. Saved Searches are powerful and can get you to a specific resource list better than the generic options on the left hand side. Another enhancement may be to make the saved searches available in the LHS. Not sure how easy that may be to do...

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