On 16.05.2013 10:13, Tomas Macek wrote:
> Hello, I have here Icinga 1.7.2 and have a problem with links in classic
> UI when host is named in certain way. I allowed to use ">" char in Icinga
> using "illegal_object_name_chars=`~!$%^&*|'"<?,()=" option in icinga.cfg
> (just removed the ">" char).
> Now I have host definition like this:
>
> define host {
> use generic-host
> host_name Link from one place->to another
> alias Link from one place->to another
> address 10.0.1.2
> parents
> check_command check-host-alive
> contact_groups g.mailALL,g.smsALL
> max_check_attempts 3
> notification_interval 60
> notification_period 24x7
> notification_options d,r
> }
>
> In the UI Icinga creates a link, that does not work and leads to
> red message "Error: host not found" (or similar). This is the link itself:
> https://our.server/icinga/cgi-bin/extinfo.cgi?type=1&host=Link+from+one+place-%3Eto+another
> But IMHO it looks fine (the ">" is well converted to "%3E"), but I'm not a
> web guru.
>
> But when I remove the ">" from the host_name, it works. The working link
> is here:
> https://our.server/icinga/cgi-bin/extinfo.cgi?type=1&host=Link+from+one+place-to+another
>
> I know, that these characters are not recommended for using, because of
> some possible cmd line issues, but I'm pretty sure I can use it this way
> in our environment, so there should be no problem with that.
>
> Is that bug or feature? If it's bug - was this solved in some newer
> version of Icinga? - I was unable find this in changelog.
you really should you display_name for proper gui representation (or use
the according macro for notification commands), and let object names be
unique (e.g. as host service pairs) based on non-special characters.
for details, see my comment on the issue itsself.
https://dev.icinga.org/issues/4195
kind regards,
michael
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