Zenoss beepScript

About

Script designed to test multiple Zenoss instances from a client machine and create an audible 'beep' from the client PC based on matching event criteria.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite	Restriction
Product	Zenoss 4.0 or higher
Required ZenPacks	None
Other dependencies	None

Usage

Edit beepScript.pt

Configuration

Severity - 5=Critical/Red, 4=Error/Orange, 3=Warning/Yellow, 2=Info/Blue, 1=Gray/Debug, 0=Green/Cleared

Set the severity list to a list of severities you'd like to filter. Example:

severity = [5,4]

EventState - 0=New, 1=Acked, 2=Suppressed, 3=Closed, 4=Cleared, 5=Aged

Set the eventState list to a list of statuses you'd like to filter. Example:

eventState = [0,1]

ProductionState - 1000=Production, 500=Pre-Production, 400=Test, 300=Maintenance, -1=Decommissioned

Set the prodState list to a list of production states you'd like to filter. Example:

prodState = [1000]

DeviceClass - Add * to include subclasses

Set to a simple regex to include deviceClasses Example:

deviceClass = '/Network*'

Query Config - Int

Set to the number of seconds between each poll Example:

cycleTime = 5

Zenoss authentication - user/password

Set the user and password for the script to authenticate with. Requires only ZenUser role. Example:

zenossUser = 'zenoss_beep'

zenossPassword = 'myReallyBadPassword'

beepSound - File path

Set to the patch of the beep sound you'd like to play. The default plays console-beep.mp3 from the beepScript folder. Example:

beepSound = 'file://' + str(os.getcwd()) + '/console-beep.mp3'

Query targets - URLs

Set add each target Zenoss instance you'd like to query for events Example:

targetInstances = {'Dallas':{'targetInstance':'http://zen1.dallas.myDomain.net:8080'},'London':{'targetInstance':'http://zen1.ilondon.myDomain.net:8080'},'Chicago':{'targetInstance':'http://zen1.chicago.myDomain.net:8080'},}

Appendix Related Daemons

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