[rt-users] Scrip Help

Tom Elliott - Gyron tom.elliott at gyron.net
Fri Feb 18 14:22:49 EST 2011


Hi All

Did anyone get a chance to look at this - really can't solve it :(

On 17 Feb 2011, at 08:57, Tom Elliott - Gyron wrote:

> Hi All
> Firstly, I should say, I'm really no coder. I can hack things about a bit, but thats about it.
> I've adapted http://requesttracker.wikia.com/wiki/AutoCloseOnNagiosRecoveryMessages into the following.
> We use Opsview, which is a modified version of Nagios, and formats its emails slightly differently. I've a scrip which is set for just the queue we need it for, with:
> Condition: on create
> Action: user defined
> Template: global template: blank
> Stage TransactionBatch
>
> I've mashed the following:
>
> my $problem_desc = undef;
> my $problem_host = undef;
> my $problem = undef;
> my $search = undef;
> my $Transaction = $self->TransactionObj;
> my $subject = $Transaction->Attachments->First->GetHeader('Subject');
> if ($subject =~ /RECOVERY: (.+) is OK on host (.*)/) {
>    # This looks like a nagios recovery message
>    $problem_desc = $1;
>    $problem_host = $2;
>    $problem = "$problem_desc on $problem_host";
>    $RT::Logger->debug("found a recovery msg: $problem");
> } else {
>    $RT::Logger->debug("not a recovery msg");
>    return 1;
> }
> # Ok, now let's merge this ticket with it's PROBLEM msg.
> my $search = RT::Tickets->new($RT::SystemUser);
>    $RT::Logger->debug("doing search");
> $search->LimitQueue(VALUE => 'Reports');
> $search->LimitStatus(VALUE => 'new', OPERATOR => '=', ENTRYAGGREGATOR => 'or');
> $search->LimitStatus(VALUE => 'open', OPERATOR => '=');
>    $RT::Logger->debug("did search");
> if ($search->Count == 0) { return 1; }
>    $RT::Logger->debug("starting loop");
> my $id = undef;
> while (my $ticket = $search->Next) {
>     # Ignore the ticket that opened this transation (the recovery one...)
>     next if $self->TicketObj->Id == $ticket->Id;
>     # Look for nagios PROBLEM warning messages...
>     if ( $ticket->Subject =~ /PROBLEM: (.+) is (CRITICAL|WARNING|UNKNOWN) on host (.*)/ ) {
>    $RT::Logger->debug("checking msg");
>    $RT::Logger->debug("problem $problem checking $1 on $3");
>         if ("$1 on $3" eq $problem){
>     $RT::Logger->debug("found ticket");
>             # Aha! Found the Problem TICKET corresponding to this RECOVERY
>             # ticket
>             $id = $ticket->Id;
>             # Nagios may send more then one PROBLEM message, right?
>             $RT::Logger->debug("Merging ticket " . $self->TicketObj->Id . " into $id because of OA number match.");
>             $self->TicketObj->MergeInto($id);
>             # Keep looking for more PROBLEM tickets...
>         }
>     }
> }
>
> $id || return 1;
> # Auto-close/resolve this whole thing
> $self->TicketObj->SetStatus( "resolved" );
> 1;
>
> Which is designed to look for messages with the subject line of:
> RECOVERY: name of service is OK on host name.of.host
> and then parse the remainder of the queue for associated problem tickets with the subject line of
> PROBLEM: name of service is CRITICAL on host name.of.host
> when it finds them - it should merge and close.
>
> I actually want to extend this further to merge the 'problem' emails along the way, but wanted to get this first stage working properly first.
>
> The above works, if I email in myself with a relevant subject line (scrip 62 is the relevant scrip)
>
> [Wed Feb 16 15:42:27 2011] [debug]: About to think about scrips for transaction #1467131 (/opt/rt3/bin/../lib/RT/Transaction_Overlay.pm:163)
> [Wed Feb 16 15:42:27 2011] [debug]: Committing scrip #55 on txn #1467130 of ticket #252411 (/opt/rt3/bin/../lib/RT/Scrips_Overlay.pm:190)
> [Wed Feb 16 15:42:27 2011] [info]: Ticket 252411 created in queue 'Reports' by tom.elliott (/opt/rt3/bin/../lib/RT/Ticket_Overlay.pm:667)
> [Wed Feb 16 15:42:27 2011] [debug]: Found 1 scrips for TransactionBatch stage with applicable type(s) Create (/opt/rt3/bin/../lib/RT/Scrips_Overlay.pm:370)
> [Wed Feb 16 15:42:27 2011] [debug]: Committing scrip #62 on txn #1467130 of ticket #252411 (/opt/rt3/bin/../lib/RT/Scrips_Overlay.pm:190)
> [Wed Feb 16 15:42:27 2011] [debug]: Found a recovery msg: name of service on name.of.host ((eval 29152):20)
> [Wed Feb 16 15:42:27 2011] [debug]: doing search ((eval 29152):28)
> [Wed Feb 16 15:42:27 2011] [debug]: did search ((eval 29152):32)
> [Wed Feb 16 15:42:27 2011] [debug]: starting loop ((eval 29152):34)
>
> (heavily trimmed log)
>
> However, when our monitoring system emails in, it generates an email with exactly the same subject and we get:
>
> Wed Feb 16 15:39:04 2011] [info]: Ticket 252408 created in queue 'Reports' by nagios at opsview.[masked] (/opt/rt3/bin/../lib/RT/Ticket_Overlay.pm:667)
> [Wed Feb 16 15:39:04 2011] [debug]: Found 0 scrips for TransactionBatch stage with applicable type(s)  (/opt/rt3/bin/../lib/RT/Scrips_Overlay.pm:370)
>
> Any ideas? I'm aware this probably isn't enough information, but I'm not sure what else to provide. I think I am probably doing something quite silly or missing something fundamental. Perhaps I need a custom condition? Any input really appreciated. Thanks all.
>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Tom Elliott
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Kind regards,

Tom Elliott

Gyron Internet Ltd

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