Parse the field host

[Luis_Pereira1 (Luís Pereira)]

Hello can you guys tell me how can i parse this ...

I want to change the field host instead of saying icmp-icmp, i want a description or a name of the device.

What options are available to do this ?

[jkambic (Justin Kambic)]

Hi @Luis_Pereira1 - I'd recommend you give names to the monitors.

In the 6.7 UI, a series of named monitors with names like ["anothericmp", "icmptest"] will display with a pattern like icmp-{CUSTOM_NAME}-ip@{IP} like shown below:

You can configure a name simply by adding name: 'your-custom-name' to the monitor definitions.

In future versions of the UI we will likely be displaying simply the name in this field.

[Luis_Pereira1 (Luís Pereira)]

HI Justin,

Thank you for the reply, can you show me an example in yml?

[jkambic (Justin Kambic)]

Sure thing Luis.

The YAML for the monitors I showed above looks like:

- type: icmp
  schedule: '*/5 * * * * * *'
  hosts: ['8.8.8.8']
  name: 'icmptest'
- type: icmp
  schedule: '*/5 * * * * * *'
  hosts: ['0.0.0.0']
  name: 'anothericmp'

I apologize as I'm now realizing the way I showed my names before was confusing. Please let me know if I can help further.

[Luis_Pereira1 (Luís Pereira)]

Thank you for your help, its working now