Filter Help
The message configuration makes it possible to add filters to screen out messages that you are not interested in. The message configuration page is broken up into the following parts.
Modify Filter
Regular Expression
- Enter a series of characters that you want to search for.
- Examples might be http://, fingerd, or su.
- Any input is acceptable.
Filters
Dates
- If you want to only check your filters between specific dates, use the date fields.
- The format for the date should be MM-DD-YYYY.
Time
- If you only want your filters to check messages between certain time, use the date fields.
- The format for the time should be HH:MM:SS.
Trust Level
- If you only want to watch messages from machines with a specified trust level, specify the level with the pull-down selection list.
- Trust levels can be NULL, or a number between 1 and 5.
- A trust level of 1 is the highest level of trust and a trust level of 5 is the lowest level of trust.
Cooperation Level
- If you only want to watch messages from machines with a specified cooperation level, specify the level with the pull-down selection list.
- Cooperation levels can be NULL, or a number between 1 and 5.
- A cooperation level of 1 is the highest level of cooperation and a cooperation level of 5 is the lowest level of cooperation.
Integrity Level
- If you only want to watch messages from machines with a specified integrity level, specify the level with the pull-down selection list.
- Integrity levels can be NULL, or a number between 1 and 5.
- A integrity level of 1 is the highest level of integrity and an integrity level of 5 is the lowest level of integrity.
Messages accepted from
- This can be used to decide where you will receive messages from.
- If you leave it blank then messages from all machines that match the regular expression will be checked.
- It can be set up to check for single machine names or ranges of IP addresses.
- Ranges can only be input in IP format, but single machines can be given in IP or Name format.
- The aliases 'manager' and 'subordinate' can also be used here.
Actions and Alerts
Log Locally
- If this box is checked then the messages that match this filter will be written to the hummer.log file.
Alert this Console
- If this box is checked then messages that match this filter will be sent to the Included Java Console.
Forward this Message to the Hummers
- Messages that match this filter will be sent to any machine placed in this box.
- Both IP addresses and Names will work, but you cannot use IP ranges here.
- The aliases 'manager' and 'subordinate' can also be used here.
Forward this Message to the Peer Groups
- Messages that match this filter will be sent to any machine placed in this box.
- Both IP addresses and Names will work, but you cannot use IP ranges here.