$HOSTADDRESS$ in notes_url in hostextinfo

[Andreas Ericsson]

florian.beese at infoconsult.nu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem using the macro $HOSTADDRESS$ in the hostextinfo
> configuration with Nagios 1.2 (on SuSE Linux 9.1).
> 
> I wanted to use the $HOSTADDRESS$ macro as a part of the notes_url, in order
> to connect to the monitored machine via VNC. My Problem now is, that the
> macro does not contain the IP address as expected, but the IP-Address
> devided with %2e instead of normal dods.
> 

This has been fixed in Nagios 2 CVS.

> When I put the mouse over the link the information in the status bar of the
> browser looks right, but when I follow the link (click) the address in the
> address-bar of the new opened window contains "%2e"s instead of normal dods.
> This ofcourse can also be seen in the generated HTML-Code of the status.cgi.
> 
> My configuration of hostextinfo looks like the following:
> 
> define hostextinfo{
> 	host_name		prince
> 	notes_url		http://192.168.10.18:5800
> 	icon_image		windows_pc.gif
> 	icon_image_alt	Silke's Rechner
> 	vrml_image		windows_pc.gif
> 	statusmap_image	windows_pc.gd2
> 	2d_coords		140,90
> 	3d_coords		180.0,90.0,40.0
> }
> 
> define hostextinfo{
> 	host_name		mogli
> 	notes_url		http://$HOSTADDRESS$:5800
> 	icon_image		ids_server.gif
> 	icon_image_alt	Arbeitsplatz und Nagiostestrechner
> 	vrml_image		ids_server.gif
> 	statusmap_image	ids_server.gd2
> 	2d_coords		80,90
> 	3d_coords		100.0,40.0,20.0
> }
> 
> The upper one works well, because its hard coded (doesn't contain the
> macro). The lower one instead has the effect described above.
> 
> upper hostextinfo link: http://192.168.10.18:5800/
> lower hostextinfo link: http://192%2e168%2e10%2e12:5800/
> 
> I searched the documentation and mailinglist archieves for info about this
> issue, but did not find any. So I don't know, if this is a bug or not.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> regards
>   Florian Beese
> 
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