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ACKINFO.CGI(1)                       General Commands Manual                       ACKINFO.CGI(1)

NAME
       ackinfo.cgi - Xymon CGI script to acknowledge alerts

SYNOPSIS
       ackinfo.cgi

DESCRIPTION
       ackinfo.cgi is invoked as a CGI script via the ackinfo.sh CGI wrapper.

       ackinfo.cgi is used to acknowledge an alert on the Xymon "Critical Systems" view, gener‐
       ated by the criticalview.cgi(1) utility. This allows the staff viewing the Critical Sys‐
       tems view to acknowledge alerts with a "Level 1" alert, thereby removing the alert from
       the Critical Systems view.

       Note that the Level 1 alert generated by the ackinfo.cgi utility does NOT stop alerts from
       being sent.

       In a future version of Xymon (after Xymon 4.2), this utility will also be used for
       acknowledging alerts at other levels.

OPTIONS
       --level=NUMBER
              Sets the acknowledgment level. This is typically used to force a specific level of
              the acknowledgment, e.g. a level 1 acknowledge when called from the Critical Sys‐
              tems view.

       --validity=TIME
              Sets the validity of the acknowledgment. By default this is taken from the CGI
              parameters supplied by the user.

       --sender=STRING
              Logs STRING as the sender of the acknowledgment. By default, this is taken from the
              loginname of the webuser sending the acknowledgment.

       --env=FILENAME
              Loads the environment defined in FILENAME before executing the CGI script.

       --area=NAME
              Load environment variables for a specific area. NB: if used, this option must
              appear before any --env=FILENAME option.

       --debug
              Enables debugging output.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       XYMONHOME
              Used to locate the template files for the generated web pages.

       QUERY_STRING
              Contains the parameters for the CGI script.

SEE ALSO
       criticalview.cgi(1), xymon(7)

Xymon                              Version 4.3.25:  5 Feb 2016                     ACKINFO.CGI(1)