Add rule to a site name

Fill in the fields and click OK.

Rule Name
The rule name is the name you choose for the rule. This name can contain any alphanumeric character, underscore, hyphen, or period. It may be from 1 to 20 characters and cannot contain any blanks.

You may chose from the following rules:

  • IP address
    Based on the client's IP address.
  • Time of day
    Based on the time of day.
  • Metric All
    Based on the current metric value for all the servers in the server set.
  • Metric Avg
    Based on the average of the current metric values for all the servers in the server set.
  • Always True
    The rule will always be true.
Metric Name (this only applies to the Metric All and Metric Avg rules)
Name of the metric this rule is to consider. The metric name must be configured on the site name where the rule has been set in order to be valid. The default is cpuload.

Priority (optional)
An integer representing the order in which rules are reviewed. If no priority is given to the first rule you set, by default it will be given a priority value of 1 and evaluated first. The next rule will then be given a priority value of 11 and evaluated second, (last priority value + 10, in this case 1 + 10), third rule = 21, fourth rule = 31, and so forth. The rules are evaluated in numerical order, lower numbers taking precedence over higher ones.

Begin Range
The lower value in the range used to determine whether or not the rule is true. If you are adding a rule based on:
  • IP Address, then the begin range is the address of the client as either a symbolic name or in dotted-decimal format. The default is 0.0.0.0.
  • Time, then the begin range is an integer. The default is 0, representing midnight.
  • Metric All, then the begin range is an integer. The default is 0.
  • Metric Avg, then the begin range is an integer. The default is 0.
You do not specify a begin range for an always true rule.

End Range
The upper value in the range used to determine whether or not the rule is true. If you are adding a rule based on:
  • IP Address, then the end range is the address of the client as either a symbolic name or in dotted-decimal format. The default is 255.255.255.255.
  • Time, then the end range is an integer. The default is 24, representing midnight.
  • Metric All, then the end range is an integer. The default is 100.
  • Metric Avg, then the end range is an integer. The default is 100.
You do not specify an end range for an always true rule.

One or more server addresses: (optional)
The list of server(s) you have running. You can optionally select one or more from the list to be included with the rule.