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Host Status Detail page - Alias Display Length
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:27 am
by TBT
The Alias field has a character limit (of 64) when displayed on the Host Status Details page for any network element. Are we wrong to think this wasn't always the case, and also, is there a way to display the entire text field in these views?
Example, the text field is cut off: Court - Physical Internal Switch - Stack (ICRM / Corporate LAN - Second Floor, Room 2034)
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Re: Host Status Detail page - Alias Display Length
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:09 pm
by lmiltchev
Try expanding the size by running:
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echo 'alter table nagios_hosts modify alias mediumtext not null;' | mysql -uroot -pnagiosxi nagios
: If you changed your "default" db password or if you are using an offloaded db, modify the above command.
Let us know if this helped.
Re: Host Status Detail page - Alias Display Length
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:15 am
by TBT
That works. For the sake of asking, what is the purpose of truncating that field, aesthetics?
Re: Host Status Detail page - Alias Display Length
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:02 am
by tmcdonald
There might not have been any specific reason beyond "I need a limit for this field and 64 seems long enough".