[ZBX-8252] Zabbix 2.2 documentation on web-scenario parameter "Retries" is ambiguous Created: 2014 May 23 Updated: 2017 May 30 Resolved: 2014 Jun 02 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES |
| Component/s: | Documentation (D), Frontend (F) |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | 2.5.0 |
| Type: | Incident report | Priority: | Trivial |
| Reporter: | Roman Fiedler | Assignee: | Unassigned |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | webmonitoring | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Description |
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The documentation at [1] is somehow missleading/incomplete, increasing risk of Zabbix misconfiguration. "Retries: The number of attempts for executing web scenario steps." A contradiction in itself: is it retries (semantically saying, that it was tried before) or the number of total retries? " In case of network problems (timeout, no connectivity, etc) Zabbix can repeat executing a step several times. The figure set will equally affect each step of the scenario. Up to 10 retries can be specified, default value - 1." So the default value is -1, But the meaning of it is undefined? Does this cause indefinite retries? Apart from that, the applicable range for the parameter should be stated. It seems, that it is -1 to 10, but I'm not sure. [1] https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/web_monitoring |
| Comments |
| Comment by Aleksandrs Saveljevs [ 2014 May 23 ] |
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Just to clarify: "default value - 1" means that the default value is 1. The allowed range is indeed from 1 to 10. |
| Comment by Martins Valkovskis [ 2014 May 23 ] |
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Possibly 'retries' is just not the appropriate word to begin with, since: Retries: 1 = means two attempts (the initial one and a retry). Whereas currently in Zabbix Retries: 1 means one attempt. |
| Comment by Martins Valkovskis [ 2014 May 23 ] |
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Ambiguity regarding the default value (1) cleared from: https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/web_monitoring |
| Comment by Aleksandrs Saveljevs [ 2014 Nov 11 ] |
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Resolution regarding the default value of 1 looks good, but the issue regarding the meaning of "retries" still remains to be done. |
| Comment by Kodai Terashima [ 2015 Apr 23 ] |
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I think that "Attempts" or "Number of Attempts" is better explanation of this configuration parameter. |
| Comment by Ivo Kurzemnieks [ 2015 May 21 ] |
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(1) Removed translation strings:
Added translation strings:
oleg.egorov CLOSED |
| Comment by Ivo Kurzemnieks [ 2015 May 21 ] |
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RESOLVED in svn://svn.zabbix.com/branches/dev/ZBX-8252 |
| Comment by Oleg Egorov (Inactive) [ 2015 Jul 01 ] |
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TESTED |
| Comment by Ivo Kurzemnieks [ 2015 Jul 01 ] |
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(2) Probably screenshot and text should be changed in https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/3.0/manual/web_monitoring martins-v Naming updated in documentation:
RESOLVED. sasha Thanks! CLOSED |
| Comment by Ivo Kurzemnieks [ 2015 Jul 01 ] |
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Fixed in pre-2.5.0 (trunk) r54239 |