Cosmetic changes and some more inline comments.

bin/linspector

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ from linspector.core.environment import Environment
 from linspector.core.linspector import Linspector
 from linspector.core.monitors import Monitors
 
-# i currently only set the 3rd number because the goal is that 0.19 will become the first stable
-# version.
-__version__ = '0.19.17.dev1'
+# i currently only increase the 3rd number because the goal is that 0.19 will become the first
+# stable version.
+__version__ = '0.19.19.dev1'
 __author__ = 'Johannes Findeisen <you@hanez.org>'
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('linspector')
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ def main():
     monitors = None
     notifications = {}
     plugins = {}
+    # the scheduler is a dict to make it possible in the future to run more than one scheduler in
+    # one linspector daemon. need to think about it a little more...
     scheduler = {}
     services = {}
     tasks = {}
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ def main():
                                                                 backupCount=int(
                                                                     configuration.get_option(
                                                                         'linspector', 'log_count')))
+
         log_file_handler.setFormatter(log_file_formatter)
         logger.addHandler(log_file_handler)
 

etc/linspector.conf

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ max_processes = 24
 timezone = CET
 ; this is for scheduling jobs to not run all at the same time. this should be set to the lowest interval you use. it
 ; can be set to a lower value if you only have a small amount of services you are monitoring. i recommend the lowest
-; interval you use any any monitor. it is always starting with 0. default is 60.
+; interval you use any any monitor. it is always starting with 0. default is 60. the current setting is for development
+; only.
 delta_range = 10
 
 ; hostgroup parents; if the hostgroup "group1" is down, don't alert for the hosts in group2. see TODO.txt for more
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ group1 = group2
 ; add single hosts
 group1 = host1,host2,host3
 ; add a range of ip addresses. maybe a different range operator should be chosen but for now i think ">" is sexy... :)
+; for ip ranges see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19157307/generate-range-of-ips-in-python
 group2 = 192.168.1.1>192.168.1.127
 ; add a combination of hosts and ranges
 group3 = host1,host2,host3,192.168.1.1>192.168.1.127

linspector/core/helpers.py

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ def log(level, msg):
     # only use inspect when log level NOTSET or DEBUG  is enabled.
     if logger.isEnabledFor(0) or logger.isEnabledFor(10):
         import inspect
-        frm = inspect.stack()[1]
-        function_name = frm.function
-        module_name = inspect.getmodule(frm[0]).__name__
-        line_number = str(frm.lineno)
+        from_stack = inspect.stack()[1]
+        function_name = from_stack.function
+        module_name = inspect.getmodule(from_stack[0]).__name__
+        line_number = str(from_stack.lineno)
         if level == 'critical':
             logger.critical('[' + module_name + ']:[' + function_name + ']:[' + line_number + '] ' +
                             str(msg))

linspector/services/misc/dummy.py

@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ class DummyService(Service):
         self.__environment = environment
 
     def execute(self, **kwargs):
-        log('debug', 'dummy object @' + str(self))
+        log('debug', 'dummy object ' + str(self))
         #log('debug', 'dummy object @' + str(self) + str(self.__kwargs['foo']))
         return

linspector/services/net/fritzboxuplink.py

@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ class FritzboxUplinkService(Service):
         self.__environment = environment
 
     def execute(self, **kwargs):
-        log('debug', 'fritzboxuplink object @' + str(self))
+        log('debug', 'fritzboxuplink object ' + str(self))
         return