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Werk #2757: Events Check: Fixed check finding too many events (host search was infix search instead of full match)

Component Event Console
Title Events Check: Fixed check finding too many events (host search was infix search instead of full match)
Date Nov 9, 2015
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.7i4 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.2.8b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The "Check event state in Event Console" check (check_mkevents) was finding too many events in case the check was configured to search for hostname and ipaddress of a host. The regular expression used for matching was constructed as infix search, not as full match.

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