{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/258","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/kapacitor","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/258/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/258/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/258/events","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/258","id":136236463,"number":258,"title":"Kapacitor changed host name but failed to create subscription ","user":{"login":"earthnut","id":16567767,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16567767?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut","html_url":"https://github.com/earthnut","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2016-02-25T00:40:06Z","updated_at":"2016-02-25T17:46:49Z","closed_at":null,"body":"After the test on the same server with influxDB, Kapacitor was moved to another server.\r\nEvery time Kapacitor was restarted, the create subscription message showed up in influxDB log.\r\n\r\nHowever after run \"show subscriptions\", the localhost one was still there.\r\n\r\nname: telegraf\r\n--------------\r\nretention_policy\tname\t\tmode\tdestinations\r\ndefault\t\t\tkapacitor\tANY\t[udp://localhost:49771]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd influxDB always send UDP packet to:\r\n[subscriber] 2016/02/24 16:36:40 write udp 127.0.0.1:61098->127.0.0.1:49771: write: connection refused\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSo do I supposed to drop subscription, before I changed the Kapacitor host name ?\r\n\r\n\r\nThanks\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/comments/188900428","html_url":"https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/258#issuecomment-188900428","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/258","id":188900428,"user":{"login":"earthnut","id":16567767,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16567767?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut","html_url":"https://github.com/earthnut","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/earthnut/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-25T17:46:49Z","updated_at":"2016-02-25T17:46:49Z","body":"@nathanielc We don't have UDP load balancer.\r\nIt seems one influxDB can only have one Kapacitor to subscribe. In this case, if the Kapacitor server went down, we will lose alert messages.\r\n\r\nIs there any work around for this situation ?\r\n\r\n"}}