1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/clover/cloverctl/src/cloverctl/cmd/create_idsrules.go b/clover/cloverctl/src/cloverctl/cmd/create_idsrules.go
index bc0d8d5..6e59297 100644
--- a/clover/cloverctl/src/cloverctl/cmd/create_idsrules.go
+++ b/clover/cloverctl/src/cloverctl/cmd/create_idsrules.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
     "fmt"
+    "os"
     "io/ioutil"
     "gopkg.in/resty.v1"
     "github.com/ghodss/yaml"
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 var idsrulesCmd = &cobra.Command{
     Use:   "idsrules",
-    Short: "Create one or many IDS rules from yaml file",
+    Short: "Create one or many snort IDS rules from yaml file",
     Long: ``,
     Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
         createIDSRules()
@@ -27,30 +28,32 @@ var idsrulesCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 func init() {
     createCmd.AddCommand(idsrulesCmd)
-    idsrulesCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cloverFile, "file", "f", "", "Input yaml file to add IDS rules")
+    idsrulesCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&cloverFile, "file", "f", "",
+                                   "Input yaml file to add IDS rules")
     idsrulesCmd.MarkFlagRequired("file")
 
 }
 
 func createIDSRules() {
+    checkControllerIP()
     url := controllerIP + "/snort/addrule"
     in, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cloverFile)
     if err != nil {
         fmt.Println("Please specify a valid rule definition yaml file")
-        return
+        os.Exit(1)
     }
     out_json, err := yaml.YAMLToJSON(in)
     if err != nil {
-        panic(err.Error())
+        fmt.Printf("Invalid yaml: %v\n", err)
+        os.Exit(1)
     }
     resp, err := resty.R().
     SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json").
     SetBody(out_json).
     Post(url)
     if err != nil {
-        panic(err.Error())
+        fmt.Printf("Cannot connect to controller: %v\n", err)
+        os.Exit(1)
     }
     fmt.Printf("\n%v\n", resp)
-    //fmt.Println(string(out_json))
-
 }