January 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Script ext Interval
by Samuel.RENARD＠cg29.fr 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Hi! I've wrote a script extension on client side. It works but I'd want run it every 1 hour. So in clientlaunch.cfg : [imss-stats] ENVFILE $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/etc/hobbitclient.cfg CMD $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/ext/imss-stats.sh LOGFILE $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/imss-stats.log INTERVAL 1h The problem is that hobbit update it every 5mn! When I start the client, the status is green so it's OK but when hobbit update it (5 mn later) it's red ... whereas the script works normally. I don't understand. Regards, Samuel Ce message a ete scanne par l'anti-virus du Conseil General du Finistere.

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Hobbit 4.2.0 install on HPUX11.31
by Robert-Manocchia＠IDEXX.com 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

I am trying to load the xymon client (hobbit) on HPUX 11.31. I have untarred the hobbit-4.2.0.tar file and commented out the declaration in /usr/local/hobbit-4.2.0/lib/osdefs.h HAVE_SOCKLEN_T as follows: /* #ifndef HAVE_SOCKLEN_T typedef unsigned int socklen_t; #endif */ I set the MAKE variable to /usr/local/bin/gmake and ran the configure.client successfully. When I run /usr/local/bin/gmake I get the following error: /usr/include/sys/socket.h:326: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 'socklen_t' gmake[1]: *** [cgiurls.o] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/hobbit-4.2.0/lib' gmake: *** [lib-client] Error 2 Any ideas where I'm going wrong. Also this same procedure works fine on HPUX 11.23. Thanks Bob Manocchia

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A new year and I still can't get Xymon to send emails
by mr.greg.filter＠gmail.com 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Hello: I have limited experience with Linux but I am trying. I have set up Xymon on both a Debian system and on a server running Ubuntu. The main part of the program works great. The information I am getting on the webpage is working fine. I am having trouble with sending alerts. I have setup a false alarm in Xymon so one server always appears down. In /var/log/hobbit/notifcations.log it appears the alert emails are being sent. In my domain I have a separate Windows server running Exchange. When I use the mail or mailx on the Linux servers emails are sent to addresses in my domain and to the gmail account specified in hobbits-alerts.cfg. Yet no alerts or emails from Xymon. Any suggestions? Sincerely, G Filter Indianapolis, IN

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Feature request
by vadud3＠gmail.com 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Would be nice if client-local.cfg file can accept PAGE name instead of just CLASS. For hobbit-clients.cfg file I can just create rules using PAGE, as well as HOST. For client-local.cfg file even from a group of host under a page or subpage I need to add the CLASS tag. Thanks -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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out of sockets for hobbitfetch
by Craig.Cook＠gpi.com 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

The server is Solaris 10. Yesterday I shut down hobbit, moved to another disk, created a soft link, started up again. Now this shows up in hobbitfetch.log: 2008-12-31 08:49:52 Caught TERM signal, terminating 2008-12-31 08:53:49 Connection lost during connect/write to 10.1.1.184:1984 (req 132): Broken pipe 2008-12-31 08:53:56 Connection lost during connect/write to 10.1.1.183:1984 (req 246): Broken pipe 2008-12-31 08:53:56 Out of sockets (req 280) 2008-12-31 08:53:56 Out of sockets (req 281) 2008-12-31 08:53:56 Out of sockets (req 282) 2008-12-31 08:53:56 Out of sockets (req 283) 2008-12-31 08:53:56 Out of sockets (req 284) 2008-12-31 08:53:56 Out of sockets (req 285) All my hobbitfetch clients are purple. How do I identify what sockets are required? It sounds like an OS resource issue. Thanks Craig

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Monitoring file sizes
by pnward＠googlemail.com 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Hi All, I a bit of a newbie to hobbit / xymon so please forgive me. I have been trying to get my hobbit server to monitor a file called /home/xymon/test.txt, so I can log the growth on it, should I append TRACK to it? I have modified client-local.cfg and added [linux] log:/var/log/messages:10240 file:/home/xymon/test.txt I have no data in hobbit to show for this what am I doing wrong? Thanks -- email: pnward at googlemail.com website: http://www.pward.co.uk MSN: pob2000is at hotmail.com Skype: paul.n.ward

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Unable to browse "trends" and "infos"
by doctor＠makelofine.org 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Hi, I switched to xymon 4.2.2 recently. All seems to work, but I can't access the services "info" and "trends" anymore. This issue is for all my hosts. I didn't change my configurations since the version change, and before that migration I had access to those services. I get the following error when using Firefox (french version): "Fichier introuvable Firefox ne peut trouver le fichier à l'adresse http://my.xymon.server/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=any_host&SERVICE=trends." English version : "File not found. Firefox can't find the file located at http://my.xymon.server/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=any_host&SERVICE=trends." On the xymon server, I run "curl http://my.xymon.server/xymon-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=any_host&SERVICE=trends", and i don't get any answer. If i replace trends with disk for example, i get a wonderfull webpage code. The issue is for trends and info services. I can't find anything concerning this issue in my logs. Tks for any help.

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Xymon DNS check error
by doctor＠makelofine.org 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Hi, I used hobbitmon 4.2.0, and since I upgraded to Xymon 4.2.2 (on server and client sides), i get errors with the included DNS test. I defined my hosts as follow : 1.2.3.4 host # dns=test.tld,test2.tld,test3.tld The 3 domains are working great, and were successfuly checked with hobbitmon 4.2.0 Now, only test.tld (or any other, while it's the first of the list) is checked as OK. Others are reported in error with following message : "Channel destroyed". I can't find anything about that error in logs nor tmp directories. So I can't figure how to find the error. Thanks for your help, and have a very nice new year !

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Wrong URL with new version?
by hj.beckers＠kreis-steinfurt.de 08 Jan '09

08 Jan '09

Hi, for testing I installed the new version on a new server. I choose to use the old structure /home/hobbit and not /home/xymon, copied the old conf files with appropriate changes (BBDISPLAY). The generated hobbit-apache.conf contains only 3 chances (xymon instead of hobbit) Xymon works, but when I try to access the web pages, only the start page is accessible (http://my.new.host/hobbit/bb.html) The gif images are not shown. When I try to access a subpage, a 404 occurs. That is correct, because it tries to call http://my.new.host/hobbit/hobbit/subpage/subpage.html. Note the second "hobbit" in the URL. Any hints where it does come from? Difference between the servers: the old one is Mandrake with DocumentRoot /var/www/html and the new one is OpenSUSE 11.0 with DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs. Yours hjb

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Goodbye "Hobbit", hello "Xymon"
by henrik＠hswn.dk 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

Greetings! As I wrote some time ago, I was contacted by the owners of the "Hobbit" trademark back in June. Several names have been suggested by you on the mailing list (see http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2008/08/msg00193.html) but the decision has now been made. As of today, the official name is "Xymon" (pronounced just like "Simon"). At the moment this renaming has not caused much of a change, but it will be implemented over the coming weeks. * The Sourceforge project URL remains at https://sf.net/projects/hobbitmon/ due to project renamings currently being suspended on Sourceforge. Once the suspension is lifted, however, there is a queued request to rename the project. It will then be available at https://sf.net/projects/xymon/ * The mailing list address remains "hobbit at hswn.dk" for the moment. A new "Xymon" mailing list will be setup, but this will be announced separately. * The demo website http://www.xymon.com/ is active. The old address - www.hobbitmon.com - will remain in place for some time, but no longer than August 2009. * Changes to documentation, code, webpages inside the Hobbit monitor etc. will be happening over the next couple of weeks, and will be fully implemented in the upcoming release. Best regards, Henrik

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