March 2009 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

PATCH: ignore .rpm* debris in directories included in config files
by jcleaver＠soe.sony.com 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

This patch alters hobbit-wide "directory" include reading logic to skip files that have been replaced or left over by an RPM install. Specifically, we're splitting hobbitlaunch.cfg into a directory of files, but we don't want to read in things tweaked by a package upgrade; and there's no way to exclude those in the syntax... Regards, Japheth Cleaver

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Drop test columns
by icicimov＠gmail.com 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hi all, I have Hobbit 4.2.0 running on Debian box and was trying numerous times to drop the "apt" and "libs" columns from the columns display for couple of client hosts with no avail. The reason I would like to drop them is they go yellow after system upgrades and started to be annoing now after some time. I have tried doing it according to hobbit documentation: - drop the test using the bb command - use NOCOLUMNS statement in the bb-hosts file for each of the hosts to hide the columns but the columns keep coming back after couple of minutes. So none of the above approaches work really. Any idea why this is not working and what else can be done to remove the columns permanently? I have searched the forum but couldn't find appropriate answer apart from one stating config file hacking which I don't take as appropriate solution since this should be working functionality in Hobbit. Thanks in advance for any answers and ones again thanks to everybody involved in this project for the great monitoring tool they have created :) Igor

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4.4.0
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Hi, I have downloaded 4.4.0.tar.gz and installed. All testpages have the text "link bb_footer" at the bottom instead of the bb_footer. Was that clear? -- Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "I am not young enough to know everything." -- Oscar Wilde

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"service" view
by doctor＠makelofine.org 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Hi, Is there a way to get service oriented view in xymon ? I mean, the ability to link different tests to define a global service ? The service should be out of the ones monitored by xymon. For example, the availability of routers, DB's and another host could define the availability of a corporate software that can't be monitored in another way.

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[hobbit] 4.4.0
by Craig.Cook＠gpi.com 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

>All testpages have the text "link bb_footer" at the bottom instead of the bb_footer. http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2009/02/msg00271.html Craig

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Server-side login(generic) script - Bash Version - performance
by alex＠bakarasse.de 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hi everyone! Attached follows a login/generic server-side script from Giovanni M. Frainer, modiefied for better performance: - removed all cats, greps, awks and seds. - skipping the rest of client message after section are grab. - skipping the messages from clients without check defined in the bb-hosts line - periodic reload the bb-hosts file With best regards, -- Alexander Bech

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PATCH: check for redhat's lsb_release location
by jcleaver＠soe.sony.com 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

RedHat, and maybe others, puts lsb_release into /usr/bin instead of /bin, which causes the initial test in hobbitclient-linux.sh to fail. Rather than trust $PATH, the following patch explicitly checks another location as well. Regards, Japheth Cleaver

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500 internal server error from bb-rep.cgi when user agent is not WebKit-based
by wmorgan＠publicinterestnetwork.org 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

On Xymon 4.2.3, when you use a non-WebKit-based browser, you get a 500 internal server error from bb-rep.cgi. So Chrome and Safari work, but IE and Firefox do not. In fact, if I have Safari spoof a Firefox user agent header, then it suddenly starts getting the error too. This appears to be related to the usemultipart check in bb-rep.c that looks for "KHTML" in the useragent variable. It appears there is a bug that is only triggered when usemultipart == 1. When I change the line that sets usemultipart to 1 in bb-rep.c to usemultipart = 0; and then make clean; make; make install, the reports start working in all browsers. The Xymon server is running on Ubuntu 8.10 Server virtual machine (hypervisor is also an Ubuntu 8.10 Server running KVM). `uname -a` gives "Linux shire 2.6.27-7-server #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 07:37:55 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux" Wes -- "Small acts of humanity amid the chaos of inhumanity provide hope. But small acts are insufficient." - Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan and former hotel manager whose actions inspired the movie Hotel Rwanda

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when an http test fails ...
by lebarber＠gmail.com 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

When an http test, that is composed of several URL's, fails. What goes into the retest queue, just the failed URL, or all of the URL that compose the test? Thanks, Larry Barber

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LED Theme for Xymon
by malcolm.hunter＠gmx.co.uk 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

If anyone else is interested, I've just submitted some new images for Xymon. I created them so that my manager takes me seriously when I do a presentation on the new monitoring solution. Smilies are amusing but aren't really applicable in a corporate environment. Click on the download link at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2671788&group_id=1…. Malcolm -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01

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