March 2010 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Holidays and planned downtime
by Bart.Gillis＠cegeka.be 17 Mar '10

17 Mar '10

I upgraded my xymon 4.2.3 server to the version 4.3.0 beta2 in order to test the holidays feature. After the upgrade I had - to create the hobbit-holidays.cfg file manually - to add the HOLIDAYFORMAT entry in the hobbitserver.cfg file After these actions I got the Holiday info in my info pages. Now I'm wondering if it is possible to use this Holiday information in the planned downtime items of the bb-hosts file. I did some test buts couldn't include this holidays in the planned downtime. I configured it like this: In my hobbit-holidays.cfg file I defined the current day as a test holiday day. Check: On the info page I see in the Holiday 2010 (be) tabel a "Test Day 03/17" line. Now I configured planned downtime for this servers in the bb-hosts file: DOWNTIME=*:W:0600:1600 Check: On the info page I see the info: "Planned downtime: Mon-Fri:0600:1600" I configured a non active IP address and as I configured HOLIDAYLIKEWEEKDAY=0 (in the hobbit-holidays.cfg file)I would expect that this must result in a red alert. Today (defined as a holiday) should behave as a Sunday. But I got a planned downtime (bleu) code instead of red. Can anyone help me? Or is this holiday list only usable in the hobbit-alerts.cfg and availability (REPORTTIME=W:0700:2000) parameters?

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On the "Client S/W" again
by tjyang2001＠gmail.com 17 Mar '10

17 Mar '10

I asked about what is "Client S/W" a few years back and got answer that S/W stand for software. To me this S/W is not a good name and causing unnecessary question from peer admins and users. I am hoping to change it to "Client version" or something more meaningful than "Client S/W". I looked and search the src tree, "Client S/W" only show up once in hobbitsvc-info.c and the variable is "clientvertext" so "Client version text" is a good name to replace "Client S/W" also. Please express your comment, I will implement the change if there is no objection by the end of next week. R1:./web/hobbitsvc-info.c <snip> sprintf(l, "<tr><th align=left>Client S/W:</th><td align=left>%s</td></tr>\n", clientvertxt); <snip> -- T.J. Yang

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graph: missing rrd
by stef.coene＠docum.org 16 Mar '10

16 Mar '10

Hi, When an rrd file is not found when graphing a -multi service (or a single service), an error is triggered. Has anyone a patch so the missing rrd files are skipped when graping a -multi service? Stef

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alert script problem using curl
by pmeech＠gmail.com 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Hi All, I've been having a problem getting some ext scripts working correctly that use curl on Xymon 4.2.3. All the scripts work fine if the IP is hardcoded into the script itself and run outside of Xymon. However, if the scripts are called from Xymon, although the IP is passed and handled correctly the script will fail. An example of such a script is as follows: #!/bin/bash # timestamp #MACHIP=192168001001 echo `date` >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log MACHIP=`echo $MACHIP|sed -e :a -e 's/$.*[0-9]$$[0-9]\{3\}$/\1.\2/;ta'` MACHIP=`echo $MACHIP | sed 's/\b$0*$//g'` echo $MACHIP >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log if [ ${RECOVERED:-0} -eq 0 ]; then # Login to a box echo "Logging in to $MACHIP" >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log curl -v -L --insecure -A "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)" -b cookies.txt -c cookies.txt -d "username=myusername&pw=mypassword" https://$MACHIP/goform/Logout -e https://$MACHIP/home.asp echo "RESULT: $?" >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log # Issue a reboot via post to form sleep 10 echo "Issuing reboot instruction to $MACHIP" >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log curl -v -L --insecure -o /tmp/cpu_reboot-step2.log -A "Mozilla/ 4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)" -b cookies.txt -c cookies.txt -d "r eset=Restart" https://$MACHIP/goform/FormResetFactory -e https://$MACHIP/ home.as p echo "RESULT: $?" >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log echo "--------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log fi The above script is an alert script which is fired when a devices CPU load stays at 100% for over 4 hours. In this instance, I am issuing a reboot on the alert. The echo commands are largely in there for debug purposes, and I know the script can be tidied up a lot; however it is function from the shell (which is bash incidentally). The log of this script when called from Xymon indicates that after the initial login (which works fine), the second curl command generates an error from the device saying that an administrator is already logged in. Oddly, I cannot simulate this error manually, and I've tried locking the devices until the previous administrator has logged out; after the first curl command login I still get the same error. Has anyone else experienced a similar issue, or would know where I should be looking to resolve this issue? ps: the OS is Ubuntu Server 9.10. If it's any help the output can be posted, though it'll take me some time to clean it for posting! Many Thanks, Phil

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alert script problem using curl
by pmeech＠gmail.com 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

Hi All, I've been having a problem getting some ext scripts working correctly that use curl on Xymon 4.2.3. All the scripts work fine if the IP is hardcoded into the script itself and run outside of Xymon. However, if the scripts are called from Xymon, although the IP is passed and handled correctly the script will fail. An example of such a script is as follows: #!/bin/bash # timestamp #MACHIP=192168001001 echo `date` >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log MACHIP=`echo $MACHIP|sed -e :a -e 's/$.*[0-9]$$[0-9]\{3\}$/\1.\2/;ta'` MACHIP=`echo $MACHIP | sed 's/\b$0*$//g'` echo $MACHIP >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log if [ ${RECOVERED:-0} -eq 0 ]; then # Login to a box echo "Logging in to $MACHIP" >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log curl -v -L --insecure -A "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)" -b cookies.txt -c cookies.txt -d "username=myusername&pw=mypassword" https://$MACHIP/goform/Logout -e https://$MACHIP/home.asp echo "RESULT: $?" >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log # Issue a reboot via post to form sleep 10 echo "Issuing reboot instruction to $MACHIP" >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log curl -v -L --insecure -o /tmp/cpu_reboot-step2.log -A "Mozilla/ 4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)" -b cookies.txt -c cookies.txt -d "r eset=Restart" https://$MACHIP/goform/FormResetFactory -e https://$MACHIP/ home.as p echo "RESULT: $?" >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log echo "--------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/cpu_reboot.log fi The above script is an alert script which is fired when a devices CPU load stays at 100% for over 4 hours. In this instance, I am issuing a reboot on the alert. The echo commands are largely in there for debug purposes, and I know the script can be tidied up a lot; however it is function from the shell (which is bash incidentally). The log of this script when called from Xymon indicates that after the initial login (which works fine), the second curl command generates an error from the device saying that an administrator is already logged in. Oddly, I cannot simulate this error manually, and I've tried locking the devices until the previous administrator has logged out; after the first curl command login I still get the same error. Has anyone else experienced a similar issue, or would know where I should be looking to resolve this issue? ps: the OS is Ubuntu Server 9.10. If it's any help the output can be posted, though it'll take me some time to clean it for posting! Many Thanks, Phil

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Compiling Xymon on OSX Snow Leopard
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Thanks to Joshua in Macport team to provide a pointer regarding the very "Availability.h" issue is causedby duplicated inclusion of "Availability.h" in . directory. I commented out "-I." in Makefile.rules file to fix the compilation issue.Look likes we have solution for reported issue in R1. Not sure the impact of the omission of "-I." will do to other OS. How ?tj-yangs-imac:4.2.3 tj_yang$ diff -u build/Makefile.rules.orig build/Makefile.rules--- build/Makefile.rules.orig 2010-02-14 21:35:37.000000000 -0600+++ build/Makefile.rules 2010-02-14 21:36:24.000000000 -0600@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ # Build targets ##################### -CFLAGS += -I. -I$(BUILDTOPDIR)/include+CFLAGS += -I$(BUILDTOPDIR)/include ifeq ($(CLIENTONLY),yes) BUILDTARGETS = clienttj-yangs-imac:4.2.3 tj_yang$ Why ?Don't know exactly why the change of gcc version to 4.2.1 in S.L. break the Makefile.rules files. R1: http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2009/11/msg00311.html Cheers T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/

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multi servers and RRD
by doctor＠makelofine.org 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

Hi, I discovered a strange behaviour. In the context of multi Xymon server (use of BBDISPLAY instead of BBDISP), many external scripts reports correctly their datas to the servers, but those data are not recorded to RRD files, so the graphs are not created. I can see a break in all my custom graphs when I switched my configuration to multi xymon servers. This behaviour affects : bb-mysql hobbit-hardware apache test (that is not external) postfix and certainly many others. Is it a known issue, or an option I forget ? My BBDISP is set to "0.0.0.0" My 2 xymon servers receive value from the scripts, so I don't know if the bug is on the client or server side. Tks for your help, Damien

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bb-rep.sh & bb-snapshot.sh
by rgordonjr＠gmail.com 12 Mar '10

12 Mar '10

Hi all - I'm running into a problem creating the availability report and the snapshot on 4.3.0-beta2. Every time I run either command I get an "Internal Server Error". The apache logs show "Premature end of script headers" and the syslog shows that a buffer overflow was detected. The system its on is a Ubuntu 9.04 64b server. I have gone through the archives and based on what i did find i double-checked permissions(all were good).. Any ideas? The other option I have is to try to recreate the report manually.. Any ideas what datasets go into the report? thanks! -- --==[ Bob Gordon ]==--

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TS - http and 401
by d.tom.schmitt＠L-3com.com 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

The Xymon server (4.3.0-0.beta2) is not a member of the Active Directory domain So when I try to access a special web page, I get: Tue Mar 9 15:24:23 2010: OK http://xxxxxx.com/ - OK HTTP/1.1 401 Access denied Connection: close Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:24:28 GMT Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 WWW-Authenticate: NTLM X-Powered-By: ASP.NET MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices: 12.0.0.6307 Content-type: text/html Seconds: 0.00 Is there a way to authenticate to the domain so that the actual web page can be accessed? Thanks, Tom Schmitt Senior IT Staff - R&D Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Phone (801) 594-3030 Cell (801) 231-7230 eFax (413) 480-6873 D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com \\\\||//// \ ~ ~ / | @ @ | --oOo---(_)---oOo--

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Graphs not working on individual views, but working on trends view
by mark.stoltzfus＠pmigroup.com 11 Mar '10

11 Mar '10

Hi, we just did a forklift upgrade from our old Hobbit servers to two brand new boxes running Xymon 4.2.3, and for the most part, it's been a seemless transition. We noticed some strange behavior, though, with the graphs. The graphs under disk, cpu, and memory don't show up, but under trends, they show up just fine. I took a look at the different shortcuts, and they look very similar to me, with the differences highlighted in red: Link copied from "disk" section: https://monitor.us.corp.pmigroup.com/xymon-cgi/hobbitgraph.sh?host=wal-d dbs-01.us.corp.pmigroup.com&service=disk&graph_width=576&graph_heigh t=120&first=1&count=3&disp=wal%2dddbs%2d01%2eus%2ecorp%2epmigroup%2ecom& graph=hourly&action=selzoom Link copied from "trends" section: https://monitor.us.corp.pmigroup.com/xymon-cgi/hobbitgraph.sh?host=wal-d dbs-01.us.corp.pmigroup.com&service=disk&graph_width=576&graph_heigh t=120&first=1&count=3&disp=wal%2dddbs%2d01%2eus%2ecorp%2epmigroup%2ecom& nostale&color=green&graph=hourly&action=selzoom Any ideas as to what's going on? I did find some old posts from Henrik about troubleshooting graph generation, but the case he was dealing with there was where the graphs wouldn't generate at all. In this case, the rrds are all there and the graphs are being generated, just not in all views. Thoughts? Mark

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