August 2010 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

xymon notes editor
by kkelly＠lifetouch.com 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

I am trying to install xymon notes editor but am coming up with an error. When I click on the administration tab and then edit notes, I get an internal server error. As a side note, when the 500 internal server error page shows up, it mentions to contact server administrator. When is that set? Kevin Kelly Lifetouch Inc 11000 Viking Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344 952-826-4192w 612-247-6897c ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email _____________________________________________________________________

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Warning threshold for ping and email alert
by mfricke＠royfree.org.au 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Is there a way to set a warning/critical threshold for the "conn" ping test? EG. can I get it to show yellow/red when pings hit a defined amount such as 2000ms+? To send email alerts from Xymon - do I need to setup mail in CentOS first and it should be automatic? Thanks Please consider the environment before printing this email This message, together with any attachment, is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is legally privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please be informed that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message, or any attachment is strictly prohibited. Kindly note that Internet communications are not secured and therefore are susceptible to alteration. RFBI will not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you for your co-operation.

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Propagating client-side external tests to more than one BBDISPLAY
by waa-hobbitml＠revpol.com 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

I have the following setup for several of my clients where their Xymon Server is configured send reports to their local Xymon server which then updates my Xymon server over VPN links like so: Site1-xymon-clients --> Site1 Xymon Server --> My Xymon server Site2-xymon-clients --> Site2 Xymon Server ---/ / / Site3-xymon-clients --> Site3 Xymon Server -----/ / Site4-xymon-clients --> Site4 Xymon Server -------/ Site1-Site4 hobbitserver.cfg: --[snip]-- BBDISP="0.0.0.0" BBDISPLAYS="<local xymon ip> <my Xymon IP>" --[snip]-- My Xymon server's bb-hosts file is configured such that each remote site has it's own link on my main Xymon page and below that Site link is their Xymon main page where all reports and sub pages are represented in the same format as their local Xymon server's layout. The only remote tests/reports that are not being propagated to my Xymon server are those that are generated by client-side external scripts. My question: Can reports generated by client-side external scripts be propagated to a second BBDISPLAY server: A: Without using bbproxy and B: Without modifying the BBDISP and BBDISPLAY variables in the clients' hobbitclient.cfg file to directly send reports to two BBDISPLAY servers -- Bill Arlofski Reverse Polarity, LLC

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Feature? svcs
by everett.vernon＠gmail.com 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hi all I have made some major changes to how Martin's smf.sh script works. It has changed to the extent that *it is no longer a drop-in replacement for smf.sh*, so I created a new entry for it on Xymonton. Have a look here. http://xymonton.trantor.org/doku.php/monitors:smf2.ksh As mentioned in the docs, if you like the simple way of doing things, stick with smf.sh smf2.ksh is substanially more complicated, but can do more. Some might not like the idea of having two ways to do the same thing. If you are one of those people, I pose to you the following question - "What do you think of Unix?" Or, to quote a master : Historically speaking, the presence of wheels in Unix has never precluded their reinvention. -- Larry Wall Regards Vernon On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Vernon Everett <everett.vernon at gmail.com>wrote: > When it's done, I'll send you the finished product, and we can discuss it > then. > And there is no way I can take all the credit - without you doing your > version, I wouldn't have bothered with mine :-) > > Cheers > Vernon > > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Ward, Martin <Martin.Ward at colt.net>wrote: > >> You sure you want to rename it? I mean it does exactly the same thing, >> monitoring the SMF, so I have no problems with you simply overwriting my >> version and taking all the credit. >> >> >> >> Actually, I do wonder if it shouldn't report back under the svcs column, >> or is it considered bad form to have two different forms of data under the >> same column heading (I do it already. I have a column called raid. For some >> Sun servers it reports on metastat(1m) and on others it reports on zfs(1m) >> output). >> >> >> >> |\/|artin >> >> -- >> >> Martin Ward >> >> *Manager, Technical Services* >> >> >> >> DDI:+44 (0) 20 7863 5218 / Fax: +44 (0)20 7863 9999 / www.colt.net >> >> Colt Technology Services, Unit 12, Powergate Business Park, Volt Avenue, >> Park Royal, London, NW10 6PW, UK. >> >> >> >> Help reduce your carbon footprint | Think before you print. Registered in >> England and Wales, registered number 02452736, VAT number GB 645 4205 50 >> >> >> >> *From:* Vernon Everett [mailto:everett.vernon at gmail.com] >> *Sent:* 30 July 2010 12:43 >> >> *To:* xymon at xymon.com >> *Subject:* Re: [xymon] Feature? svcs >> >> >> >> Hi Martin >> >> >> Gave it a try this arvo, and it looks good. >> Then came the comments from my colleagues. >> The comments were all good, but they wanted more. (Don't they always) >> >> One of the features what the ability to monitor a service to ensure it was >> disabled, and go red if it was enabled. >> >> So, I started adding some features to your code. I thought I would do a >> put-back as version 2.0 >> But it's slowly becoming very different. >> Besides the feature above, it takes one service per line in >> client-local.cfg and it's in ksh now. (I just prefer ksh over sh) >> >> Once it's done, I will put it onto Xymonton as smf2 or something similar. >> It's going to be different enough to warrant a new name. >> >> Cheers >> Vernon >> >> >> [Colt Disclaimer] The message is intended for the named addressee only >> and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone else, nor may it be copied in >> any way. The contents of this message and its attachments are confidential >> and may also be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the named >> addressee and/or have received this message in error, please advise us by >> e-mailing abuse at colt.net and delete the message and any attachments >> without retaining any copies. Internet communications are not secure and >> Colt does not accept responsibility for this message, its contents nor >> responsibility for any viruses. No contracts can be created or varied on >> behalf of Colt Technology Services, its subsidiaries, group companies or >> affiliates ("Colt") and any other party by email communications unless >> expressly agreed in writing with such other party. Please note that incoming >> emails will be automatically scanned to eliminate potential viruses and >> unsolicited promotional emails. For more information refer to >> www.colt.net or contact us on +44(0)20 7390 3900 >> > >

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Wildcards in client-local.cfg
by everett.vernon＠gmail.com 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hi all Anybody had any luck using wildcards in the hostname definition of client-local.cfg? Is it even possible. I have no problem with [dbserv01] log:/var/adm/messages:10240 Other stuff However, I am not having much luck with wildcard entries like [%dbserv..|dbdev..] log:/var/adm/messages:10240 Other stuff This would save me a lot of time and effort, but not managing to make it work. Any tips? Or is it just not going to work? Regards Vernon

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New UPS monitor added to Xymonton
by bgmilne＠staff.telkomsa.net 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

On Friday, 30 July 2010 23:30:48 Josh Luthman wrote: > I will help write documentation as much as I can. I don't think I can > do anything to the SVN or Wiki because of permission issues. [...] > >> At present, it is configured to require users to be logged in to SF to > >> edit. If you have an SF account, and want to contribute to the wiki, > >> please contact me, T. J. or the developers list. T. J. or Henrik or I needed to give you 'editor' access to modify wiki pages, which we could only do after you had logged in. It is done now. Regards, Buchan

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New perl library and client channel script added to xymonton
by Wim.Nelis＠nlr.nl 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

>> On Thursday, 29 July 2010 08:19:07 David Baldwin wrote: >> >> >>> I've just spent a bit of time tidying up some code I've been meaning to >>> do for ages and put on xymonton. >>> >>> >> >> >>> http://xymonton.trantor.org/doku.php/monitors:xymonext.pm >>> >>> >> Note that, since no one developing perl modules such as this discusses them >> first on the development mailing list, there are now at *least* three modules >> doing very similar things in different ways, with different name spaces. >> >> I would very much like to see a single official API for each scripting language, >> with a good feature set, rather than 3 different ones with different but >> overlapping feature sets. >> >> >> > Totally fair call. In fact I came up with the different namespace > exactly because Xymon.pm already existed in xymonton, but I didn't take > the time to even look at it. I could just have cut'n'pasted the > functions required into the script, but that wouldn't have achieved a > great deal either. > Module Xymon.pm on xymonton is not an perl API to build and sent data or status reports to Xymon, but a set of perl object definitions to synchronize a Xymon configuration file with a configuration database. It's name was chosen by lack of both a better name and a name space in which it could be embedded. If the latter exists, I do not mind changing the name of the module. Regards, Wim Nelis. ******************************************************************************************************* The NLR disclaimer (http://www.nlr.nl/emaildisclaimer) is valid for NLR e-mail messages. *******************************************************************************************************

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IP address - from where?
by henrik＠hswn.dk 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

In <AANLkTilWTJuol2MySad94PouqUt8ud65rGZqU1viZkaL at mail.gmail.com> Vernon Everett <everett.vernon at gmail.com> writes: >Tried another test, and set the server IP to 0.0.0.0 in bb-hosts, and it all >went red again. :-( >It seems to resolve using nslookup on CLI, but not in bbtest.net >Eventually added the --no-ares option, and all is good in our again. Are you using a local DNS resolver, or a remote one ? Xymon tends to hit DNS servers pretty hard when starting all the network tests, so I strongly recommend using a local DNS cache. It could be a bug in the C-ARES library, of course. Henrik

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Xymonton code download question
by gjohnson＠trantor.org 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

On 07/29/2010 03:23 AM, David Baldwin wrote: > Has anyone worked out how to create a link in Xymonton to directly > download the code of a test? The monitor page template has a Download > field which is why I'm curious. > > DokuWiki doco suggests it's possible: > http://www.dokuwiki.org/syntax#downloadable_code_blocks > > It doesn't seem to work. The <file> tag isn't supported at all. Old > version on xymonton, or my bad? > > Thanks, David. > You should be able to add a file when you are editing the page. You then use the wiki markup to reference it. When you click on "edit", the icon with the picture frame (beside the smiley) will allow you to add images and other files. Let me know if it's not working for some reason. =G=

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