October 2011 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

trigger an alert from the response time of a network service
by olivier＠audry.fr 13 Oct '11

13 Oct '11

Great thx for your quick answer. henrik at hswn.dk a écrit : >On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:17:01 +0200 (CEST), Olivier AUDRY ><olivier at audry.fr> >wrote: > >> * Data going into graphs can now be used to alter a status, >> e.g. to trigger an alert from the response time of a network >> service. >> >> where can I find the documentation about this ? > >See the analysis.cfg(5) man-page, the section on "DS" checks. > > >Regards, >Henrik > >_______________________________________________ >Xymon mailing list >Xymon at xymon.com >http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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Test for file "noexist?"
by betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

I am having trouble getting xymon to recognize the "noexist" flag. I am getting the file OK but the test is always GREEN. When the file exists, the test is OK, file exists When I remove the file, the test stays green but clicking on the filename gives [file:/home/xymon/TESTOK] ERROR: No such file or directory The file is in my client-local test and is picked up OK: [netmon2.example.com] file:/home/xymon/TESTOK:1024 And I have this in analysis.cfg: # FILE /home/xymon/TESTOK yellow noexist # FILE /home/xymon/TESTOK noexist yellow FILE /home/xymon/TESTOK YELLOW NOEXIST Before I go through every possible permutation, please, what is the right invocation? I want this test to return yellow if the file EXISTS thanks Betsy

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Acknowledgment Authentication
by jamison＠newasterisk.com 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

Forgive me for asking what is probably a simple question, but Unix is not my major skill set. How does one turn off authentication for acknowledging alerts? Jamison Maxwell p. 770 605 6653 jamison at newasterisk.com<mailto:jamison at newasterisk.com>

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Specify DNS timeout ?
by kconnell＠ryerson.ca 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

The "baddns:1:2:3" tag worked great...I do get the "clear" tests/value here and there but no one is in "panic mode" with false "red" alerts :) Thanks ------Original Message------ From: Jeremy Laidman To: Ken Connell Cc: Xymon Email List Subject: Re: [Xymon] Specify DNS timeout ? Sent: Oct 11, 2011 2:24 AM On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:02 PM, <kconnell at ryerson.ca> wrote: > Can I increase the timeout for a DNS test for just one particular server ? > > We currently monitor 3 in-house and a 4th sits off-campus which timeouts sometimes...which I'm too worried about... Short of scripting up a special test, I doubt it. However, you can de-sensitise the DNS alarms on a per-host basis by using the "badTEST" construct. For example this is what I have on some of my hosts that have occasional problems: 10.1.12.10 ssm001.bogus.example.com # baddns:1:2:3 dns=SOA:bogus.example.com The "baddns:1:2:3" means it goes clear after 1 failure, yellow after 2 failures and red only after 3 successive failures. Cheers Jeremy Ken Connell Intermediate Network Engineer Computer & Communication Services Ryerson University 350 Victoria St RM AB50 Toronto, Ont M5B 2K3 416-979-5000 x6709

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Procs/Ports Not Working on SLES 10 Clients
by Ed.Stuart＠austinenergy.com 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

We are running Xymon Client V4.2.3 on SLES 10 SP2. Our clients are reporting info to the server, but the procs and ports functionality is not working. After we make entries in the hobbit-clients.cfg file such as the one below the procs and ports buttons on the web page do not reflect that these items are being monitored. PAGE=ORACLE PROC ntpd PROC tnslsnr PORT "LOCAL=%([.:]1521)$" state=ESTABLISHED TRACK=oracle-clients "TEXT=Current Oracle client sessions" Ed Stuart Information Technology & Telecommunications Austin Energy "Glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity." - Neil Peart

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FYI: Xymon FaceBook organization created
by tjyang2001＠gmail.com 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

Hi, All Don't know who did it but this is a good move to promote Xymon. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Xymon/136355573099613?sk=info Did I miss this announcement here ? Please give out more "Likes", we only have 8 so far. Cheers tj -- T.J. Yang

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Handling donations (especially commercial ones)
by henrik＠hswn.dk 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

Hi everyone, I've been contacted off-list by a long-time Xymon user, who had some thoughts about how companies can help the Xymon project along by donating some money to the project. We discussed this a bit, and he suggested that I float my ideas on the mailing list for input - and gave me permission to quote from his e-mails. He wrote: "I realise (along with others) that you put a huge effort into xymon and given that our company uses the application extensively I would like to push to get the company to donate something on a regular basis. It may not be big but that’s something we can work on over time. "I've been involved in another open source project for a while now and what they did was to create an association based in Germany to which payments can be given to a dedicated bank account. This model works for our company from a donation point of view but I was just wondering if you had any plans to do something similar?" After thinking about this for a while, I think I can see some issues that companies might have with donating to the project via PayPal, which is currently the only option. There was another user recently who sent me a nice donation, but apparently it felt awkward enough for them to do so via PayPal that they contacted me directly afterwards, to make sure that the donation really did come through. The recent discussion about "Big environment" deployments of Xymon clearly shows that there are some places where Xymon is *really* used a lot. So maybe there are more companies who could be convinced to support Xymon - me - with donations. So what I came up with was this: "I do have a company registered here in Denmark, so perhaps I should consider using that for accepting corporate donations. Then I can provide genuine invoices, VAT-numbers etc - all the stuff that companies normally expect when they buy software. And they can transfer the amount to an official bank account with a proper IBAN bank account number ..." And to make this a bit more formalised, I've added this page to the Xymon website: http://www.xymon.com/license/ It is important for me to emphasize that Xymon is, and always will be, available free of charge under an open source license - regardless of how or where it is being used. So when I write about "buying a license" to use Xymon, it is only because that is the kind of language most manager-types can understand (hmm, I sincerely hope I didn't offend anyone with that blatant generalisation). You will not be required to buy a license - but it gives you a really nice feeling :-) I'd appreciate any thoughs you have about this, and if You'd rather discuss it off-list just mail me directly. Regards, Henrik

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How to setup SMS service?
by Oliver.Zhang＠weirminerals.com 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

Hi Guys, Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS. Which tool I should run? Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use? Regards, Oliver Zhang The information contained in this email (including any attachments) is confidential, subject to copyright and for the use of the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient please delete this message after notifying the sender. Unauthorised retention, alteration or distribution of this email is forbidden and may be actionable. Attachments are opened at your own risk and you are advised to scan incoming email for viruses before opening any attached files. We give no guarantee that any communication is virus-free and accept no responsibility for virus contamination or other system loss or damage of any kind.

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Specify DNS timeout ?
by kconnell＠ryerson.ca 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

Can I increase the timeout for a DNS test for just one particular server ? We currently monitor 3 in-house and a 4th sits off-campus which timeouts sometimes...which I'm too worried about... Ken Connell Intermediate Network Engineer Computer & Communication Services Ryerson University 350 Victoria St RM AB50 Toronto, Ont M5B 2K3 416-979-5000 x6709

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old hosts.cfg tag "login"
by rolands＠logicaltech.com.au 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

Hi, I got this old tag "login" on all my servers. It has been there forever and upgrading from bb to xymon and a couple of xymon versions later I can't find the source. What is this login and can I remove it? Can't find any references to why it is there or it's purpose. Must be some inheritance from bb I guess. As it is production I don't dare to remove it either. Anyone that knows what it is? ie. 192.168.0.1 myhost # login Cheers, - Roland

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