November 2011 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

RHEL RPM + SELinux
by viliam.pucik＠gmail.com 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

For those of you interested in better RPM package with also experimental SELinux support, there is rpm.patch for RHEL5/6 systems available at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3437504&group_id=128058&ati… which provides: * Fixed xymon and xymon-client init scripts based on Fedora/RHEL standards. * Configuration of init scripts stored in /etc/sysconfig. * Fixes RPM building warnings. * Experimental SELinux support - only know issues are not collecting ifconfig status and showgraph.cgi cannot send data to /var/lib/xymon/tmp/rrdctl.* (not sure if this is really an issue because graphs are correctly generated and displayed) To apply the patch and build RPMs simply download xymon 4.3.5 and rpm.patch from [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3437504&group_id=128058&ati… -> Attached File] and then: tar xf xymon-4.3.5.tar.gz cd xymon-4.3.5 patch -p1 < ../rpm.patch cp rpm/* $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/SOURCES cd .. tar czf xymon-4.3.5.tar.gz xymon-4.3.5 cp xymon-4.3.5.tar.gz $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/SOURCES cd $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/SOURCES sed -ie 's/@VER@/4.3.5/' xymon.spec rpmbuild -bb xymon.spec At the end you should end up with Xymon RPMs in $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/RPMS/. SELinux support is in separate RPM package called xymon-selinux. Thanks, Viliam Pucik

2 1

GROUP issue
by ragonlan＠gmail.com 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Hi, I'm trying to configure GROUP alerts but I can't get it to work. alerts.cfg and analysis.cfg has this content: analysis.cfg: HOST=xymon1 LOAD 10.0 13.0 GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION DISK / 20 24 GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION DEFAULT # These are the built-in defaults. UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 90 95 MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97 alerts.cfg: GROUP=UNIX_TEAM_PARTITION MAIL ragonlan at gmail.com FORMAT=TEXT RECOVERED 'info' test shows "no alerts defined" and indeed no mail is sent even if disk test is raising a panic alert. best regards,

2 2

Web inerface for xymon alerts
by akshar.bhosale＠gmail.com 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Hi, we have xymon-4.2.2 and we are monitoring over 70 servers using xymon; Is there any web plugin available for managing hobbit-alerts fil because everytime i have to manually edit the file even for single service . Is there any remedy for this? thanks.. Akshar

3 3

Xymon starts but logs errors.
by Dave.Munro＠rwe.com 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Hi Folks, I have used BB for the past 10 years and have now decided to move to Xymon. After quite a few problems getting Xymon to Compile I just checking some stuff out before I make the required changes to httpd.conf. When I check the Log I see the following; 2011-11-28 13:59:48 xymonlaunch starting 2011-11-28 13:59:48 Loading tasklist configuration from /opt/xymon/server/etc/tasks.cfg 2011-11-28 13:59:48 Cannot open directory ld.so.1: xymond: fatal: libpcre.so.0: open failed: No such file or directory 2011-11-28 13:59:48 Task xymond terminated by signal 9 ld.so.1: xymond: fatal: libpcre.so.0: open failed: No such file or directory 2011-11-28 13:59:53 Task xymond terminated by signal 9 ld.so.1: xymond: fatal: libpcre.so.0: open failed: No such file or directory 2011-11-28 13:59:58 Task xymond terminated by signal 9 Have checked and I do have /lib/ld.so.1 and /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so.0 - Am I missing something really basic here? I'm running the XAMPP stack, Apache/2.2.21 (Unix) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/1.0.0c PHP/5.3.8 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.12.1 Xymon is Version 4.3.3 Xymon user environment is; -bash-3.00$ env HZ= SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm LC_NUMERIC=C OLDPWD=/usr/local/lib LC_ALL= LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/etc/emc/rsa/cst/lib DSM_LOG=/rwe/log MAIL=/usr/mail/xymon PATH=/usr/sbin:/opt/quest/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/local/bin:/usr/loc al/rwe/bin:/opt/EMCpower/bin:/etc/emc/bin PWD=/opt/xymon LANG=en_US TZ=GB SHLVL=1 HOME=/opt/xymon LOGNAME=xymon _=/bin/env -bash-3.00$ Regards Dave Munro RWE Systems, Rainton House. Midrange Systems Admin Tel 01661814210 Mobile 07788710306 Email dave.munro at rwe.com RWE IT International Solaris Team. **************************************************************************** The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by return email or call 01793 877777 and ask for the sender and then delete it immediately from your system.Please note that neither the RWE Group of Companies nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). *****************************************************************************

5 5

Solaris X86 xymon configure problems
by keelie_ryan＠yahoo.com 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Hi Sailesh, Thanks for your quick response. I have ensured I have all the same packages as you have listed installed and I copy/pasted the path as you have suggested, I still get exactly the same error. I think my problem is more to do with the OpenSSL core dump during the configure stage rather than my env setup. Regards Keelie Sent from my iPhone On 28 Nov 2011, at 10:44, "Sailesh" <sailesh.mohabeer at mns.intnet.mu> wrote: > Hi Keelie, > > Please find the packages I have installed on Solaris 10 Sparc. > > bash-3.00# ls > apache-2.2.21-sol10-sparc-local libtool-2.4-sol10-sparc-local > db-4.7.25.NC-sol10-sparc-local make-3.82-sol10-sparc-local > expat-2.0.1-sol10-sparc-local openldap-2.4.24-sol10-sparc-local > fontconfig-2.8.0-sol10-sparc-local openldap-2.4.26-sol10-sparc-local > fping-2.4b2-sol10-sparc-local openssl-1.0.0e-sol10-sparc-local > freetype-2.4.2-sol10-sparc-local pango-1.18.2-sol10-sparc-local > ganglia-3.0.7-sol10-sparc-local pcre-8.20-sol10-sparc-local > gcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local prngd-0.9.25-sol10-sparc-local > glib-2.25.13-sol10-sparc-local render-0.8-sol10-sparc-local > jpeg-8a-sol10-sparc-local renderproto-0.9.3-sol10-sparc-local > jpeg2ps-1.9-sol10-sparc-local rrdtool-1.2.19-sol10-sparc-local > jpeginfo-1.6.1-sol10-sparc-local sasl-2.1.25-sol10-sparc-local > libart_lgpl-2.3.19-sol10-sparc-local tar-1.26-sol10-sparc-local > libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local unrar-3.68-sol10-sparc-local > libiconv-1.14-sol10-sparc-local xrender-0.8.3-sol10-sparc-local > libintl-3.4.0-sol10-sparc-local xymon-4.2.2.tar > libpng-1.2.44-sol10-sparc-local zlib-1.2.5-sol10-sparc-local > > You do not have to link all these libraries. Go on http://sunfreeware.com/indexsparc10.html to download all the packages you required. > > The most important thing is to put the path in the correct order. > PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/lib > > > Regards, > Sailesh > > From: Keelie [mailto:keelie_ryan at yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 2:23 PM > To: Sailesh > Cc: Ryan Novosielski; xymon at xymon.com; Rolands at logicaltech.com.au > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Solaris X86 xymon configure problems > > Hi All, > > Thanks for all your replies. I have already tried linking /usr/ccs/bin/ld to /usr/local/bin/ld, I found this troubleshooting step on google a few days ago, it didn’t help. I have unlinked it now and installed binutils, which has installed /usr/local/bin/ld. > I have now tried setting the xymon user path to that suggested, but unfortunately that hasn’t helped either. > > So far I have: > 1. Installed the following packages – > SMClgcc346 > SMCzlib > SMClintl > SMCliconv > SMCbinut > SMCcheck > SMCgmp > SMCcoreu > SMCcvs > SMCdb47 > SMCevtlog > SMCexpat > SMCftype > SMCfontc > SMCfping > SMCgcc > SMCxpm > SMClibpng > SMCjpeg > SMCgd > SMCncurs > SMCgdb > SMCgdbm > SMCgettxt > SMClibart > SMClibnet > SMClibt > SMCpcre > SMCslang > SMCglib > SMCmake > SMCossl > SMCsasl > SMColdap > SMCperl > SMCreadl > SMCrrdt > > 2. Added $(NETLIBS) before $(LIBRTDEF ) in all the Makefiles where it was missing > 3. Edited /var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/xymonnet/ldaptest.c to move the #endif to line 97 > 4. Edited /var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/build/test-rrd.c to add NULL, &ymin, &ymax to line 30 > 5. Edit /var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web/showgraph.c to add NULL, &ymin, &ymax to line 1156 > > Thanks > Keelie > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 28 Nov 2011, at 04:12, "Sailesh" <sailesh.mohabeer at mns.intnet.mu> wrote: > > Hi, > > The path for the xymon user should be in this order to avoid the compilation problem. > > PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/lib > > > Regards, > Sailesh > From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Novosielski > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 4:52 AM > To: Roland Soderstrom > Cc: xymon at xymon.com > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Solaris X86 xymon configure problems > > This is absolutely not necessary and will drive your co-workers up the wall. I do not recall having any specific difficulties compiling though I do not remember which compiler. I can get back to you, but I wanted to chime in strongly against screwing around with system binaries. > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > > On Nov 25, 2011 15:04, Roland Soderstrom <Rolands at logicaltech.com.au> wrote: > > Try using gnu make only, you need to mv /use/ccs/bin/make first and make a link to gnu make > Some packets has /use/ccs/bin/make hard coded > > Roland > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 25/11/2011, at 9:32 PM, "Keelie" <keelie_ryan at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Can anyone please shed any light on the issue I’m having. I’ve been troubleshooting xymon installation for over a week now, each time I fix one issue I hit another. > > This is the output of my ./configure: > > Configuration script for Xymon > > This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Xymon > > Checking your make-utility > Checking pre-requisites for building Xymon > > Checking for fping ... > Xymon has a built-in ping utility (xymonping) > However, it is not yet fully stable and therefore it > may be best to use the external fping utility instead. > I found fping in /usr/local/sbin/fping > Do you want to use it [Y/n] ? > Y > Checking to see if '/usr/local/sbin/fping 127.0.0.1' works ... > 127.0.0.1 is alive > OK, will use '/usr/local/sbin/fping' for ping tests > NOTE: If you are using an suid-root wrapper, make sure the 'xymond' > user is also allowed to run fping without having to enter passwords. > For 'sudo', add something like this to your 'sudoers' file: > xymon ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/fping > > > > Checking for RRDtool ... > Found RRDtool include files in /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/include > Found RRDtool libraries in /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib > Linking RRD with PNG library: -L/usr/lib -lpng > > > Checking for PCRE ... > Found PCRE include files in /usr/local/include > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > Found PCRE libraries in /usr/local/lib > > > Checking for OpenSSL ... > Found OpenSSL include files in /usr/local/ssl/include > collect2: ld terminated with signal 8 [Arithmetic Exception], core dumped > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so value=LOCL); > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so value=LOCL); > make: *** [test-link] Error 1 > WARNING: OpenSSL library files found in /usr/local/ssl/lib, but link fails. > Continuing with SSL support disabled. > > > Checking for LDAP ... > test-ldap.c: In function `main': > test-ldap.c:25: warning: implicit declaration of function `ldap_init' > test-ldap.c:25: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast > Found LDAP include files in /usr/include > Found LDAP libraries in /usr/lib > > > When I run make I get the following: > > CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I`pwd`/include -I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="" RPATHOPT="" RRDDEF="" RRDINCDIR="-I/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/include" PCREINCDIR="-I/usr/local/include" NETLIBS="-lresolv -lsocket -lnsl" RRDLIBS="-L/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib -lrrd -L/usr/lib -lpng" PCRELIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lpcre" LIBRTDEF="-lrt" XYMONTOPDIR="/opt/xymon" XYMONHOME="/opt/xymon/server" XYMONVAR="/opt/xymon/data" XYMONLOGDIR="/var/log/xymon" XYMONHOSTNAME="swpits2" XYMONHOSTIP="127.0.0.1" XYMONHOSTOS="sunos" XYMONUSER="xymon" CGIDIR="/opt/xymon/cgi-bin" SECURECGIDIR="/opt/xymon/cgi-secure" XYMONHOSTURL="/xymon" XYMONCGIURL="/xymon-cgi" SECUREXYMONCGIURL="/xymon-seccgi" MAILPROGRAM=""mailx"" RUNTIMEDEFS="" INSTALLWWWDIR="/opt/xymon/server/www" INSTALLETCDIR="/opt/xymon/server/etc" make -C web all > make[1]: Entering directory `/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web' > gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/include -I/usr/local/include -o showgraph.cgi showgraph.o ../lib/libxymon.a -L/usr/local/lib -lpcre -L/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib -lrrd -L/usr/lib -lpng -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -lrt > collect2: ld terminated with signal 8 [Arithmetic Exception], core dumped > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > make[1]: *** [showgraph.cgi] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web' > make: *** [web-build] Error 2 > > ************************************************************************************************* > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

2 1

Solaris X86 xymon configure problems
by keelie_ryan＠yahoo.com 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Hi All, Thanks for all your replies. I have already tried linking /usr/ccs/bin/ld to /usr/local/bin/ld, I found this troubleshooting step on google a few days ago, it didn’t help. I have unlinked it now and installed binutils, which has installed /usr/local/bin/ld. I have now tried setting the xymon user path to that suggested, but unfortunately that hasn’t helped either. So far I have: 1. Installed the following packages – SMClgcc346 SMCzlib SMClintl SMCliconv SMCbinut SMCcheck SMCgmp SMCcoreu SMCcvs SMCdb47 SMCevtlog SMCexpat SMCftype SMCfontc SMCfping SMCgcc SMCxpm SMClibpng SMCjpeg SMCgd SMCncurs SMCgdb SMCgdbm SMCgettxt SMClibart SMClibnet SMClibt SMCpcre SMCslang SMCglib SMCmake SMCossl SMCsasl SMColdap SMCperl SMCreadl SMCrrdt 2. Added $(NETLIBS) before $(LIBRTDEF ) in all the Makefiles where it was missing 3. Edited /var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/xymonnet/ldaptest.c to move the #endif to line 97 4. Edited /var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/build/test-rrd.c to add NULL, &ymin, &ymax to line 30 5. Edit /var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web/showgraph.c to add NULL, &ymin, &ymax to line 1156 Thanks Keelie Sent from my iPhone On 28 Nov 2011, at 04:12, "Sailesh" <sailesh.mohabeer at mns.intnet.mu> wrote: > Hi, > > The path for the xymon user should be in this order to avoid the compilation problem. > > PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/lib > > > Regards, > Sailesh > From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Novosielski > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 4:52 AM > To: Roland Soderstrom > Cc: xymon at xymon.com > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Solaris X86 xymon configure problems > > This is absolutely not necessary and will drive your co-workers up the wall. I do not recall having any specific difficulties compiling though I do not remember which compiler. I can get back to you, but I wanted to chime in strongly against screwing around with system binaries. > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > > On Nov 25, 2011 15:04, Roland Soderstrom <Rolands at logicaltech.com.au> wrote: > > Try using gnu make only, you need to mv /use/ccs/bin/make first and make a link to gnu make > Some packets has /use/ccs/bin/make hard coded > > Roland > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 25/11/2011, at 9:32 PM, "Keelie" <keelie_ryan at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Can anyone please shed any light on the issue I’m having. I’ve been troubleshooting xymon installation for over a week now, each time I fix one issue I hit another. > > This is the output of my ./configure: > > Configuration script for Xymon > > This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Xymon > > Checking your make-utility > Checking pre-requisites for building Xymon > > Checking for fping ... > Xymon has a built-in ping utility (xymonping) > However, it is not yet fully stable and therefore it > may be best to use the external fping utility instead. > I found fping in /usr/local/sbin/fping > Do you want to use it [Y/n] ? > Y > Checking to see if '/usr/local/sbin/fping 127.0.0.1' works ... > 127.0.0.1 is alive > OK, will use '/usr/local/sbin/fping' for ping tests > NOTE: If you are using an suid-root wrapper, make sure the 'xymond' > user is also allowed to run fping without having to enter passwords. > For 'sudo', add something like this to your 'sudoers' file: > xymon ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/fping > > > > Checking for RRDtool ... > Found RRDtool include files in /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/include > Found RRDtool libraries in /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib > Linking RRD with PNG library: -L/usr/lib -lpng > > > Checking for PCRE ... > Found PCRE include files in /usr/local/include > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > Found PCRE libraries in /usr/local/lib > > > Checking for OpenSSL ... > Found OpenSSL include files in /usr/local/ssl/include > collect2: ld terminated with signal 8 [Arithmetic Exception], core dumped > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so value=LOCL); > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so value=LOCL); > make: *** [test-link] Error 1 > WARNING: OpenSSL library files found in /usr/local/ssl/lib, but link fails. > Continuing with SSL support disabled. > > > Checking for LDAP ... > test-ldap.c: In function `main': > test-ldap.c:25: warning: implicit declaration of function `ldap_init' > test-ldap.c:25: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast > Found LDAP include files in /usr/include > Found LDAP libraries in /usr/lib > > > When I run make I get the following: > > CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I`pwd`/include -I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="" RPATHOPT="" RRDDEF="" RRDINCDIR="-I/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/include" PCREINCDIR="-I/usr/local/include" NETLIBS="-lresolv -lsocket -lnsl" RRDLIBS="-L/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib -lrrd -L/usr/lib -lpng" PCRELIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lpcre" LIBRTDEF="-lrt" XYMONTOPDIR="/opt/xymon" XYMONHOME="/opt/xymon/server" XYMONVAR="/opt/xymon/data" XYMONLOGDIR="/var/log/xymon" XYMONHOSTNAME="swpits2" XYMONHOSTIP="127.0.0.1" XYMONHOSTOS="sunos" XYMONUSER="xymon" CGIDIR="/opt/xymon/cgi-bin" SECURECGIDIR="/opt/xymon/cgi-secure" XYMONHOSTURL="/xymon" XYMONCGIURL="/xymon-cgi" SECUREXYMONCGIURL="/xymon-seccgi" MAILPROGRAM=""mailx"" RUNTIMEDEFS="" INSTALLWWWDIR="/opt/xymon/server/www" INSTALLETCDIR="/opt/xymon/server/etc" make -C web all > make[1]: Entering directory `/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web' > gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/include -I/usr/local/include -o showgraph.cgi showgraph.o ../lib/libxymon.a -L/usr/local/lib -lpcre -L/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib -lrrd -L/usr/lib -lpng -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -lrt > collect2: ld terminated with signal 8 [Arithmetic Exception], core dumped > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > make[1]: *** [showgraph.cgi] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web' > make: *** [web-build] Error 2 > > ************************************************************************************************* > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

2 1

Solaris X86 xymon configure problems
by keelie_ryan＠yahoo.com 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

> Can anyone please shed any light on the issue I’m having. I’ve been troubleshooting xymon installation for over a week now, each time I fix one issue I hit another. > > > This is the output of my ./configure: > > > > Configuration script for Xymon > > > > This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Xymon > > > > Checking your make-utility > > Checking pre-requisites for building Xymon > > > > Checking for fping ... > > Xymon has a built-in ping utility (xymonping) > > However, it is not yet fully stable and therefore it > > may be best to use the external fping utility instead. > > I found fping in /usr/local/sbin/fping > > Do you want to use it [Y/n] ? > > Y > > Checking to see if '/usr/local/sbin/fping 127.0.0.1' works ... > > 127.0.0.1 is alive > > OK, will use '/usr/local/sbin/fping' for ping tests > > NOTE: If you are using an suid-root wrapper, make sure the 'xymond' > > user is also allowed to run fping without having to enter passwords. > > For 'sudo', add something like this to your 'sudoers' file: > > xymon ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/fping > > > > > > > > Checking for RRDtool ... > > Found RRDtool include files in /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/include > > Found RRDtool libraries in /usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib > > Linking RRD with PNG library: -L/usr/lib -lpng > > > > > > Checking for PCRE ... > > Found PCRE include files in /usr/local/include > > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > > Found PCRE libraries in /usr/local/lib > > > > > > Checking for OpenSSL ... > > Found OpenSSL include files in /usr/local/ssl/include > > collect2: ld terminated with signal 8 [Arithmetic Exception], core dumped > > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > > (file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so value=LOCL); > > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > > (file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so value=LOCL); > > make: *** [test-link] Error 1 > > WARNING: OpenSSL library files found in /usr/local/ssl/lib, but link fails. > > Continuing with SSL support disabled. > > > > > > Checking for LDAP ... > > test-ldap.c: In function `main': > > test-ldap.c:25: warning: implicit declaration of function `ldap_init' > > test-ldap.c:25: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast > > Found LDAP include files in /usr/include > > Found LDAP libraries in /usr/lib > > > > > > When I run make I get the following: > > > > CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I`pwd`/include -I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="" RPATHOPT="" RRDDEF="" RRDINCDIR="-I/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/include" PCREINCDIR="-I/usr/local/include" NETLIBS="-lresolv -lsocket -lnsl" RRDLIBS="-L/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib -lrrd -L/usr/lib -lpng" PCRELIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -lpcre" LIBRTDEF="-lrt" XYMONTOPDIR="/opt/xymon" XYMONHOME="/opt/xymon/server" XYMONVAR="/opt/xymon/data" XYMONLOGDIR="/var/log/xymon" XYMONHOSTNAME="swpits2" XYMONHOSTIP="127.0.0.1" XYMONHOSTOS="sunos" XYMONUSER="xymon" CGIDIR="/opt/xymon/cgi-bin" SECURECGIDIR="/opt/xymon/cgi-secure" XYMONHOSTURL="/xymon" XYMONCGIURL="/xymon-cgi" SECUREXYMONCGIURL="/xymon-seccgi" MAILPROGRAM=""mailx"" RUNTIMEDEFS="" INSTALLWWWDIR="/opt/xymon/server/www" INSTALLETCDIR="/opt/xymon/server/etc" make -C web all > > make[1]: Entering directory `/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web' > > gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -D_REENTRANT -DSunOS -I. -I/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/include -I/usr/local/include -o showgraph.cgi showgraph.o ../lib/libxymon.a -L/usr/local/lib -lpcre -L/usr/local/rrdtool-1.2.19/lib -lrrd -L/usr/lib -lpng -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -lrt > > collect2: ld terminated with signal 8 [Arithmetic Exception], core dumped > > ld: warning: global symbol '_END_' has non-global binding: > > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > > ld: warning: global symbol '_START_' has non-global binding: > > (file /usr/local/lib/libpcre.so value=LOCL); > > make[1]: *** [showgraph.cgi] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/xymon/xymon-4.3.5/web' > > make: *** [web-build] Error 2 > > > > *************************************************************************************************

5 4

RHEL RPM package + SELinux support
by viliam.pucik＠gmail.com 27 Nov '11

27 Nov '11

For those of you interested in better RPM package with also experimental SELinux support, there is rpm.patch for RHEL5/6 systems available at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3437504&group_id=128058&ati… which provides: * Fixed xymon and xymon-client init scripts based on Fedora/RHEL standards. * Configuration of init scripts stored in /etc/sysconfig. * Fixes RPM building warnings. * Experimental SELinux support - only know issues are not collecting ifconfig status and showgraph.cgi cannot send data to /var/lib/xymon/tmp/rrdctl.* (not sure if this is really an issue because graphs are correctly generated and displayed) To apply the patch and build RPMs simply download xymon 4.3.5 and rpm.patch from [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3437504&group_id=128058&ati… -> Attached File] and then: tar xf xymon-4.3.5.tar.gz cd xymon-4.3.5 patch -p1 < ../rpm.patch cp rpm/* $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/SOURCES cd .. tar czf xymon-4.3.5.tar.gz xymon-4.3.5 cp xymon-4.3.5.tar.gz $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/SOURCES cd $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/SOURCES sed -ie 's/@VER@/4.3.5/' xymon.spec rpmbuild -bb xymon.spec At the end you should end up with Xymon RPMs in $(rpmbuild -E '%_topdir' 2>/dev/null)/RPMS/. SELinux support is in separate RPM package called xymon-selinux. Thanks, Viliam Pucik

1 1

Help with very large log file - not getting the right lines
by betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com 25 Nov '11

25 Nov '11

I've got to monitor some very large log files. They're up to a couple gigs a day and individual lines can be 30800 characters or more , including HTML. (changing the log file format is a project for another day) So my last half hour of one of these files chosen at random is 21,000 lines, 47G. I want to look at all the lines that start with 2011-11-22 4:15:31 ERROR servicename LotsOfText I want to ignore lines that start 2011-11-22 17:13:39 LOG NNNNN servicename LotsOfHTML Ignoring all of those lines would bring it to a manageable size (this particular file is 41 lines, 23k data) I've been playing around with rules in client-local.cfg like: [mmw2.example.com] log:/var/log/mmb1/MMRequest.log:10240 trigger ERROR ignore LOG but I'm just not getting the ERROR lines in the log. Is this file just too large and too full of HTML to parse? Any suggestions? (we can write a custom script, of course, and I'm thinking of bringing in SEC. But it sure would be handy to be able to do this with out of the box xymon)

4 5

FW: Xymon [491707] 211-Glendale:conn CRITICAL (RED)
by rroginela＠AmeriCashLoans.net 25 Nov '11

25 Nov '11

What would cause this????? This is new in 4.3.x I have a 4.2 box and this never happens.... Its like the status gets stuck.... Thank you, Rafal -----Original Message----- From: xymon at xymon Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 10:48 AM To: Monitoring Escelation Subject: Xymon [491707] 211-Glendale:conn CRITICAL (RED) green Sat Nov 19 10:47:31 2011 conn ok Service conn on 211-Glendale is OK (up) &green 10.xx.xx.1 is alive (30.5 ms) See http://xymon.americashloans.net/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=211-Glendale&SE… <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#999999" size="-1"> This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. (3.8)</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#009900" size="-1"> Please consider the environment before printing this email. </font>

2 1