November 2011 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

http test question
by tlewick＠tradebotsystems.com 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Hi all. Is it possible to control the times an HTTP URL test is performed? I know I can add http://www.sample.com and use regexs to look for an occurrence of the word Fail, but we would only like it to check once or twice per day, say at 7:45 and then once more at 8:25. I know its easy to control the timing of when the alert is sent. But can I limit when the test is run? Short of creating an ext-script, not sure how I do that in xymon. Thanks, Taylor

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xymon on Google plus Page ?
by tjyang2001＠gmail.com 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Now that G+ Page is opened, should we create one for Xymon Users ? Any volunteer from this group can step up for this task ? Regards tj -- T.J. Yang

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Can Alerts Be Configured Based on Page-->Group?
by Ed.Stuart＠austinenergy.com 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Is there a way to configure alerts based on membership in a group on a page? There is a page qualifier, but we would like to apply specific rules for servers in particular groups on pages. If not, is there a way to apply rules to particular hosts on a page? **Please apply a generous amount of all the usual disclaimers here.**

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Would like to create a custom non-green screen
by scerydog＠gmail.com 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

We are running xymon 4.2.3 on Solaris 10 within a data center of about 1000 servers. Would like to create a custom non-green screen that has only certain servers on it. I found a previous email about it, but it doesn't explain it fully. Wondering what steps I am missing! I have add this script to the cgi-bin directory, but not seeing any on the web page. #!/bin/sh # Pick only hosts on the "windows" page PAGE="windows" # Get red ones as priority 1 xymon 127.0.0.1 \ "xymondboard color=red fields=hostname,testname page=$PAGE" | \ awk '{ print $1 "||||1|||" }' > /tmp/crit_$$.cfg # Yellow ones get priority 2 xymon 127.0.0.1 \ "xymondboard color=yellow fields=hostname,testname page=$PAGE" | \ awk '{ print $1 "||||2|||" }' >> /tmp/crit_$$.cfg # Build the webpage . /usr/lib/xymon/server/etc/cgioptions.cfg $XYMONHOME/bin/criticalview.cgi $CGI_CRITVIEW_OPTS \ --config=/tmp/crit_$$.cfg rm -f /tmp/crit_$$.cfg exit 0 Thanks -Scott

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XymonQV v0.2.0 with support for appfeed.sh
by darrik.lists＠darmasoft.com 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Greetings, Just pushed v0.2.0 with support for the appfeed.sh and appfeed-critical.sh targets that Henrik pushed last week. No support for filter= yet, but working on that. Wanted to get this to people who wanted to use it. This version will prefer the appfeed targets (if it finds them) regardless of version, unless you set the Force Parser setting. If it fails to find the appfeed targets, it will fall back to using html parsing. This release also contains a fix for connections not being created properly. As of now, there is debug logging available. If you have any sorts of problems, in addition to sending a crash report to the android market, please enable debug logging and refresh a few times or do whatever is necessary to demonstrate the problem. The debug log should be found at in your downloads folder as xymonqv_debug.log. Please email this file along with maybe a short description of the problem to android at darmasoft.com, and I will fix it asap. Also, feel free to send feature requests to android at darmasoft.com as well. Hope this is useful. Darrik -- Darrik Mazey DarmaSoft, LLC. 1627 Marigold Avenue Akron, Ohio 44301-2627 tele: 330.238.1333 darrik at darmasoft.com http://www.darmasoft.com/ To obtain my public key, send an email to darrik at publickey.darmasoft.com.

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Alerts don't go out
by hj.beckers＠kreis-steinfurt.de 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

After a planned reboot this morning xymon is no longer able to send alert messages The alert logfile is filled with the following messages: "send-mail: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for ::1 send-mail: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found for ::1" Sending messages from the command line using sendemail.sh works. Operating system is openSuSe 11.3, x86_64, xymon version is 4.3.5, According to yast2 IPv6 is disabled. Any hints? Yours hjb

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Xymon vs Solarwinds
by everett.vernon＠gmail.com 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Hi guys I have a client that dislikes open source software. They feel it's "out of control", there's no support, and no backup. They prefer something where they can get "professional" support, and licensed software and all the crap we have all heard before. Somebody at the top, decided that SolarWinds is the corporate standard. >From what I have read, it's SNMP based, so great for network, and stuff running SNMP, but not so good for anything else. Has anybody had any hands-on experience with both Solarwinds and Xymon, who can give me a short breakdown of the advantages and disadvantages of Solarwinds compared to Xymon? Regards Vernon

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F5 monitoring script (WAS RE: Xymon vs Solarwinds)
by SKreien＠la-z-boy.com 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

For those of you who wanted it, here is the F5 monitoring script I wrote. I'm sure there is room for improvement as I'm not the world's best scripter, but it works well and has been 100% maintenance free for me since I put it in production. Basic instructions are in the top of the file. Make sure you satisfy all the dependencies and set all the environment variables before you run it the first time or it will fail badly. This was written for F5 software version 10.2; I don't have access to other versions so I'm not sure what if any other versions will work. There's a good chance that other versions should work though, they don't generally modify the MIB very much from version to version, and I don't rely too heavily on the MIB anyway except to translate the OIDS into something easier to read. As long as the top level of each part of the MIB stays the same (where I start doing snmpwalks) the rest should be OK. Feedback on how it's working for you, F5 software version, improvements, etc. would be appreciated. Waiting on permissions for the Xymonton page so I can post it. Scot Kreienkamp skreien at la-z-boy.com -----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Allan Jacobsen Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 2:35 AM To: Xymon mailinglist Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds Hi Scott I would very much like to be able to monitor our F5s if I could get a copy of your scripts. Best regards Allan Jacobsen Danske Spil A/S > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] På > vegne af Scot Kreienkamp > Sendt: 20. oktober 2011 15:11 > Til: Gore, David W (David); Vernon Everett; Xymon mailinglist > Emne: Re: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds > > I've used both, although I've got little experience with Solarwinds. From > what I know of it you already hit the nail on the head. Great for SNMP, and > that's the only way to poll. So if you have a system where you can't turn on > SNMP, or the stats you want are unavailable via SNMP, then you can't > monitor it. Solarwinds is like any commercial product. You can do what they > allow you to do and that's about it. Xymon is infinitely extendable due to > Henrik's efforts in many areas and his early design decisions. That's why I run > it. Specifically in my case, there is no built in way to monitor an F5 load > balancer in Solarwinds. While that is also true of Xymon, I did spend a few > days writing a script that would interrogate an F5 and report all kinds of > information back on its nodes, pools, and VIPs. That would be MUCH more > difficult to integrate with Solarwinds. Also, while nobody has asked on the > list yet, I would offer it if someone did. Community is a good thing to have > . On the other hand, the lack of professional support is frustrating at times, > so I wouldn't completely discount them wanting a product with professional > support. > > Also, it looks like at least one company has endeavored to professionally > support Xymon, so that may be one way to nullify the support argument. > > http://www.xymonmonitoring.com > > Scot Kreienkamp > skreien at la-z-boy.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] > On Behalf Of Gore, David W (David) > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:35 AM > To: Vernon Everett; Xymon mailinglist > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds > > May be a bit beyond the point at this time Vernon but you may want to point > your client to this page: > > http://support.sas.com/rnd/emi/Xymon/index.html > > If Xymon is good enough for a billion dollar company perhaps it is good > enough for your client. Perhaps making smart decisions on how they spend > their money is part of the reason they are billion dollar company. > > I have never heard of SolarWinds but we are just a support group with no > money so there is no reason to look beyond Xymon. > > ~David > > > From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] > On Behalf Of Vernon Everett > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 03:17 > To: Xymon mailinglist > Subject: [Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds > > Hi guys > > I have a client that dislikes open source software. They feel it's "out of > control", there's no support, and no backup. > They prefer something where they can get "professional" support, and > licensed software and all the crap we have all heard before. > Somebody at the top, decided that SolarWinds is the corporate standard. > From what I have read, it's SNMP based, so great for network, and stuff > running SNMP, but not so good for anything else. > > Has anybody had any hands-on experience with both Solarwinds and Xymon, > who can give me a short breakdown of the advantages and disadvantages of > Solarwinds compared to Xymon? > > Regards > Vernon > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > This message is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is > addressed. It may contain privileged, confidential information which is > exempt from disclosure under applicable laws. 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www.xymon.com now available via IPv6
by henrik＠hswn.dk 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Hi, if any of you are connected via IPv6, then www.xymon.com and the mailing list server is now available directly through IPv6, at this easy-to-remember address: 2001:16d8:dda8:0:21c:c0ff:fec0:1875 You don't have to worry about that since DNS has also been updated, so it should all happen automatically. This also means I now have the ability to actually test some IPv6 code, so there is a much better chance of Xymon getting IPv6 support now. Regards, Henrik

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help
by mill168＠qq.com 08 Nov '11

08 Nov '11

Hi, I am currently testing xymon, found that traffic shows the time interval is too long, shorten it? Where change? How do I edit? Such as 5 minutes, 8 hours, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days? Thanks!

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