November 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

FreeBSD 8.0+ memory reporting patch
by feld＠feld.me 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

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Combining Macros in alerts.cfg EXHOST?
by betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

I'm trying to make my alerts.cfg a lot simpler. I've got two macros defining groups of hosts. To simplify slightly: $NOPAGE=%(^*.eng|^netmon2).example.com $VIP=%(^web|^ftp|^mail-relay).example.com,web-vip,mail-vip Each macro works by itself when I use it in a rule. However I want to make a rule that groups these two together, something like so: HOST=* EXHOST=%($VIP,$NOPAGE) SERVICE=$SYSENG include syseng.escalation.cfg I'm not getting this to work , with various combinations : %($NOPAGE,$VIP) %($NOPAGE|$VIP) The rules are catching hosts in $NOPAGE but not in $VIP I could make a third combined group, but since I've got other rules that just apply to $VIP or $NOPAGE it would be nice to be able to do this thanks for any clues Betsy

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alerts.cfg
by olivier＠audry.fr 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

hello is any way to use include for alerts.cfg ? thx oau

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Xymon 4.3.x on Solaris 10 SPARC w/libwrap installed
by novosirj＠umdnj.edu 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sorry for the false start earlier -- it does indeed appear to be related to RRDtool, but not a result of the wrong RRDtool version. The issue appears to be that something about having libwrap available (which I've seen may since have been patched to correct this, but still appears many places unpatched) causes undefined symbol errors when compiling Xymon (and apparently a lot of other stuff). The error I get is: Undefined first referenced symbol in file deny_severity /usr/sfw/lib/libwrap.so.1 allow_severity /usr/sfw/lib/libwrap.so.1 A way to correct this is to add the following lines to any affected bit of source code: int allow_severity; int deny_severity; The three programs that won't build because of this are xymond/xymond_rrd, web/showgraph.cgi, and web/perfdata.cgi . If I add those two variables, Xymon will finish compiling. I see mention of libwrap having been fixed by adding a libvars.c with those two lines in it. However, I don't know what the real solution is as far as Xymon is concerned. It does seem to be in some way related to RRD however. There are also some mentions of consumers of libwrap needing to define those two variables. However I don't even think Xymon intends to make use of libwrap any, so I'm not sure what to say here. - -- - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Sr. Systems Programmer |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |novosirj at umdnj.edu - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/EI-Academic Svcs. - ADMC 450, Newark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlC0BgUACgkQmb+gadEcsb7EWwCgkCQc9WQzTCruA76Ob7Fiwnqc IXkAn3j/mxizCEA1pe38eISa3zUlyIm9 =o06O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RRDTool versions and Xymon
by novosirj＠umdnj.edu 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm running into an issue where the easiest RRDtool to have installed is v1.4. Xymon mentions 1.2 at the max (looking originally for 1.0) and fails to compile with 1.4. Is there any plan to support later versions in the near term? That problem is only going to get worse obviously. Thanks! - -- - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Sr. Systems Programmer |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |novosirj at umdnj.edu - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/EI-Academic Svcs. - ADMC 450, Newark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlCz7xcACgkQmb+gadEcsb7g6wCg4ZPl4hTjXa0iN+EckTa26mlI OkoAoIl/hBBa1kRsMHHcbPQGvGsolFh5 =jcxq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Xymon Monitoring - Need help
by ashwingrwl＠gmail.com 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hi Friends, Need one help. We want to set up xymon monitoring on one linux box (Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2)and agents on windows 2003 and 2008 web servers. Can anyone please let me know the instructions i need to follow ? Thank you for your time and assistance. Ashu.

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Hosts.cfg - layout questions
by Venkatesh_S04＠infosys.com 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hi All ,Need your help with respect to formatting the output of of xymon generated page .We are using group-compress to combine (group) several parmaters .However we have some groups with fewer parameters than others .Is it possible to add dummy columns (columns without any display) such that all the groups on that page are of the same row length and hence automatically aligned .Please advise if this is a viable option . Sample of host file 172.21.98.135 DB_File_Permission # noconn noinfo notrends Directory_Objects_and_UTL_Files External_Table_Data SP_File_Visibility Regards, Venkatesh From: Venkatesh Subbaramu Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 3:40 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Hosts.cfg - layout questions Hi All , Is there a parameter that can be configured on the hosts.cfg to change the group/column indentation (the start position of the group/column) in order to align it more to the right then in the center . Currently the group (set of columns) is displayed in the center . Regards, Venkatesh [cid:image001.png at 01CDCC06.B80640A0] **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***

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Xymon 4.3.10 svcstatus.sh count parameter for disk service
by sitrix＠camheds.net 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hello. Could you please help me resolve issue with count parameter in URL. For any host that have 4 disk partitions, when opening http://xymon.server.com/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=hostname&SERVICE=disk URL for RRD graph contain "count=3" http://xymon.server.com/xymon-cgi/showgraph.sh?host=hostname&service=disk&g… But, when accessing trends page for same host http://xymon.server.com/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=hostname&SERVICE=trends RRD graph URL for disk contain "count=4" http://xymon.server.com/xymon-cgi/showgraph.sh?host=hostname&service=disk&g… -- WBR Nikolay

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Help also needed : XYmon + SNMP traps
by linuxmasterjedi＠free.fr 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hi, I would like to know if anyone here setup a working XYmon + SNMP trap config? I've found this http://cerebro.victoriacollege.edu/hobbit-trap.html, but it's not crystal clear for me, I'm not a SNMP fanboy. Any advices, information or so ? Thanks PS : XYmon 4.2.? on Ubuntu. -- LMJ "May the source be with you my young padawan"

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Creating graphs on the fly?
by me＠pjr.cc 25 Nov '12

25 Nov '12

Hi All, Im trying to create a graph on the fly from a custom script. Currently im monitoring a piece of software via an external script, and depending on whats happening with the software the script creates or deletes column's within xymon (i.e. what gets monitored by xymon changes over time). That all works fine, but im now trying to add/remove a graph each time a column is added/removed and i've found two ways of doing this so far (automated from the script): 1) change the test2rrd/graphs in xymonserver.cfg and add an entry in graphs.cfg then send my data via the "trends" data channel. 2) same as above but add an ncv variable to xymonserver.cfg and send data via the data channel for the column, kills off the xymon_rrd processes. In both cases my ext script modifies xymonserver.cfg and graphs.cfg on the fly and im curious to know if theres a better way of doing this?

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