July 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Multiple critical view with criticalview.sh ?
by nicolas＠lienard.name 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Hi I d like to understand how the /xymon-cgi/criticalview.sh|criticalview.cgi works. In fact; this view is really useful; and i would like to create new critical view like this one with different hosts. (one critical view for top10 customers for instance; another one for Spain hosts only etc). I tried to duplicate criticalview.sh to criticalview_NEW.sh and to modify the ENV variable: . /opt/xymon//server/etc/cgioptions_NEW.cfg and in this file to change XYMONENV=/opt/xymon//server/etc/xymonserver_NEW.cfg instead of /xymonserver.cfg then in this file i modified HOSTSCFG="$XYMONHOME/etc/hosts.d/top10customers.cfg" instead of HOSTSCFG="$XYMONHOME/etc/hosts.cfg. but it doesn t change anything; criticalview_NEW.sh is still showing everything :/ I also though about having multiple critical.cfg but i don t know how to tell xymon to look at another critical.cfg file :( in /web/criticalview.c, there is a reference to this file: if (!critconfig[0]) { critconfig = (char **)realloc(critconfig, 2*sizeof(char *)); critconfig[0] = (char *)malloc(strlen(xgetenv("XYMONHOME")) + strlen(DEFAULT_CRITCONFIGFN) + 2); sprintf(critconfig[0], "%s/%s", xgetenv("XYMONHOME"), DEFAULT_CRITCONFIGFN); critconfig[1] = NULL; } and DEFAULT_CRITCONFIGFN is defined in /opt/repo/src/xymon-4.3.7/lib/loadcriticalconf.h #define DEFAULT_CRITCONFIGFN "etc/critical.cfg" but don t see anywhere how to override this variable ? tried also to create a new view with xymongen but it generates only a basic critical.html and nongreen.html file... nothing related to the CGI at the end :( any clue will be appreciated. thanks Cheers Nico

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xymonlaunch crashed on client and red alert presented to server?
by cleaver＠terabithia.org 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Probably just a coincidence; I don't think anything particularly changed with the signaling code. Did it happen more than once? The lack of auto-clearing might be construed as a feature, considering that segfaults and the like aren't supposed to happen and should probably be looked at ;) To clear, just issue a "xymon drop HOST.xymonlaunch" like any other status. HTH, -jc > Henrik or anyone, > > I was tempted to hijack the 4.3.9 thread but held myself back. > > Problem: xymonlaunch crashed on a client and the server created a > xymonlaunch column > > This is the first I have seen this behavior. Was this added with 4.3.8 or > is this just a coincidence? > > It would not be a big deal if I didn't have to manually drop the alert > since there is no clear or green status sent when it recovers. Again this > alert is on a client host not the server. > > > ~David > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >

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Multiple critical view with criticalview.sh ?
by nicolas＠lienard.name 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Hi I d like to understand how the /xymon-cgi/criticalview.sh|criticalview.cgi works. In fact; this view is really useful; and i would like to create new critical view like this one with different hosts. (one critical view for top10 customers for instance; another one for Spain hosts only etc). I tried to duplicate criticalview.sh to criticalview_NEW.sh and to modify the ENV variable: . /opt/xymon//server/etc/cgioptions_NEW.cfg and in this file to change XYMONENV=/opt/xymon//server/etc/xymonserver_NEW.cfg instead of /xymonserver.cfg then in this file i modified HOSTSCFG="$XYMONHOME/etc/hosts.d/top10customers.cfg" instead of HOSTSCFG="$XYMONHOME/etc/hosts.cfg. but it doesn t change anything; criticalview_NEW.sh is still showing everything :/ I also though about having multiple critical.cfg but i don t know how to tell xymon to look at another critical.cfg file :( in /web/criticalview.c, there is a reference to this file: if (!critconfig[0]) { critconfig = (char **)realloc(critconfig, 2*sizeof(char *)); critconfig[0] = (char *)malloc(strlen(xgetenv("XYMONHOME")) + strlen(DEFAULT_CRITCONFIGFN) + 2); sprintf(critconfig[0], "%s/%s", xgetenv("XYMONHOME"), DEFAULT_CRITCONFIGFN); critconfig[1] = NULL; } and DEFAULT_CRITCONFIGFN is defined in /opt/repo/src/xymon-4.3.7/lib/loadcriticalconf.h #define DEFAULT_CRITCONFIGFN "etc/critical.cfg" but don t see anywhere how to override this variable ? tried also to create a new view with xymongen but it generates only a basic critical.html and nongreen.html file... nothing related to the CGI at the end :( any clue will be appreciated. thanks Cheers Nico

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xymonlaunch crashed on client and red alert presented to server?
by david.gore＠verizon.com 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Henrik or anyone, I was tempted to hijack the 4.3.9 thread but held myself back. Problem: xymonlaunch crashed on a client and the server created a xymonlaunch column This is the first I have seen this behavior. Was this added with 4.3.8 or is this just a coincidence? It would not be a big deal if I didn't have to manually drop the alert since there is no clear or green status sent when it recovers. Again this alert is on a client host not the server. ~David

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Xymon 4.3.8 Bug report
by Chris.Morris＠rwe.com 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Noticed that since upgrading to Xymon 4.3.8 I am getting errors in the apache error_log :- [Tue Jul 24 10:19:59 2012] [error] [client xx.xxx.xxx.xx] 2012-07-24 10:19:59 Sendto failed: Socket is not connected, referer: http://xymon/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=hostname&SERVICE=cpu, this seems to be generated for every status column. Regards, Chris **************************************************************************** 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). *****************************************************************************

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Why trends column always shown with alerts
by john.horne＠plymouth.ac.uk 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

Hello, Using Xymon 4.3.7 the 'trends' column always seems to be shown on the 'Current non-green Systems' page whenever a client receives a red/yellow status. I can sort of understand this if, for example, the CPU usage suddenly gets very high. That causes a red status, and I guess since the CPU usage is graphed on the 'trends' page so that column is shown as well. However, the 'trends' column also appears if some of our local tests receive a red/yellow status. These tests are not graphed, and so don't appear on the trends page. Any way we can turn off the 'trends' column always appearing? Thanks, John. -- John Horne Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Plymouth University, UK Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001

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Enable/disable change?
by Tom.Moore＠sas.com 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

If my memory serves me correctly, in 4.3.7 when you chose to disable a test, when you clicked the "until OK" checkbox, it acted as an "OR", meaning that it ignored whatever date was there and disabled infinitely "or until ok". However, in 4.3.8 now, it seems to have turned into a different "OR", whereas if you just click "until OK", it disables it for however long you set it, or until OK, whichever comes first. I think the latter does make more sense in a way, but I didn't see this documented in the changelog (or maybe I'm just getting old and I am imagining things). Can someone verify the proper process for me? Thanks, Tom

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Question about NO FILES monitoring and PAGE = statement
by Don.Kuhlman＠schawk.com 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Hi folks. I'm trying to figure out the logic needed to exclude FILES monitoring from hosts defined on a PAGE= statement in alerts.cfg The analysis.cfg file has "NO FILES" defined at the top, so I thought it would exclude any FILEs from being reported on. The alerts.cfg file has a PAGE=APPNAME and then an alert defined to send emails to a "APPNAME at company.com" group for any hosts on these pages, so they are getting emails from hosts defined on the "APPNAME" page saying "no files checked" On one of the apphosts xymon pages, it shows Alerting: and that includes conn, cpu, disk, files, memory, msgs, ports, procs all going to the appname at company.com recipient. How do I stop the files emails ? Thanks Don K

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Multiplicated Background-gif after upgrade to 4.3.5
by Rolands＠logicaltech.com.au 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

After upgrading to 4.3.5 I get this funny striped blue background on my notes pages. Haven't had time to look at until now, it was a long time since I upgraded. All other pages looks just fine. I found a similar thread in which Henrik answered like this, But it works only for the service pages, not notes. >Your web templates haven't been updated with the 4.3.x versions - this >typically happens, if you have modified them locally. Copy the >xymon-4.3.5/xymond/webfiles/ directory to ~xymon/server/web/ and this should be fixed. All my notes .html pages has this: <BODY BGCOLOR="blue" BACKGROUND="/xymon/gifs/bkg-blue.gif" TEXT="#D8D8BF" LINK="#00FFAA" VLINK="#FFFF44"> I have also installed the "notes editor" Any ideas how to get the standard background? Best Regards, Roland Soderstrom

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Devmon graphs on status pages
by jlaidman＠rebel-it.com.au 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

I use devmon to fetch and graph temperature data into RRD files, and to report the status in the "temp" column/status page. In order to capture the data, TEST2RRD includes "temp=devmon", and the graph is displayed on the trends page, as expected. However I want the graph to display on the "temp" status page, and having "temp=devmon" isn't sufficient for the graph to display on the status page. Instead, I need to have just "temp" in TEST2RRD (without the "=devmon" part). This seems to work just fine. Not only do the graphs now appear in the "temp" status page, but I also appear to be getting updated data into the RRD files and shown on the graphs, and I can't find any ill effects of this change. So my question is, what does the "=devmon" do, and why is it required?

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