September 2012 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

HP-UX client
by novosirj＠umdnj.edu 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sunfreeware is still Sunfreeware. I personally prefer OpenCSW. On 09/27/2012 01:59 PM, Deiss, Mark wrote: > First thing that you will need to establish is whether the HPUX box > has either the HP commercial ANSI C compiler or the GCC C > non-commercial compiler. If you do not have either, have two > possible approaches: > > > > 1) If you are allowed to install a C compiler, you can obtain a > HP gcc compiler package from the HP Porting Center (there will be > some other requisite packages) > > 2) Install the xymon client without the binaries built from > source but rather fill in with a shell/perl based transmission > client to replace the HPUX/Xymon transmission binary. > > > > Same approach for the Solaris boxes – you can get a free gcc C > compiler from Sunfreeware site (hmm… wonder when/if it has been > rebranded to something like Oraclefreeware). > > > > For VMS, I sort of doubt you will be able to do a compilation from > the Xymon source. For that, you may need to dig out using google > and ~old, old, Big Brother client implementation for VMS. May be > able to get a perl transmission client to work – but perl is not > necessarily installed on the VMS box. > > > > *From:*xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] > *On Behalf Of *Ray Reuter *Sent:* Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:32 > PM *To:* Ryan Novosielski *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* Re: > [Xymon] HP-UX client > > > > Thank you Ryan, > > > > The only issue I have is I do not have it on anything but Windows > machines, I have no real idea of how to do the install or even > where to download the xymon client from for HP-UX. > > I have the windows client running on over 800+ machines right now. > and none of my vms, linux, HP-UX, ESX or Solaris machines are > monitored. > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Ryan Novosielski > <novosirj at umdnj.edu <mailto:novosirj at umdnj.edu>> wrote: > > > On 09/27/2012 12:35 PM, Ray Reuter wrote: >> Does anyone have a good client install for monitoring HP-UX or >> OpenVMS? The HP-UX is my main concern and also I would have >> almost no idea of how to do the install of the client so any >> major help would be appreciated. > >> Thanks as always. > > It is the same as configuring for other operating systems. Give it > a shot and let us know what trouble you run into. One caveat is > that it is best (necessary?) to install the GNU complier/linker. > Aside from that, I don't remember it being special in any way. > > _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > > > - -- - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |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 Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBknSoACgkQmb+gadEcsb70HwCgijtPkN94OBJIuS9s7ir0C7rA nj0An3fMAsUisdoEq0+zcr1hqXxHyEpq =YoSu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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xymon-rclient.sh
by kc6ovd＠gmail.com 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

I am trying to get your script (xymon-rclient.sh) running on my xymon and have hit some issue that must have something to do with my environment. Wednesday, September 26, 2012 03:25:55 PM CDT: starting //usr/local/xymon/server/ext/xymon-rclient.sh //usr/local/xymon/server/ext/xymon-rclient.sh: trap: bad trap Wednesday, September 26, 2012 03:25:55 PM CDT: finished //usr/local/xymon/server/ext/xymon-rclient.sh (completed 0 out of 0) I have ssh keys all setup and I can ssh to the client no problem. So I set the debug option them get this: //usr/local/xymon/server/ext/xymon-rclient.sh: test: argument expected the xymon server is solaris 10. and I am running xymon 4.3.10 -Kevin

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Template engine, responsive webdesign, app, rss, ...
by Marco.Schoemaker＠nlr.nl 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

L.S., I'm not a xymon specialist, so maybe some of my ideas are already on some wishlist. I'm sorry for that. I've been going through some of the sources of xymon and noticed there's room for improvements. The HTML code is hardcoded in the sources. I think by separating code and layout, each is easier to maintain and some extra functionality could be added: - responsive web design to improve displaying on tablets and smartphones; - and/or develop app to support alerting etc on tablets/smartphones; - add RSS feeds for interactions (alerts, enabling/disabling services, ...); - opt-in/opt-out system for alerting etc; - e-mail interface for alerting, acknowledgements, services, ...; - single-sign-on for administration; - personal pages, per user layout, ... If I could/would add some of these wishes, would you be interested in adopting those in the original xymon sources? If not, what's the best way to as for or offer changes? Marco Schoemaker National Aerospace Laboratory NLR The Netherlands ****************************************************************************************************************** The NLR disclaimer is valid for NLR e-mail messages. This message is only meant for providing information. Nothing in this e-mail message amounts to a contractual or legal commitment on the part of the sender. This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. Sender accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages. ******************************************************************************************************************

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Xymon 4.2.3 / Trouble with alternate pagesets
by novosirj＠umdnj.edu 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, A couple of problems with alternate pagesets on Xymon 4.2.3 (I'll be upgrading to 4.3.x shortly). Just to give a little background information, I have a virtualhost (xymon) pointing / on xymon to /opt/xymon/server/www . I also have one server running the Xymon display and two Solaris zones running half of the network tests each (so three different places where the bb-hosts file exists). The issues: 1) All of the links/embedded images are asking for /hobbit/gifs/<imgfile>.gif, despite the fact that this is the code I'm using on the bbgen command: BBWEB="/loc" $BBHOME/bin/bbgen --pageset=loc $BBHOME/www/loc/ ...as per the manual. Adding a symbolic link in the / directory (in this case /opt/xymon/server/www) hobbit -> . solves the problem, but it makes no sense to me. 2) bbgen runs fine, generates the whole webpage structure, but all of the subpages where the hosts are supposed to appear are blank. I've used xxpage and xxsubpage and then defined on the host lines XX:<subpagename>. Originally I had the xxpage/xxsubpage stuff at the bottom of the file and noticed that doesn't work, and I moved it to the top and now this is where I'm stuck. Any ideas or questions? - -- - ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Sr. Systems Programmer |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |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 Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlBSQeMACgkQmb+gadEcsb7L6ACgnnOq3W9FLQP2LBknrxNX7lPU jUYAoNe6nksQCCMz2EUjabs6DvRej/Kj =2mWI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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REPEAT not working in alarm.cfg
by sanderson＠CORNETSER.com 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Ryan Novosielski, your insight did the trick, Having REPEAT on the first line of the Alarm cause it to fail(be ignored) for me. Moving REPEAT to the second line works like a champ. Thanks. ###Fails to prevent 30 minute repeat### PAGE=247OnCall COLOR=purple DURATION>30 REPEAT=720 SERVICE=conn SCRIPT /var/www/html/247OnCall/switchvox/callRotation.pl test ###REPEAT Works#### PAGE=247OnCall COLOR=purple DURATION>30 SERVICE=conn SCRIPT /var/www/html/247OnCall/switchvox/callRotation.pl test REPEAT=720 Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" 20010 Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD 20837 direct: 240-425-4904 | main: 301.948.8077 | fax: 301.349.2518 http://www.cornetser.com<http://www.cornetser.com/> [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook]Join CNS on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/CorporateNetworkServices?ref=ts> AWE Best Place to Work 2006-2012; Eco-Leader 2009-2012; Health and Wellness Trailblazer 2010-2012 ...ask me how you can feel happier about IT support with [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: untitled] P Please consider the environment before printing this email

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Googling xymonton.org
by spah＠syntec.co.uk 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Hi xymonton.org / theshire administrator, (cc list) I googled for: monitors:asterisk-iax2 This was the 3rd results: www.xymonton.org/monitors:asterisk-iax2 Block <https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=monitors%3Aasterisk-iax2&ie=utf-8&oe=utf- 8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a#> all www.xymonton.org results A description for this result is not available because of this site's robots.txt <https://www.xymonton.org/robots.txt> - learn <https://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=156449> more. [https://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=156449] I find that xymonton.org does not usually come up [high] in Google results. The above may be one reason. For example, it does not come up in the first 5 pages of results (and no-one is likely to look further than that) if I google for: xymon iax2 test which is what I originally googled for until I found this page: http://lists.xymon.com/oldarchive/2008/09/msg00109.html with a link to: http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/monitors:asterisk-iax2 I clicked that page, and got: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /index.php/home/http/skriv.org/main/www/theshire/doku.php/monitors:asterisk- iax2 on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. So then, I issued the first google query above to find the correct link. It would help xymon if xymonton.org came up prominently in the results of relevant search queries. Not to mention, helping existing xymon users searching for add-ons! ;) And I think the first two things that might help with this are (a) changing robots.txt; and (b) fixing all the links like the trantor.org link above to redirect to the appropriate page on xymonton.org. Given that the URL format is the same, I don't suppose this is too difficult to achieve. If you would like any help with this, let me and / or the xymon list know what software you are using and I'm sure we will do our best to assist. Kind regards, Sebastian A

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Alarms.cfg REPEAT=Minutes not working?
by sanderson＠CORNETSER.com 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

My Alarms are as follows: PAGE=247OnCall COLOR=purple DURATION>30 REPEAT=720 SERVICE=conn SCRIPT /var/www/html/247OnCall/switchvox/callRotation.pl test PAGE=247OnCall COLOR=red DURATION>240 REPEAT=720 SERVICE=disk SCRIPT /var/www/html/247OnCall/switchvox/callRotation.pl test

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247OnCall Call rotation and dialer Alpha.01 now available.
by sanderson＠CORNETSER.com 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Xymoners, I have now pushed our first alpha version of the 247OnCall Web application to http://www.squidworks.net/247OnCall/ Anyone wanting to learn more about OnCall rotations and auto dialer for support calls may want to take a peek at our web app. It's free so go forth and alarm at will !! Shannon Anderson, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE Support Centre Systems Engineer Corporate Network Services "Count on Us" 20010 Fisher Ave, Suite E Poolesville, MD 20837 direct: 240-425-4904 | main: 301.948.8077 | fax: 301.349.2518 http://www.cornetser.com<http://www.cornetser.com/> [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Facebook]Join CNS on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/#!/CorporateNetworkServices?ref=ts> AWE Best Place to Work 2006-2012; Eco-Leader 2009-2012; Health and Wellness Trailblazer 2010-2012 ...ask me how you can feel happier about IT support with [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: untitled] P Please consider the environment before printing this email

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http test message ~ "Connected, but got empty response (code:0)"
by kapildev.khemraj.1＠bc.edu 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hello everyone, I am trying to do an http test to a website. I am receiving the above message, causing the http test to alert red. Can some shed some light on this for me, as I am not certain how to resolve this (if it is possible). I am running Xymon 4.3.5 on red hat linux 5 update 7. When I use curl (curl -Lv) to connect to the website, I get the following error message: * SSL read: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0), errno 104 * Empty reply from server curl: (52) SSL read: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0), errno 104 I am not certain what other info I should post that will be helpful to aid in my question. Thanks, Kapildev Khemraj

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Issue with windows server
by Venkatesh_S04＠infosys.com 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hi All , I have a windows server being monitored via xymon . The status of the server for the conn parameter says "no such host" . However I am able to ping to the IP address mentioned in the hosts.cfg .Can you please provide additional clues for troubleshooting . Thanks for your help !!! Regards, Venkatesh **************** 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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