June 2013 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

flapping DNS error
by dboldt＠usgs.gov 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

I have recently downloaded xymon version 4.3.11 to experiment with as a replacement for the last publicly available version of Big Brother. It is running on Solaris 10 x86. The http test on the Display server, for itself, has a flapping status for http with DNS errors. I've experimented with the following, restarting the xymon server application each time server/etc/tasks.cfg CMD xymonnet --report --ping --checkresponse --concurrency=64 CMD xymonnet --report --ping --checkresponse --no-ares server/etc/tasks.cfg/hosts.cfg 130.11.50.48 owipm1.er.usgs.gov # bbd http://owipm1.er.usgs.gov =130.11.50.48 I am only monitoring the server itself and one remote host. xymond.log shows 2013-06-05 00:49:40 Flapping detected for owipm1.er.usgs.gov:cron - 5 changes in 1507 seconds xymonlaunch.log shows many of these 2013-06-05 10:35:04 Task xymongen terminated by signal 6 2013-06-05 10:36:04 Task xymongen terminated by signal 6 2013-06-05 10:37:06 Task xymongen terminated by signal 6 I've run a script which uses dig on the FQDN for the server once every second, and have never seen even a significant delay, let alone a failure. -- -- David Boldt <dboldt at usgs.gov> "Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good." --Samuel Johnson [1709 - 1784], (attributed)

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Has anyone played around with a Nagios wrapper for xymon?
by betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

There are so many Nagios plug-ins out there, and we've grabbed a few for xymon and rewritten them, but I'm wondering how feasible it would be to just write a generic nagios wrapper script that called a nagios test and returned the results in xymon format. Seems like it should be straightforward, so I'm wondering if anyone out there has done this already? Betsy -never write what you can steal

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way to tell what version of the client is running
by Paul.Root＠CenturyLink.com 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hi, Is there a way from the server, to find out what version the client is running? I looked in the xymon command man page, but didn't find anything. Paul.

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what does "O" mean in the [bind] section in graphs.cfg
by jlaidman＠rebel-it.com.au 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Guys The graphs.cfg file has a [bind] section, obviously for graphing BIND DNS query counts for different resource record types (A, SOA, MX, etc). The DS names match the resource record types. One of those types RR types is called "O". As far as I know there's no such record type. So I'm guessing this means "Other", or all other record types. Can anyone confirm that "O" means "Other"? I haven't found anything in doco about this, but it's probably there for compatibility with Hobbit or BigBrother graphs. I could just make a new [bind] section, but I'd like to maintain backwards compatibility. Cheers Jeremy

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IGNORE ignored
by Nick＠Pettefar.com 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

In the server/etc/analysis.cfg file I have the following: HOST=ourserver1 LOG=/var/adm/messages IGNORE="%terminal-device not specifiedby login%" # LOG=/var/adm/messages IGNORE="terminal-device not specifiedby login" I want to ignore messages containing the string "terminal-device not specifiedby login" May 31 17:22:53 ourserver1 bpjava-msvc[7112]: [ID 427199 user.error] pam_dial_auth: terminal-device not specifiedby login, returning Error in underlying service module. Unfortunately it doesn't work. From: system user for Xymon Subject: Xymon [214797] ourserver1-ge1:msgs CRITICAL (RED) red Wed May 29 12:52:59 IST 2013 - System logs NOT ok &red Critical entries in <a href="/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh? CLIENT=ourserver1&SECTION=msgs:/var/adm/messages">/var/adm/messages</a> &red May 29 12:51:56 ourserver1 bpjava-msvc[12541]: [ID 427199 user.error] pam_dial_auth: terminal-device not specifiedby login, returning Error in underlying service module. &red May 29 12:51:56 ourserver1 bpjava-msvc[12541]: [ID 427199 user.error] pam_dial_auth: terminal-device not specifiedby login, returning Error in underlying service module. <pre> </pre> <pre> </pre> <pre> </pre> What am I doing wrong? Regards, Nick Pettefar

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Xymon application is not working
by Siddesha.Hanumantharayappa＠ness.com 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Hi Team, Xymon application is not working I am finding error logs, please help me someone on this. Below logs in "xymond.log" 2013-05-31 14:49:02 xymond servername MACHINE='uspvldmzlx29' not listed in hosts.cfg, dropping xymond status Below logs in "xymongen.log" 2013-05-27 11:01:35 xymond status-board not available, code 7 2013-05-27 11:01:35 Failed to load current Xymon status, aborting page-update 2013-05-27 11:02:32 Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout) 2013-05-27 11:02:32 -> 2013-05-27 11:02:32 -> Recipient '161.230.144.78', timeout 15 2013-05-27 11:02:32 -> 1st line: 'xymondboard fields=hostname,testname,color,flags,lastchange,logtime,validtime,acktime,disabletime,sender,cookie,line1,acklist' Below logs in "xymonlaunch.log" 2013-05-31 10:28:53 Setting up logfiles 2013-05-31 11:59:01 xymonlaunch starting 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Loading tasklist configuration from /home/xymon/server/etc/tasks.cfg 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Cannot open directory /home/xymon/server/etc/tasks.d 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Loading hostnames 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Loading saved state 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Setting up signal handlers 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Setting up xymond channels 2013-05-31 11:59:01 Setting up logfiles Below logs in "xymonnetagain.log" 2013-05-28 11:48:21 Execution of '/usr/local/sbin/fping -Ae' failed with error-code 4 2013-05-28 11:48:21 /usr/local/sbin/fping: can't create raw socket (must run as root?) : Operation not permitted Thanks, Siddesh The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by forwarding this email to MailAdmin at ness.com and then delete it from your system. Ness technologies is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.

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