November 2016 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

ports/procs flapping
by slates23＠yahoo.com 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

Hello, I am working on a problem where alarms keep randomly keep going off on a server. I have taken some screen shots to show you what I am seeing as well. I'll start with the ports issue first. Just let me know if you need more information and I can provide you with it. I am relatively new to working with xymon so any help that you can provide would be beneficial. Thank you in advance!Charles

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Installation on Ubuntu server 16.4 LTS
by MCooper＠ACT.BM 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

Hi, Long time user of BB, enthusiastic amateur with Linux, trying to get xymon installed on Ubuntu server 16.04 and it fails on pcre checking during the ./configure. I have confirmed that the pcre includes are installed in /usr/include and libs in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu I have used -pcreinclude /usr/include - pcrelib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu I ran a sudo apt-get install apache2 rrdtool librrd-dev libpcre3-dev libssl-dev ldap-utils libldap2-dev fping before trying to run ./configure Checking for PCRE ... /bin/sh: 1: gcc: not found /bin/sh: 1: gcc: not found make: gcc: Command not found Makefile.test-pcre:4: recipe for target 'test-compile' failed make: *** [test-compile] Error 127 ERROR: Cannot compile using PCRE library. /bin/sh: 1: gcc: not found make: gcc: Command not found Makefile.test-pcre:7: recipe for target 'test-link' failed make: *** [test-link] Error 127 ERROR: Cannot link with PCRE library. /bin/sh: 1: gcc: not found Missing PCRE include- or library-files. These are REQUIRED for xymond PCRE can be found at http://www.pcre.org/ If you have PCRE installed, use the "--pcreinclude DIR" and "--pcrelib DIR" options to configure to specify where they are. Any idea what I'm doing wrong or missing? Thank Marcus Marcus Cooper Senior Systems Engineer Applied Computer Technologies t: 14412785635 m: +1-441-704-0887 e: MCooper at ACT.BM www.act.bm<http://www.act.bm/> ________________________________ This message and any attachments is intended for the use of the individual at Xymon at xymon.com or the company named above only and contains information that is privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this message and notify us immediately. If you are the intended recipient and did not receive the complete message, please notify us by telephone at (441)295-1616 or via email at info at act.bm - Thank you!

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XYMon - ESXi 6 - Check RAM/CPU/DISK/NTP
by freesoftwareservers＠gmail.com 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

Just wanted to share a custom script I made for XYMon for monitoring VMware ESXi hosts. I couldn't get any of the existing code to work, so I made my own. Comments/Suggestions are welcome. https://www.freesoftwareservers.com/wiki/esxi-6-ram-cpu-disk-check-ntp-xymon -ubuntu-3965405.html The only remaining issue is that none of my client side scripts seem to be called by Xymon, I have to use CRON, but it works. root at monitor:/etc/xymon# cat /var/run/xymon/clientlaunch-include.cfg include /etc/xymon/clientlaunch.d/ntp.cfg include /etc/xymon/clientlaunch.d/esxi_ramdiskcpuntp.cfg

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Testing IP address Pool for online Clients
by clowther＠gmail.com 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

I was wondering, if you could setup xymon to check a pool of IP addresses for online clients. So say every DHCP pool ip address would populate when in use and show what device info it can? Any thoughts on How this would work? I know i Could use the Dialup and it would show a connection each time an IP address was in use but would like to see more info on what client etc. Clayton

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Script Emails getting truncated
by Padraig.Lennon＠pioneerinvestments.com 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Hi I'm running into the same issue as previously discussed on this list http://lists.xymon.com/pipermail/xymon/2015-January/040891.html I'm following the workaround in the discussion but since I'm using the Terabithia rpm's this may cause issues again in the future on upgrades. Is there any plan to increase the default value or get the ability to be able to define it as an environment variable? regards - Padraig The information in this e-mail and in any attachments is confidential and intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee(s). This information may be subject to legal, professional or other privilege and further distribution of it is strictly prohibited without our authority. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorised to disclose, copy, distribute, or retain this message or any part of it, and should notify us immediately. Please note that for business and regulatory purposes, emails and telephone calls to and from us, or our affiliates, may be subject to recording, storage and review. This email has been automatically scanned for the presence of computer viruses, profanities and certain file types but we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage whatsoever caused by same. Pioneer Investment Management Limited. 1 George’s Quay Plaza, George’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland. Registered in Ireland no. 287793.

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Multiple http headers
by pnixon＠gmail.com 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

Thanks for the reply. Going to script something for now, but will keep an eye out for updates On Nov 8, 2016 5:29 PM, "Japheth Cleaver" <cleaver at terabithia.org> wrote: On 11/8/2016 10:01 AM, Patrick Nixon wrote: > Hey all, > I'm attempted to pass two headers along with the http request. I found > httphdr which appears to be what I want to use. > > This is the hosts entry as it stands now. > (two lines > 0.0.0.0 apiserver # noconn auto https://apiserver/api/status > httphdr="X-app-key: 00000000000 > X-app-id: 1111111" > > I also tried > 0.0.0.0 apiserver # noconn auto https://apiserver/api/status > httphdr="X-app-key: 00000000000, X-app-id: 1111111" > > When I run this from the command line it works as expected > curl -H "X-app-id: 1111111" -H "X-app-key: 0000000000" > https://apiserver/api/status > > Suggestions on what to tweak to make this funcitonal? > Unfortunately, the current syntax doesn't really allow for it multiple headers properly. This is something that should probably be added, though. The string is naively inserted into the HTTP payload followed by a \r\n, but otherwise is unchanged. The problem with the first syntax is two-fold: hosts.cfg is processed first getting rid of escaped newlines, so when config options are passed in they're expected to be on a single line. The parser is looking for the end of the quote and/or the new line itself and stops there, so you only get the first part. Modifying that to incorporate the literal, alas, would give you "X-app-key: 00000000000\nX-app-id: 1111111" (assuming you're on a *nix system), but that's incorrect for headers. Allowing for multiple httphdr="" would be the cleanest syntax, but I'm not actually certain if we ever parse anything like that as it stands now, so it may take a little bit of work. Allowing for escaped values in quoted strings is another option. It's less clean for this value (httphdr="Something\r\nSomethingElse" - yuck) but could have other value. It also could cause problems with other options, though, like regex's which pass through to further processing. It also means re-escaping when doing hosts.cfg file transfers and queries. A short term hack would be to special case "\r\n" in this field alone and substitute the real thing at the moment when we inject the headers, but that's... also kind of ugly. Regards, -jc _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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Xymon installation comes up with empty graphs
by hf＠spg.tu-darmstadt.de 09 Nov '16

09 Nov '16

Hi, a xymon 4.3.27 installation I set up a while back generally works, but comes up with all blank graphs. The setup basically consists of additions to hosts.cfg. The host .rrd files are non-empty according to 'rrdtool info ...', and manually producing .png graph files after <http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2010-September/029443.html> results in plausible, non-blank graphs. Where do I go next? Cheerio, hauke -- The ASCII Ribbon Campaign Hauke Fath () No HTML/RTF in email Institut für Nachrichtentechnik /\ No Word docs in email TU Darmstadt Respect for open standards Ruf +49-6151-16-3281

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Multiple http headers
by pnixon＠gmail.com 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Hey all, I'm attempted to pass two headers along with the http request. I found httphdr which appears to be what I want to use. This is the hosts entry as it stands now. (two lines 0.0.0.0 apiserver # noconn auto https://apiserver/api/status httphdr="X-app-key: 00000000000 X-app-id: 1111111" I also tried 0.0.0.0 apiserver # noconn auto https://apiserver/api/status httphdr="X-app-key: 00000000000, X-app-id: 1111111" When I run this from the command line it works as expected curl -H "X-app-id: 1111111" -H "X-app-key: 0000000000" https://apiserver/api/status Suggestions on what to tweak to make this funcitonal?

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how are hosts with 0.0.0.0 address looked up?
by rlhamil2＠gmail.com 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

I had hoped it used gethostbyname() or better getipnodebyname() or getnameinfo(), which if the host's lookup mechanism were configured appropriately, might use a variety of services (including multicast DNS/Bonjour). But I'm guessing it bypasses all that and uses the resolver directly, because it's not working on an entry like 0.0.0.0 lapple.local to pick up an mDNS resolution. That would have taken care of me as I moved around and connected remotely via a VPN, given that I set up a script to register my transitory VPN address when I'm connected that way, and when I'm at home, the automatic Bonjour registration with my (DHCP but actually static) address would have happened instead. Is there an option to tell xymonnet to use one of the above calls instead of the resolver?

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BBD service on all clients red (Service unavailable)
by robertkschmitt＠gmail.com 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

Hello, on ALL my clients (openSUSE, ubuntu or centos) the bbd service is red with the following error: Service bbd on HOSTNAME is not OK : Service unavailable (Connection refused) Other cells like conn, http, info, etc are ok and green. I tried opening port 1984, but still red. bbd entry in protocols.cfg [bbd] # send "ping" # expect "xymond" send "dummy" port 1984 Best regards, Robert

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