July 2016 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Website monitoring?
by Ed.Ruben＠fox.com 28 Jul '16

28 Jul '16

Hi, We're setting up monitoring in xymon for our websites, most are working great but I have a few issues. Our hosts.cfg lines look like this: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx site.name.com # https:// site.name.com NK:http We're trying not to touch the sites by adding bbd files. In one case we have what I believe is a non-standard redirection resulting in an orange ! in the http column and this info on the http page for that site: [yellow] https://fngvob.foxinc.com/ - Moved Permanently HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Location: https://fngvob.foxinc.com/VOB_PD/ Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:10:15 GMT Connection: close Content-Length: 156 Seconds: 0.349426000 The second case is, there's a firewall rule that prevents us from pinging an outside site as a result for that site we have a red face in the conn column and when I click it I see: Service conn on fox.okta.com is not OK : Host does not respond to ping System unreachable for 132 poll periods (8135 seconds) [red] 54.197.192.167 is unreachable We would like to continue monitoring these sites because the info that is available is extremely valuable but would like to make the alerts go away without touching the sites or the firewall. Does anybody have any suggestions on how this might be done? Thanks, Ed Ruben Systems Engineer Fox Networks Group (310) 369-8403 or 38403 Edmond.Ruben at fox.com<mailto:Edmond.Ruben at fox.com> 10201 W. Pico Blvd. building 89 Los Angeles, CA 90035

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un-acking an alert
by john.thurston＠alaska.gov 28 Jul '16

28 Jul '16

Is there a way to remove an erroneously set acknowledgement? -- Do things because you should, not just because you can. John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Enterprise Technology Services Department of Administration State of Alaska

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alert configuration wildcard HOST
by bakgat8＠hotmail.com 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

This works HOST=%_ip_printer SERVICE=conn matches any host ending in %_ip_printer ../bin/xymoncmd xymond_alert --test DGMSA_HP4050_ip_printer conn 00017968 2016-07-27 12:35:29 *** Match with 'HOST=%_ip_printer SERVICE=conn' *** what I want to match now usphl0tsasdbv0 usphl0tsasvav1 I tried HOST=usphl0tsas% SERVICE=disk_app but it does not match 00017809 2016-07-27 12:34:21 Matching host:service:dgroup:page 'usphl0tsasvav1:disk_app:NONE:test' against rule line 30 00017809 2016-07-27 12:34:21 Failed 'HOST=usphl0tsas% SERVICE=disk_app' (hostname not in include list) Is there any way to have the wildcard be at the end? Thanks

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SNMP
by jlaidman＠rebel-it.com.au 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

On Tue, 26 Jul 2016, 08:45 Oskar Hammarström <oskar at campnorthernlight.com> wrote: > Ah, interesting. Now I have very lmited experience with both Xymon and > custom scripts, could you maybe explain to someone who's very novice on > this?, I guess by this you can get a graph that shows how much data as in > bytes that is used on the said network betweeen said devices that support > SNMP, i have a server that have support for SNMP which I plan on running > SNMP reporting from so Xymon can tell me how much data that were using on > the LAN: > Med Vänliga Hälsningar / Kind Regards *Oskar Hammarström* > (cc xymon) The devmon documentation is very good, so start there. Also here's a guide to setting it up: https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Other_Docs/HOW… There's also a devmon mailing list. Many people on the xymon mailing list are also on the devmon mailing list. Have a go at it by yourself, and if you get stuck, send specific questions to one of the lists. J

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SNMP
by oskar＠campnorthernlight.com 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

hi there, I am wondering if Xymon supports SNMP and if it does how would i best go about setting up SNMP to monitor my LAN and then graph the bytes useage? Thanks in advance. -- Med Vänliga Hälsningar / Kind Regards *Oskar*

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Setting up SNMP
by oskar＠campnorthernlight.com 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

Hey there, i am quite new to Xymon but I am wondering if it is possible to setup an SNMP graph?, so that it will monitor for example the LAN traffic between my devices on my LAN. Kind Regards Oskar --

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Convert bb-mdstat for Variables XYMON
by thomas.eckert＠it-eckert.de 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

(cc’ed the list) FWIW now that you got bb-mdstat working: Changes from 4.3.17 -> 4.3.18 (3 Feb 2015) * Linux client: - Generate 'raid' status from mdstat data Cheers Thomas > On 25 Jul 2016, at 00:00, FreeSoftwareServers <freesoftwareservers at gmail.com> wrote: > > Do you know which version upwards of the XYMon-Client includes /proc/mdstat? I am using apt-get in Ubuntu Currently, but I would compile manually if I found newer features embedded that I actually use. > > Going to try your alternate solution regardless, because my work uses AARCONF to check on the raid status currently and we use XYMon, so seems logical. > > Regards, > > John M. > > From: Thomas Eckert [mailto:thomas.eckert at IT-Eckert.de] > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 2:16 AM > To: FreeSoftwareServers <freesoftwareservers at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Convert bb-mdstat for Variables XYMON > > /proc/mdstat monitoring is included in newer Xymon clients (producing a 'raid' status). > > alternatively you might want to take a look at my raid-monitor extension which provides good/bad monitoring for afraid, LSI megaraid, 3ware/LSI, Adaptec aacraid: > http://www.it-eckert.com/software/raid-monitor/ <http://www.it-eckert.com/software/raid-monitor/> > Cheers > Thomas > > > On Jul 21, 2016 23:40, FreeSoftwareServers <freesoftwareservers at gmail.com <mailto:freesoftwareservers at gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hello XYMon Guru’s! >> >> >> >> I am trying to configure bb-mdstat found on https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php/monitors:bb-mdstat <https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php/monitors:bb-mdstat> , but all the variables point to BB*** and it doesn’t work, I think all the “scripting” would work If I could just figure out how to set the variables correctly, any chance we could get this updated for XYMON Variables.? >> >> >> >> Testing : >> >> >> >> donut at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext$ ./bb-mdstat.sh >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 62: [: unexpected operator >> >> BBHOME is not set... exiting >> >> >> >> Manually set : >> >> >> >> BBHOME=/usr/lib/xymon/client >> >> >> >> >> >> donut at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext$ ./bb-mdstat.sh >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 62: [: unexpected operator >> >> *** LOADING HOBBITCLIENT.CFG *** >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 88: .: Can't open /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg >> >> >> >> Manually set : >> >> >> >> if [ ! -d "$BBTMP" ] ; then # GET DEFINITIONS IF NEEDED >> >> echo "*** LOADING HOBBITCLIENT.CFG ***" >> >> . $BBHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg # INCLUDE STANDARD DEFINITIONS >> >> Fi >> >> >> >> And this is where I draw a blank… >> >> >> >> root at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext# ./bb-mdstat.sh >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 62: [: unexpected operator >> >> *** LOADING HOBBITCLIENT.CFG *** >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 3: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg: include: not found >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 4: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg: include: not found >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 17: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg: include: not found >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 135: ./bb-mdstat.sh: [[: not found >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 135: ./bb-mdstat.sh: raid5: not found >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 177: [: : >> >> blocks >> >> >> >> devices:: unexpected operator >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 177: [: : >> >> blocks >> >> >> >> devices:: unexpected operator >> >> Xymon version 4.3.7 >> >> Usage: /usr/lib/xymon/client/bin/xymon [--debug] [--merge] [--proxy=http://ip.of.the.proxy:port/] RECIPIENT DATA >> >> RECIPIENT: IP-address, hostname or URL >> >> DATA: Message to send, or "-" to read from stdin >> >> >> >> My mdadm config, regular RAID5 only one mdadm, and its md0. >> >> >> >> root at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext# cat /proc/mdstat >> >> Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] >> >> md0 : active raid5 sdc1[4] sdb1[0] sde1[5] sdd1[3] >> >> 14650914816 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU] >> >> >> >> unused devices: <none> >>

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Convert bb-mdstat for Variables XYMON - MDADM Changes config on Reboot even when in GOOD STATUS - Script not working
by thomas.eckert＠it-eckert.de 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

John, (cc’ed the list) unfortunately this re-ordering happens. — not only for mdraid (linux soft raid) but also for megaraid (LSI controllers) for instance. Without sacrificing the simplicity of `raid-monitor` I see no solution for this. Excluding lines that might permute _could_ be an option but at the risk of “missing” some bad state of the RAID. That being said: In a server setup where machines typically do not boot that often that’s an acceptable trade-off (for me). To ease the “recreate reference file”-pain you could have a mini-script (ssh line) on the xymon-server that re-creates the file after you checked the raid-status on the Xymon web interface (`ssh my-server ‘/usr/lib/xymon/client/bin/xymoncmd /usr/lib/xymon/client/ext/raid-monitor -r`). All the best Thomas > On 25 Jul 2016, at 01:14, FreeSoftwareServers <freesoftwareservers at gmail.com> wrote: > > I love this concept, but it seems to have a flaw with MDADM. I will still be using it @ work with AARCONF, since I don’t think that will have the same problem…. But here is the issue, my sd* are in a different order after rebooting which caused red status, needed to rebuild known “good” config. > > @FileServer:~$ cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4][raid10] > md0 : active raid5 sdc1[4] sdd1[3] sde1[5] sdb1[0] > 14650914816 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4][UUUU] > > unused devices: <none> > @FileServer:~$ cat /var/lib/xymon/tmp/raid-monitor-ref.txt > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> module "linux_mdraid": > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>> echo RAID fuer Softis > RAID fuer Softis > > >>> /bin/cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4][raid10] > md0 : active raid5 sdc1[4] sdb1[0] sde1[5] sdd1[3] > 14650914816 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4][UUUU] > > unused devices: <none> > @FileServer:# /usr/lib/xymon/client/bin/xymoncmd /usr/lib/xymon/client/ext/raid-monitor -d | grep "status .*\.raid" > 2016-07-24 19:08:52 Using default environment file /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg > $BB $BBDISP "status ${MACHINE}.raid red Sun Jul 24 19:08:52 EDT 2016 - linux_mdraid RAID(s) > > Anything I can do? I can’t re-create the “known good config” automatically on reboot, or how would I know its “known good” without looking at it! > > Regards, > > John M. > > From: Thomas Eckert [mailto:thomas.eckert at IT-Eckert.de <mailto:thomas.eckert at IT-Eckert.de>] > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 2:16 AM > To: FreeSoftwareServers <freesoftwareservers at gmail.com <mailto:freesoftwareservers at gmail.com>> > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Convert bb-mdstat for Variables XYMON > > /proc/mdstat monitoring is included in newer Xymon clients (producing a 'raid' status). > > alternatively you might want to take a look at my raid-monitor extension which provides good/bad monitoring for afraid, LSI megaraid, 3ware/LSI, Adaptec aacraid: > http://www.it-eckert.com/software/raid-monitor/ <http://www.it-eckert.com/software/raid-monitor/> > Cheers > Thomas > > > On Jul 21, 2016 23:40, FreeSoftwareServers <freesoftwareservers at gmail.com <mailto:freesoftwareservers at gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hello XYMon Guru’s! >> >> >> >> I am trying to configure bb-mdstat found on https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php/monitors:bb-mdstat <https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php/monitors:bb-mdstat> , but all the variables point to BB*** and it doesn’t work, I think all the “scripting” would work If I could just figure out how to set the variables correctly, any chance we could get this updated for XYMON Variables.? >> >> >> >> Testing : >> >> >> >> donut at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext$ ./bb-mdstat.sh >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 62: [: unexpected operator >> >> BBHOME is not set... exiting >> >> >> >> Manually set : >> >> >> >> BBHOME=/usr/lib/xymon/client >> >> >> >> >> >> donut at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext$ ./bb-mdstat.sh >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 62: [: unexpected operator >> >> *** LOADING HOBBITCLIENT.CFG *** >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 88: .: Can't open /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg >> >> >> >> Manually set : >> >> >> >> if [ ! -d "$BBTMP" ] ; then # GET DEFINITIONS IF NEEDED >> >> echo "*** LOADING HOBBITCLIENT.CFG ***" >> >> . $BBHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg # INCLUDE STANDARD DEFINITIONS >> >> Fi >> >> >> >> And this is where I draw a blank… >> >> >> >> root at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext# ./bb-mdstat.sh >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 62: [: unexpected operator >> >> *** LOADING HOBBITCLIENT.CFG *** >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 3: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg: include: not found >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 4: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg: include: not found >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 17: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg: include: not found >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 135: ./bb-mdstat.sh: [[: not found >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 135: ./bb-mdstat.sh: raid5: not found >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 177: [: : >> >> blocks >> >> >> >> devices:: unexpected operator >> >> ./bb-mdstat.sh: 177: [: : >> >> blocks >> >> >> >> devices:: unexpected operator >> >> Xymon version 4.3.7 >> >> Usage: /usr/lib/xymon/client/bin/xymon [--debug] [--merge] [--proxy=http://ip.of.the.proxy:port/] <http://ip.of.the.proxy:port/]> RECIPIENT DATA >> >> RECIPIENT: IP-address, hostname or URL >> >> DATA: Message to send, or "-" to read from stdin >> >> >> >> My mdadm config, regular RAID5 only one mdadm, and its md0. >> >> >> >> root at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext# cat /proc/mdstat >> >> Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] >> >> md0 : active raid5 sdc1[4] sdb1[0] sde1[5] sdd1[3] >> >> 14650914816 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU] >> >> >> >> unused devices: <none> >>

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Convert bb-mdstat for Variables XYMON
by freesoftwareservers＠gmail.com 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

Hello XYMon Guru's! I am trying to configure bb-mdstat found on https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php/monitors:bb-mdstat , but all the variables point to BB*** and it doesn't work, I think all the "scripting" would work If I could just figure out how to set the variables correctly, any chance we could get this updated for XYMON Variables.? Testing : donut at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext$ ./bb-mdstat.sh ./bb-mdstat.sh: 62: [: unexpected operator BBHOME is not set... exiting Manually set : BBHOME=/usr/lib/xymon/client donut at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext$ ./bb-mdstat.sh ./bb-mdstat.sh: 62: [: unexpected operator *** LOADING HOBBITCLIENT.CFG *** ./bb-mdstat.sh: 88: .: Can't open /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg Manually set : if [ ! -d "$BBTMP" ] ; then # GET DEFINITIONS IF NEEDED echo "*** LOADING HOBBITCLIENT.CFG ***" . $BBHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg # INCLUDE STANDARD DEFINITIONS Fi And this is where I draw a blank. root at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext# ./bb-mdstat.sh ./bb-mdstat.sh: 62: [: unexpected operator *** LOADING HOBBITCLIENT.CFG *** ./bb-mdstat.sh: 3: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg: include: not found ./bb-mdstat.sh: 4: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg: include: not found ./bb-mdstat.sh: 17: /usr/lib/xymon/client/etc/xymonclient.cfg: include: not found ./bb-mdstat.sh: 135: ./bb-mdstat.sh: [[: not found ./bb-mdstat.sh: 135: ./bb-mdstat.sh: raid5: not found ./bb-mdstat.sh: 177: [: : blocks devices:: unexpected operator ./bb-mdstat.sh: 177: [: : blocks devices:: unexpected operator Xymon version 4.3.7 Usage: /usr/lib/xymon/client/bin/xymon [--debug] [--merge] [--proxy=http://ip.of.the.proxy:port/] RECIPIENT DATA RECIPIENT: IP-address, hostname or URL DATA: Message to send, or "-" to read from stdin My mdadm config, regular RAID5 only one mdadm, and its md0. root at FileServer:/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md0 : active raid5 sdc1[4] sdb1[0] sde1[5] sdd1[3] 14650914816 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU] unused devices: <none>

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Trying to implement, fw-conntrack, RRD doesn't like the data, won't generate graphs
by mburger＠bubbanfriends.org 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

I've implemented fw-conntrack, per http://www.bakarasse.de/pages/en/xymon-plugins/client-side-plugins/fw-connt…. All seems well EXCEPT that no graphs are being generated. Looking at the rrd-status.log, I see the following: 2016-07-21 09:13:00.487129 xymond_channel: Tried to down BOARDBUSY: Invalid argument 2016-07-21 09:13:00 xymond_channel: received shutdown message 2016-07-21 09:13:00.487647 Shutting down, flushing cached updates to disk 2016-07-21 09:13:00.489846 Cache flush completed 2016-07-21 09:14:48.695450 Shutting down, flushing cached updates to disk 2016-07-21 09:14:48.699070 Cache flush completed 2016-07-21 09:31:12.628946 RRD error updating /var/lib/xymon/rrd/burgers.bubbanfriends.org/fw-conntrack.rrd from 192.168.0.1: /var/lib/xymon/rrd/burgers.bubbanfriends.org/fw-conntrack.rrd: not a simple signed integer: '0.401' 2016-07-21 09:54:27.013907 RRD error updating /var/lib/xymon/rrd/burgers.bubbanfriends.org/fw-conntrack.rrd from 192.168.0.1: /var/lib/xymon/rrd/burgers.bubbanfriends.org/fw-conntrack.rrd: not a simple signed integer: '0.237' 2016-07-21 10:16:36.315732 RRD error updating /var/lib/xymon/rrd/burgers.bubbanfriends.org/fw-conntrack.rrd from 192.168.0.1: /var/lib/xymon/rrd/burgers.bubbanfriends.org/fw-conntrack.rrd: not a simple signed integer: '0.381' 2016-07-21 10:38:55.627258 RRD error updating /var/lib/xymon/rrd/burgers.bubbanfriends.org/fw-conntrack.rrd from 192.168.0.1: /var/lib/xymon/rrd/burgers.bubbanfriends.org/fw-conntrack.rrd: not a simple signed integer: '0.381' But these are the only errors I'm seeing, at the moment. Has anyone else implemented this, and if so, do you have any ideas on what I can look at to get this functioning? Thanks. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org "It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1

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