December 2017 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

New version status?
by solitaryr＠gmail.com 19 Dec '17

19 Dec '17

Question for JC and Henrik, or anyone else who may know... As we come to the end of another year, where do the following releases stand? 4.3.29, 4.4, 5? Is there someplace we can look to see what is being planned for these releases? There's some outdated info in the readmes and on the web site. I'm wanting to do some UI stuff but don't want to waste my time figuring it out if things are going to change drastically in the "near" future. If I'm able to do something useful, I hope to pass it back for consideration for inclusion. I wouldn't get hopes too high as this is more a pet project to see if I actually learned anything in the online classes I've been going through and I've never claimed to be a developer (not even on TV). As an aside, have you considered migrating from Sourceforge to Github? thanks =G=

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Xymon mtime
by peter.wain＠delwp.vic.gov.au 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

Hi I am attempting (without much luck) to get the mtime working. I want an alert to change to red if the file is older than 10 minutes. The file resides on a Windows 2012r2 box. The details are Server Ubuntu 16.04.3.LTS Xymon: xymon-4.3.28 Client-local.cfg [MGTPW0D01W] FILE:C:/Bginfo/Junk.txt Analysis.cfg HOST=MGTPW0D01W FILE /Bginfo/junk.txt mtime<300 RED XYMON The Xymon display page shows the file is older than 10 minutes but does not update the display. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Peter Peter Wain|Senior Infrastructure Support | Strategy, Capability and Innovation Division Forest, Fire and Regions | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Level 3, 8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne VIC 3002 M: 0490 416 756 T:(03)96379645 E: Peter.Wain at delwp.vic.gov.au

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XymonPSClient v2.27 for Windows
by zak.beck＠accenture.com 15 Dec '17

15 Dec '17

Hi Windows client XymonPSClient has been updated to v2.27. You can download it here: https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/ There are three major new features in this release: * The ability to transmit via HTTP, including basic authentication - requires xymoncgimsg.cgi on the server side, and associated SSL setup etc if required * 'slimmode' for reducing the amount of data sent back to the server (e.g. by only sending back certain processes, services and client data sections) * Support for downloading updates and external scripts via Xymon download protocol (bb:// urls) - thanks to Andy Smith (hastymind at googlemail.com<mailto:hastymind at googlemail.com>) The documentation has also been updated to reflect all the changes. Full list of changes: * procruntime fix: send procruntime data even when process does not exist (prevents purple alerts) * options to suppress command line and/or owner in the procs screen * added ability to transmit via HTTP, including authentication * added slimmode with options to reduce the list of processes, services and eliminate some sections * encrypt the serverhttppassword if it is found and if it is unencrypted * Incorporated changes from Andy Smith (hastymind at googlemail.com) enabling download via Xymon protocol (bb:// urls) * added xymon.ps1, an alternative to xymonsend.ps1 * updated documentation Zak ________________________________ This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the e-mail by you is prohibited. Where allowed by local law, electronic communications with Accenture and its affiliates, including e-mail and instant messaging (including content), may be scanned by our systems for the purposes of information security and assessment of internal compliance with Accenture policy. ______________________________________________________________________________________ www.accenture.com

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White icons and ping
by pierre.lapha＠gmail.com 15 Dec '17

15 Dec '17

Hello all, I have build a nice monitoring solution with xymon but there is one thing I would like to modify but I did not find the option (if it exists). Is there a way to avoid white (clear) icons when the ping is down? I mean, when a server is not reachable, the ping icon is red and all the other get white. I would like to have all the icons in red, to correctly show the urgency of the problem! Any help would be appreciated. Pierre

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Recovery notifications not generated when test goes red->yellow->green?
by hobbit＠elyograg.org 13 Dec '17

13 Dec '17

It appears that if a test goes from the red state, to the yellow state, and then to the green state, no recovery notification is sent. If it goes directly from red to green, then we get a notification. Initial notifications are only sent on RED and PURPLE. We have recovery notifications configured for most tests. Xymon server is 4.3.21, built using makerpm.sh and installed with yum on CentOS 6. I do not know whether our previous version (4.3.14) behaved similarly. It was almost an accident that I discovered the problem at all. Is this expected behavior? If it is, can I change it? Thanks, Shawn

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Menu list is all text
by john＠executech.com 13 Dec '17

13 Dec '17

I have customized my environment so it won't look the same as yours but source on www.xymon.com shows this: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/gifs/xymonbody.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/menu/xymonmenu-blue.css"> Check the web root/menu to make sure xymonmenu-blue.css exists. I also recommend looking at the css for that element. Right click on one of the menu items and click Inspect. That will tell you which css file to look at. Check that the case file exists in the menu folder. When I migrated from Hobbit to Xymon, I had to fix a lot of css although, a lot of it was custom code. Hopefully this gives you somewhere to start. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Diddams via Xymon [xymon at xymon.com] Received: Wednesday, 13 Dec 2017, 3:42AM To: xymon at xymon.com [xymon at xymon.com] Subject: Re: [Xymon] Menu list is all text _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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Menu list is all text
by didds3＠yahoo.co.uk 13 Dec '17

13 Dec '17

Maybe I should ask my question another way... what controls the alert page menus? ian On Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 11:09:50 GMT, Ian Diddams via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: Ive also checked - xymonmenu.cfg seems to be correct - what I have in place seems to be the same size as the pre "make install" file that is in my build directory, so copying it from elsewhere hasn't changed anything (it won;t have been copied from 4.2.3 I have realised now cos it doesn't exist as that name in 4.2.3 and isn't one of the rename files in the upgrade guide upgrade-to-430.txt cheers ian On Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 10:15:50 GMT, Ian Diddams via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: Ive recently installed 4.3.28. Ive copied over various files from the existing 4.2.3 I now notice that the main view and any sub pages all have what I would expect from the top level menu - Views/Reports/Administration/Help. those menus all drop down as normal displaying sub categories below them But if/when i then open a particular alert (any individual server's alert eg conn) I then get the top menu displayed all in text, with all the options visible also, but no format. So what I see is Views: Main view | All non-green view | Critical systems Reports: Event log Report | Top Changes | Availability Report | Snapshot Report | Config Report | Config Report (Critical) | Metrics Report | Ghost Clients | Notification Report Acknowledgements Administration: Find host | Acknowledge alert | Enable/disable | Edit critical systems Help: About Xymon | Installing Xymon | Configuring Monitoring | Configuring Alerts | Critical systems | Known problems | Tips and Tricks | Custom graphs | Xymon man-pages Anybody know how I get that back to the normal menu? Im guessing its one of the files Ive copied from the "old" setup to the "new" ? (ocntents of etc basically I suspect) didds_______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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NAME directe isn't working
by jimmy.aulestia＠hotmail.com 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

Hi, I try to change the hostname in the hosts.cfg, but in the second time that srv02 is in the file, the name "Server Xymon" don't change in the web page. I have Xymon 4.3.28. This is my hosts.cfg: page INICIO <H5> INICIO </H5> roup-except test 10.111.112.28 srv02 # NAME:"Server Xymon" prefer page PRODUCCION <H5>PRODUCCION</H5> subpage SG <H5> SG </H5> subparent SG PPGA <H5> PPGA </H5> subparent test <H5> test </H5> group-only TEST1 <font size="+1">test</font> 10.111.112.28 srv02 # NAME:"test" What is wrong? Thanks.

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Menu list is all text
by didds3＠yahoo.co.uk 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

Ive also checked - xymonmenu.cfg seems to be correct - what I have in place seems to be the same size as the pre "make install" file that is in my build directory, so copying it from elsewhere hasn't changed anything (it won;t have been copied from 4.2.3 I have realised now cos it doesn't exist as that name in 4.2.3 and isn't one of the rename files in the upgrade guide upgrade-to-430.txt cheers ian On Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 10:15:50 GMT, Ian Diddams via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: Ive recently installed 4.3.28. Ive copied over various files from the existing 4.2.3 I now notice that the main view and any sub pages all have what I would expect from the top level menu - Views/Reports/Administration/Help. those menus all drop down as normal displaying sub categories below them But if/when i then open a particular alert (any individual server's alert eg conn) I then get the top menu displayed all in text, with all the options visible also, but no format. So what I see is Views: Main view | All non-green view | Critical systems Reports: Event log Report | Top Changes | Availability Report | Snapshot Report | Config Report | Config Report (Critical) | Metrics Report | Ghost Clients | Notification Report Acknowledgements Administration: Find host | Acknowledge alert | Enable/disable | Edit critical systems Help: About Xymon | Installing Xymon | Configuring Monitoring | Configuring Alerts | Critical systems | Known problems | Tips and Tricks | Custom graphs | Xymon man-pages Anybody know how I get that back to the normal menu? Im guessing its one of the files Ive copied from the "old" setup to the "new" ? (ocntents of etc basically I suspect) didds_______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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suppressing msgs alert
by didds3＠yahoo.co.uk 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

Scrap that! NOCOLUMNS:msgs does work! DOH! ian On Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 10:46:01 GMT, Ian Diddams via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: How do I suppress a msgs alert status for a particular client in 4.3.28? Ive tried #nomsgs in the hosts.cfg entry. I've also tried NOCOLUMNS:msgs But both of them make no difference - the msgs alert is still showing . I want nothing there at all :-) cheers ian _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

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