March 2018 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Help with removing top line of Combo Status page
by APatel＠kgsalpha.com 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

Hello all, I need assistance with customizing the status page generated of a combo test. On the top (under the date/time), there is a line that lists the following: test1&&test2&&test3... = 1&&1&&1&&1.. = 1. How do I get rid of this line? (See the yellow highlighted in the attached image) [cid:image002.png at 01D3ABD4.944F5580] This is informational only and is not a solicitation, commitment or confirmation. Transaction details are subject to official confirmation and terms of business. We may make markets, buy/sell as principal or have a position in financial instruments herein. We do not warrant that information is accurate, complete or that any returns will be achieved. Price/availability is subject to change. Changes to assumptions may have a material impact on price/returns. Other than transactions in financial instruments, any agreement KGS enters into must be executed by a KGS authorized signatory. If you received in error, please delete and advise sender. Communications are subject to review and archiving. Changes to assumptions may have material impact on price or returns. For more information, please contact your representative. If you received this message in error, please delete the message and advise the sender. Communications to and from our firm are subject to review and archiving.

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findhost.sh URL
by john.r.rothlisberger＠accenture.com 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

Has anyone else noticed that in 4.3.28 the URL is written differently than in previous versions (4.3.21 below)? It is very useful to know what page a server resides on when using the findhost.sh and being able to send a link that contains the actual path: https://xymon.server_4.3.21/Chicago/ORD/ORD_TMP/#server1 In 4.3.28 the URL remains with the findhost.sh paramerters: https://xymon.server_4.3.28/Denver-cgi/findhost.sh?host=server2&jump=on&SUB… Is there a way to revert this back in 4.3.28? Thanks, John Upcoming PTO: _____________________________________________________________________ John Rothlisberger IT Strategy, Infrastructure & Security - Technology Growth Platform TGP for Business Process Outsourcing Accenture 312.693.3136 office _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ 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. Your privacy is important to us. Accenture uses your personal data only in compliance with data protection laws. For further information on how Accenture processes your personal data, please see our privacy statement at https://www.accenture.com/us-en/privacy-policy. ______________________________________________________________________________________ www.accenture.com

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\rrdtool
by peter.wain＠delwp.vic.gov.au 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

Hi I am having trouble getting the graph component of Xymon working. I have installed the following. Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS rrdtool-1.7.0. xymon 4.3.28 and all other libraries as required. When I install rrdtool it all looks ok. when run make on the Xymon-44.3.28 the following warnings and errors occur do_rrd.c: In function ‘create_and_update_rrd’: do_rrd.c:381:12: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘rrd_create’ [-Wimpli cit-function-declaration] result = rrd_create(4+pcount, rrdcreate_params); ^ do_rrd.c:386:54: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘rrd_get_error’ [-Wim plicit-function-declaration] errprintf("RRD error creating %s: %s\n", filedir, rrd_get_error()); ^ do_rrd.c:492:15: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a ca st [-Wint-conversion] char *msg = rrd_get_error(); ^ do_rrd.c: In function ‘rrddatasets’: do_rrd.c:596:2: error: unknown type name ‘rrd_value_t’ rrd_value_t *rrddata; ^ do_rrd.c:603:11: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘rrd_fetch’ [-Wimplic it-function-declaration] result = rrd_fetch(5, fetch_params, &starttime, &endtime, &steptime, &dscount, ^ Makefile:71: recipe for target 'do_rrd.o' failed make[1]: *** [do_rrd.o] Error 1 Apart from the graph component the rest of Xymon is running well. Does anyone know where I am going wrong. I am very new to Xymon and Linux environment Cheers Peter Wain|Senior Infrastructure Support Officer |Technology Solutions Unit|Infrastructure and Resources 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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HTTP using Xymon and BBWIn
by ahassan79＠gmail.com 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

Hi, How do I setup BBWIN so it monitors the http on Xymon server? Regards, Sorash Hassan M: +61 422 597 236

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Browser-specific defects in Xymon 4.3.28
by john.thurston＠alaska.gov 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Chrome has stopped supporting our method (meta tag) of setting cookies. See the thread early in March, 2018 "Chrome cookie deprecations" Firefox browser does not appear to correctly handle "multipart documents". As a consequence, the Snapshot Report pages does not reload, but leaves the customer looking at page with meta-refresh content. I don't know if this has always been the case, but it behaves this way on Firefox 54 and 59. The problem is found in lines 184-187 of web/snapshot.c where the browser's useragent string is considered. If the string contains "KHTML", the browser is considered to be unable to handle multipart documents. Forcing those characters into the useragent string of my Firefox browsers makes it behave correctly with the snapshot report. I don't know how to fix the cookie-setting method, but this looks like something I could patch around the next time I compile. -- Do things because you should, not just because you can. John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Department of Administration State of Alaska

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Xymon - smtp
by jeremy＠laidman.org 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Good news. Thanks for the feedback. On Wed., 28 Mar. 2018, 6:07 pm Ajay Kumar Talla, <atalla at zetaglobal.com> wrote: > Thank you Jeremy and Paul for pointing me in the right direction. > > As you explained it was due to DNS issue, fixed it by adding the IP’s to > /etc/hosts file > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > > --Aj > > *From:* Jeremy Laidman <jeremy at laidman.org> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2018 11:30 AM > *To:* Ajay Kumar Talla <atalla at zetaglobal.com> > *Cc:* Root, Paul T <Paul.Root at centurylink.com>; xymon at xymon.com > *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Xymon - smtp > > > > The default timeout for xymonnet is 10 seconds. The xymonnet command in > tasks.cfg can have "--timeout=N" added to adjust timeouts. > > > > Have you tried to connect to the service yourself, using telnet, to see if > there is indeed a timeout, and what form it takes? Something like this: > > > > $ printf "mail\r\nquit\r\n" | time nc ipxdvo.tcif.telstra.com.au > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fipxdvo.tcif…>. > 25 > > > > or if you don't have nc or netcat: > > > > $ { printf "mail\r\nquit\r\n"; sleep 1; } | time telnet qts-pro-cm-weber 25 > > > > Xymon has more than one form of timeout. I believe if Xymon fails to > connect due to a timeout, it will show a different error to what you've > seen. In your case, I suspect Xymon has connected, and has issued its > commands (mail and quit, from protocols.cfg), and is waiting for "220". If > it doesn't get a 220 within 10 seconds, it will timeout the session. > > > > I've seen this type of thing happen when TCP wrappers are used to limit > access to a service, or for similar security measures. In these cases, the > incoming connection is from a host that the mail server does not know > about, and so it attempts to find the hostname by reverse DNS lookup. If > DNS is slow or misconfigured on the mail server, the DNS lookup can take 15 > seconds to fail. In these cases, a quick fix is to add the Xymon server IP > address to the /etc/hosts file on the mail server. A better solution is to > fix the DNS. > > > > J > > > > > > On 28 March 2018 at 07:27, Ajay Kumar Talla <atalla at zetaglobal.com> wrote: > > Thank you for the information. > > But I don’t see any huge CPU load on my server for the past 4 hours. But > still SMTP test is flapping. > > The screenshot attached says “*connection timedout*” is there a way to > change the time-out setting? > > > > I have the same SMTP test on another server whose Load becomes high at > times, but it’s SMTP remains green. > > > > *From:* Root, Paul T <Paul.Root at CenturyLink.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2018 1:42 AM > *To:* Root, Paul T <Paul.Root at CenturyLink.com>; Ajay Kumar Talla < > atalla at zetaglobal.com>; xymon at xymon.com > *Subject:* RE: Xymon - smtp > > > > > > > https://serverfault.com/questions/119026/question-on-sendmail-daemon-action… > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserverfaul…> > > > > *From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com <xymon-bounces at xymon.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Root, Paul T > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 27, 2018 3:10 PM > *To:* 'Ajay Kumar Talla'; xymon at xymon.com > *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Xymon - smtp > > > > This is a load issue. Sendmail will refuse to process mail messages if the > CPU is too busy. > > > > *From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com <xymon-bounces at xymon.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Ajay Kumar Talla > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 27, 2018 12:59 PM > *To:* xymon at xymon.com > *Subject:* [Xymon] Xymon - smtp > > > > Hi, > > > > I’m using smtp test in Xymon for monitoring. However sometimes, I’m > getting error as connection timed out. After sometime it is showing as > Green(Flapping status) > > > > > > Could you please, let me know the solution for this. > > > > Thanks, > > Ajay > > This communication is the property of CenturyLink and may contain > confidential or privileged information. Unauthorized use of this > communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender > by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the communication and any > attachments. > > This communication is the property of CenturyLink and may contain > confidential or privileged information. Unauthorized use of this > communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender > by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the communication and any > attachments. > > > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.xymon…> > > >

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Xymon - smtp
by atalla＠zetaglobal.com 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Hi, I'm using smtp test in Xymon for monitoring. However sometimes, I'm getting error as connection timed out. After sometime it is showing as Green(Flapping status) [cid:image001.png at 01D3C623.687E50A0] Could you please, let me know the solution for this. Thanks, Ajay

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RRD files are too big
by David.Mills＠hhsc.state.tx.us 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Hey, Folks... I posted on this issue a few months ago (cf http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2017-November/045048.html) but still need help. I migrated / upgraded from Xymon 4.3.3 on a Solaris 10 host to a Linux host (RHEL 6) using the Terbithia binaries (4.3.28), and things have been doing well for the most part. Unfortunately the new RRD files are massively bigger than the original ones on the old server, causing a lot of space issues on the file system. The old RRD files took up around 38KB each (avg.) but the new ones are fairly uniform at 400+KB each. Can anyone please tell me how to get those big files down-sized back to something much closer to the old sizes? Or, perhaps, someone can point me at the parameters Xymon uses that determine the RRD file sizes? FWIW, this is a representative listing of one host's RRD files: 16:33:08 lwmp043:[xymon]/xymon-data/rrd> ls twiu003/ total 13M drwxr-xr-x 2 xymon xymon 4.0K Feb 26 12:14 ./ drwxr-xr-x 6284 xymon xymon 204K Mar 22 07:39 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 213K Mar 27 15:57 clock.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 15:52 disk,dev,odm.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 14:36 disk,dev,vx,dmp.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 14:31 disk,dev,vx,rdmp.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 16:12 disk,dpool.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 15:41 disk,etc,dfs,sharetab.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 15:57 disk,etc,svc,volatile.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 14:31 disk,export.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 16:17 disk,export,zones,cit032.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 15:01 disk,export,zones,clt031.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 14:41 disk,export,zones.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 15:16 disk,root.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 14:46 disk,tmp.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 14:56 disk,var.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 14:56 ifstat.aggr2.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 15:01 ifstat.aggr3.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 14:31 ifstat.e1000g3.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 423K Mar 27 14:31 ifstat.nxge0.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 213K Mar 27 15:01 la.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 213K Mar 27 15:11 memory.real.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 213K Mar 27 14:36 memory.swap.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 3.3M Mar 27 16:17 netstat.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 213K Mar 27 14:51 procs.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 844K Mar 27 15:53 sar.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 213K Mar 27 15:56 tcp.conn.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon 213K Mar 27 15:26 users.rrd TIA! david ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ David Mills Systems Administrator Northrop Grumman (512) 595-1238 (mobile)

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Xymonproxy and an unreachable server
by wim.nelis＠ziggo.nl 27 Mar '18

27 Mar '18

On a Raspberry Pi zero W xymon-client is running to monitor some sensors and the PRi0 itself. As the xymon server itself is not reachable by times, a minimal xymon-server is running too on the RPi0. Xymonproxy is used to distribute the status and data messages to both the local xymon server and the primary xymon server. The intention of this setup is to have all the RRD's locally complete at the RPi0. If needed, the RRDs can be copied from the RPi0 to the primary xymon server. The local xymon server is listening to port 1985, the xymonproxy to port 1984. The latter distributes the messages to two servers, using parameter "--server=127.0.0.1:1985,192.168.178.72:1984". This setup is working, but the graphs created from the local RRD's contain gaps in the periods that the primary xymon server is not reachable. The logfiles of the clients running on the RPi0 contain messages like the following, about twice an hour: 2018-02-21 06:10:01.664965 Whoops ! Failed to send message (Connection failed) 2018-02-21 06:10:01.665673 -> Could not connect to Xymon daemon at 127.0.0.1:1984 (Connection refused) 2018-02-21 06:10:01.665767 -> Recipient '127.0.0.1', timeout 15 2018-02-21 06:10:01.665851 -> 1st line: 'status rpi00.mve green Wed 2018.02.21 06:10:01' This does explain the gaps. The logfile of xymonproxy shows that the proxy is restarted a dozen times per hour: 2018-02-21 05:55:38.272757 xymonproxy version 4.3.28 starting 2018-02-21 05:55:38.273605 Listening on 0.0.0.0:1984 2018-02-21 05:55:38.273751 Sending to Xymon server(s) 127.0.0.1:1985 192.168.178.72:1984 2018-02-21 05:56:05.304985 Server not responding, message lost 2018-02-21 06:00:30.195973 Server not responding, message lost 2018-02-21 06:00:36.221908 Server not responding, message lost 2018-02-21 06:00:41.231668 Server not responding, message lost 2018-02-21 06:00:41.236076 Server not responding, message lost *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/lib/xymon/server/bin/xymonproxy terminated 2018-02-21 06:00:42.269357 xymonproxy version 4.3.28 starting 2018-02-21 06:00:42.270200 Listening on 0.0.0.0:1984 2018-02-21 06:00:42.270346 Sending to Xymon server(s) 127.0.0.1:1985 192.168.178.72:1984 2018-02-21 06:01:09.301618 Server not responding, message lost 2018-02-21 06:05:29.188224 Server not responding, message lost 2018-02-21 06:05:40.201194 Server not responding, message lost 2018-02-21 06:05:45.208531 Server not responding, message lost 2018-02-21 06:05:45.208936 Server not responding, message lost 2018-02-21 06:05:45.209058 Server not responding, message lost *** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/lib/xymon/server/bin/xymonproxy terminated 2018-02-21 06:10:45.237707 xymonproxy version 4.3.28 starting 2018-02-21 06:10:45.239061 Listening on 0.0.0.0:1984 2018-02-21 06:10:45.239219 Sending to Xymon server(s) 127.0.0.1:1985 192.168.178.72:1984 2018-02-21 06:11:11.272425 Server not responding, message lost I have been playing with the queue length, but to no avail. Is it possible to have xymonproxy not to terminate every 5 minutes, but just report the inability to send a message to a particular server? Regards, Wim Nelis.

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xymon.html.tmp
by cdm46＠ast.cam.ac.uk 27 Mar '18

27 Mar '18

Hi all, I have made some very minor changes to the pagegen.c file before compiling. It in no way interferes with any of the pre-existing code. When running the xymon server with these small modifications, the page xymon.html.tmp is created in the www directory. This is instead of the usual xymon.html. As a result of these changes the index.html symlink becomes broken. Why does .tmp get appended to the xymon.html when I’ve only made small unobtrusive modifications? Cheers, Calum

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