May 2018 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

Force logfetch to only process complete lines?
by larry＠fni-stl.com 14 May '18

14 May '18

RHEL 6.9 and RHEL 7.4 Xymon v4.3.28 This may be documented somewhere and I'm just not able to find it. But is there a way to force logfetch to only scan complete lines and discard any partials it might retrieve based on the MAXCHECK setting? I've been getting quite a few alerts on highly active systems where the offending line would normally be excluded due to the first part of a search that is missing. A simple example, I want to ignore the alert triggers for /var/log/messages where the system name is test-system and :\sheader\ssubject: is also in the line. Since test-system comes right after the date/time stamp, that causes the ignore check to not work if test-system is not retrieved by logfetch. analysis.cfg # Red alert on CRITICAL or ERROR or SERIOUS (with exceptions) LOG %.* %(?-i)CRITICAL|ERROR|SERIOUS COLOR=red IGNORE=%(?-i)test-system.*:\sheader\ssubject: I've tried adjusting the MAXCHECK setting but it didn't make a difference one way or the other. client-local.cfg log:/var/log/messages:10240 # 10KB default log:/var/log/messages:1024000 # 1MB Thanks. ========================================================= Larry D. Bonham Financial Network Inc. 10401-F Baur Olivette, MO 63132 (314) 400-9412 voice (314) 997-5647 fax ========================================================= ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail message is intended exclusively for recipient to which it is addressed. The contents of this message and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, print, storage, copy, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by replying to the message's sender and delete all copies of this message and its attachments without disclosing the contents to anyone, or using the contents for any purpose.

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alert on a TREND graph
by nskyrca＠syr.edu 10 May '18

10 May '18

Hello, I have Xymon configured to show the Apache TRENDS graphs. I've been asked to alert for the "Apache workers" if it reaches a certain threshold. Is this possible? Thanks, Nicole Nicole Beck Information Technology Analyst Information Technolgy Services - Core Infrustructure Services - Unix 315.506.9744 nskyrca at syr.edu<mailto:nskyrca at syr.edu> 215 Machinery Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 syracuse.edu Syracuse University

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Administratrivia: Privacy policy for the mailing list
by henrik＠hswn.dk 10 May '18

10 May '18

Hi, as you may have heard, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on May 25th. Since the Xymon mailing list stores your e-mail address (and optionally your name), I need to post a privacy policy for the mailing list. So here it is: https://www.xymon.com/docs/legal/privacy.html Regards, Henrik

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(Xymon newbie) -- how to schedule a Xymon monitoring?
by jeremy＠laidman.org 09 May '18

09 May '18

On 10 May 2018 at 07:48, Kern Doe via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: > > Hello Xymon gurus, > > I have a test database script, run by userID db2inst1 on an hourly basis > by a cron, producing an output text file containing a flag (a word) > red/green, for example: > > cat /tmp/chkpublicprivs.out > centos_hp0.NoPublic red db Security WARNING <br> Wed May 9 17:16:33 EDT > 2018: PUBLIC access found in abcd database. > > Xymon picks this up when I manually kick this off this command: > /home/xymon/server/bin/bb 172.20.10.5 "status `cat > /tmp/chkpublicprivs.out`" > > When my chkpublicprivs script runs again producing GREEN, it doesn't look > like Xymon knows about this. How do we schedule Xymon to run? What > parameter that determines that? I know I can put the above Xymon command in > a cron but I suspect Xymon has its own scheduling mechanism. > > Thank you in advance!! > > Kern -- > Kern, you are correct. Xymon has a scheduler process called xymonlaunch. On a Xymon server, the configuration file that defines Xymon's scheduled tasks is tasks.cfg. On a Xymon client, the configuration file is called clientlaunch.cfg. The format of clientlaunch.cfg and tasks.cfg is the same. Run "man tasks.cfg" on your Xymon server to read about the format of the file, or view it online here: http://xymon.sourceforge.net/xymon/help/manpages/man5/tasks.cfg.5.html Cheers Jeremy

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(Xymon newbie) -- how to schedule a Xymon monitoring?
by kern_doe＠yahoo.com 09 May '18

09 May '18

Hello Xymon gurus, I have a test database script, run by userID db2inst1 on an hourly basis by a cron, producing an output text file containing a flag (a word) red/green, for example: cat /tmp/chkpublicprivs.out centos_hp0.NoPublic red db Security WARNING <br> Wed May 9 17:16:33 EDT 2018: PUBLIC access found in abcd database. Xymon picks this up when I manually kick this off this command: /home/xymon/server/bin/bb 172.20.10.5 "status `cat /tmp/chkpublicprivs.out`" When my chkpublicprivs script runs again producing GREEN, it doesn't look like Xymon knows about this. How do we schedule Xymon to run? What parameter that determines that? I know I can put the above Xymon command in a cron but I suspect Xymon has its own scheduling mechanism. Thank you in advance!! Kern -- Let's go GreenThis email contains 100% recycled electrons.

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PS client on Win Server 2008 R2 - no who or user data
by kspringer＠innovateteam.com 08 May '18

08 May '18

I have multiple Win Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 boxes that I recently upgraded from BBwin to the PSclient. All is well except that there's no [who] or [users] data coming in. It's not purple, it's just blank. This seems to only be a problem with Win Server 2008 boxes, all other versions of Windows are ok. Anyone else experience this? Is there a solution? Thank you. ------------------------------------------------ *Kris Springer*

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inconsistent status after PS client install
by kspringer＠innovateteam.com 08 May '18

08 May '18

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http test don't care about the authentication
by Paul.Root＠CenturyLink.com 04 May '18

04 May '18

I'm helping some guys bringing up a new xymon server and have a few issues. 4.3.28 One that I don't get is an http test. The server in question requires a login on the first page (ldap). All they care is that the web page is up, they are not looking to login. The old server, a prehistoric 4.x.1x something still hobbit, doesn't care, it just sends all good. Is there a way to have 4.3.28 just say the server is up but not try to login? Thanks, Paul. Paul Root Lead Engineer 390 Commerce Dr Woodbury, Mn 55125 651-312-5207 paul.root at centurylink.com 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.

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custome scripts for windows servers
by chrisp＠lightstoneauto.co.za 04 May '18

04 May '18

Good day all Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server. We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients. My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for bash script examples.. Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript? Kind regards [https://lsc-assets.scdn1.secure.raxcdn.com/lssig/AUTOlogoW.png] Chris Pretorius [https://lsc-assets.scdn1.secure.raxcdn.com/lssig/phone.png] 0872367740 [https://lsc-assets.scdn1.secure.raxcdn.com/lssig/email.png] chrisp at lightstone.co.za<mailto:chrisp at lightstone.co.za> [https://lsc-assets.scdn1.secure.raxcdn.com/lssig/web.png] www.signio.co.za<http://www.signio.co.za> [https://lsc-assets.scdn1.secure.raxcdn.com/lssig/address.png] Centurion Square, 3rd Floor, cnr Heuwel and Gordon Hood rd, Centurion This communication is subject to Lightstone's email disclaimer<http://www.lightstone.co.za/portal/content/email-disclaimer.aspx>

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Non-Green View
by john＠executech.com 03 May '18

03 May '18

I'm looking for an easy way to list each non-green item and amount of time it has been that color. We have 50 different users and are looking for an easier way to track what servers need attention. The non-green view is massive for us and hovering over each icon to see the time it has been that color is a little tedious. If there isn't a view I can run, is there a command I can run to query the status and time of a non-green so I can display it in a separate page? Ideally it would look something like this: ServerA | disk | red | 43 days ServerB | memory | yellow | 10 days Currently we're parsing the history log and displaying based on that but it leaves a lot to be desired.

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