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alerts.cfg "SCRIPT" plugin to send out Xymon alerts to/via Telegram
by abe＠deuxchevaux.org 21 May '19

21 May '19

Hi, I mentioned it in my previous mail, but since that's mostly a bug report and it wasn't clear from the subject, I just wanted to send a separate mail for this: To get alerts to my mobile phone but without having to rely on costly and often unreliable SMS (or hidden between a lots of e-mails), I've written a generic script to send Telegram messages from the commandline using a Telegram Bot and a wrapper to make that script usable from Xymon's alerts.cfg. It's available under GPLv3 including some documentation at https://github.com/xtaran/telegram-bot-send-to I also had a look at https://wiki.xymonton.org/, but I'm not sure where this would fit. It's not a monitor and doesn't seem to fit properly to the list on https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php/addons either. Suggestions? Kind regards, Axel -- PGP: 2FF9CD59612616B5 /~\ Plain Text Ribbon Campaign, http://arc.pasp.de/ Mail: abe at deuxchevaux.org \ / Say No to HTML in E-Mail and Usenet Mail+Jabber: abe at noone.org X https://axel.beckert.ch/ / \ I love long mails: https://email.is-not-s.ms/

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BBCOLORLEVEL environment variable wrong on RECOVERED alerts via SCRIPT
by abe＠deuxchevaux.org 21 May '19

21 May '19

Hi, I have implemented sending alerts to Telegram via the SCRIPT keyword in alerts.cfg. My wrapper script looks as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh # See https://www.xymon.com/help/xymon-alerts.html#scripts printf "$BBHOSTSVC is $BBCOLORLEVEL:\n\n$BBALPHAMSG" | /usr/local/bin/telegram-bot-send-to $RCPT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Both, the wrapper script as well as the generic script are available on https://github.com/xtaran/telegram-bot-send-to (work in progress) I currently have the following issues with that: The BBCOLORLEVEL variable seems always wrong on "RECOVERED" alerts, e.g. look at these two messages: --- Message from Xymon Bot on Sym, [21.05.19 06:43] --- someone.cpu is yellow: yellow Tue May 21 06:41:30 CEST 2019 up: 67 days, 2 users, 127 procs, load=2.49 &yellow Load is HIGH System clock is 0 seconds off top - 06:41:41 up 67 days, 5:54, 2 users, load average: 1.03, 2.49, 2.75 Tasks: 127 total, 2 running, 125 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie --- Message from Xymon Bot on Sym, [21.05.19 06:46] --- someone.cpu is yellow: green Tue May 21 06:46:34 CEST 2019 up: 67 days, 2 users, 128 procs, load=1.18 System clock is 0 seconds off top - 06:46:39 up 67 days, 5:59, 2 users, load average: 0.90, 1.18, 2.09 Tasks: 128 total, 2 running, 126 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie The second message says "someone.cpu is yellow" despite the next line says "green" and the load is below 2 again and the message is actually a RECOVERED message. (Should probably add that fact to the above wrapper script.) This is a pattern which I have noticed for quite some alerts. (Not sure if it affects all alerts, but I suspect so.) So this looks like a bug when filling these environment variables. I ran into it with Xymon 4.3.28, but I haven't noticed any related changes in the 4.3.29 branch, so I assume, the issue is still present. Kind regards, Axel -- PGP: 2FF9CD59612616B5 /~\ Plain Text Ribbon Campaign, http://arc.pasp.de/ Mail: abe at deuxchevaux.org \ / Say No to HTML in E-Mail and Usenet Mail+Jabber: abe at noone.org X https://axel.beckert.ch/ / \ I love long mails: https://email.is-not-s.ms/

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DS override - can't get to work
by john.horne＠plymouth.ac.uk 21 May '19

21 May '19

Hello, Using the Terabithia RPMs, I've been looking at adding a 'DS' override entry to our analysis.cfg file. I have an entry for a web server as: DS http tcp.http.https:,,weed.plymouth.ac.uk,.rrd:sec >0.0007 COLOR=yellow The comparison value (0.0007) was set low just to see that this was working. However, I can't get it to work. The 'http' column remains green, and the text shown of the http response (on the web page) indicates that the time is above the threshold value (e.g. 'Seconds: 0.088597000'). Anyone any ideas about this? Thanks, John. -- John Horne | Senior Operations Analyst | Technology and Information Services University of Plymouth | Drake Circus | Plymouth | Devon | PL4 8AA | UK ________________________________ [http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/images/email_footer.gif]<http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/worldclass> This email and any files with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient then copying, distribution or other use of the information contained is strictly prohibited and you should not rely on it. If you have received this email in error please let the sender know immediately and delete it from your system(s). Internet emails are not necessarily secure. While we take every care, University of Plymouth accepts no responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan emails and their attachments. University of Plymouth does not accept responsibility for any changes made after it was sent. Nothing in this email or its attachments constitutes an order for goods or services unless accompanied by an official order form.

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Plan for XYMON and SNMP
by jeremy＠laidman.org 20 May '19

20 May '19

On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 13:36, Bruce Ferrell <bferrell at baywinds.org> wrote: > Yes, I did Jeremy. My apologies. > No problem. > I did figure out I have to export SNMP=1 then configure and rebuild > Ah, I didn't know that. Or I forgot that. Just looking at the code now - are you sure this isn't "DOSNMP=1"? > What is the tag in the hosts file (if any)? > Nothing. The hostnames are found by xymon-snmpcollect in the snmphosts.cfg. You still need the hosts to be in hosts.cfg, but not tags are required. Jeremy > On 5/16/19 6:41 PM, Jeremy Laidman wrote: > > If you meant to say, "Hey Jeremy" then the answer is, that it's all > stuff for Xymon. > > > > On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 11:15, Bruce Ferrell <bferrell at baywinds.org > <mailto:bferrell at baywinds.org>> wrote: > > > > Hey Josh, I saw that before. Is that stuff that devmon looks at or > stuff for xymon. > > > > I'm not at all clear > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > On 5/16/19 6:00 PM, Jeremy Laidman wrote: > >> Xymon already has code for SNMP that works, but isn't documented. I > have it working for me, but it required a fair bit or digging to find the > right configuration. I've > >> posted on this previously; might help: > https://lists.xymon.com/archive/2019-March/046191.html > >> > >> J > >> > >> On Thu, 16 May 2019 at 19:26, Bruno Manzoni < > bruno.manzoni at ubi-network.ch <mailto:bruno.manzoni at ubi-network.ch>> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks you Josh, > >> > >> Yes I know about devmon (I put my own devmon version which is a > try to be a consolidate version) > >> > >> In fact, I just would like to know if there was another SNMP > development (but it seems not as you say it will be merged) inside Xymon . > (I am thinking a way to integrate > >> SNMP v3, but it do not uses the current SNMP_session perl lib > as it is not supported within this lib)? > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Bruno Manzoni > >> (Bonomani) > >> > >> > >> Le 14.05.2019 à 15:20, Josh Luthman a écrit : > >>> You can just use Devmon these days. > >>> > >>> I've seen nothing to suggest the projects will be merged. > >>> > >>> Josh Luthman > >>> Office: 937-552-2340 > >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 > >>> 1100 Wayne St > >>> Suite 1337 > >>> Troy, OH 45373 > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 12:33 PM Bruno Manzoni < > bruno.manzoni at ubi-network.ch <mailto:bruno.manzoni at ubi-network.ch>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Is there any plan to have SNMP include with a new version > of xymon? If > >>> yes, what is the current state? > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Xymon mailing list > >>> Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> > >>> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Xymon mailing list > >> Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> > >> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Xymon mailing list > >> Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> > >> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xymon mailing list > > Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> > > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > > > >

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Alternate devmon SNMP
by bruno.manzoni＠ubi-network.ch 20 May '19

20 May '19

Hello, I created a repo with "devmon" github/bonomani and included all patches/contrib and resolved all bugs I can. (I try to integrate all patches, bugs and features from SF) see the REAMDE for details This is not an official update of current "devmon" but I have difficulties to have an answer on current sourceforge repo, so I decided to publish what I have done. (I did not have any answer on my patches after myn years!?) As i am working on Centos, there are some specific things for systemd. I trying also to contact devmon admins to merge this work or part of it, so if you have a clue... If you want to test this work, you should simply take the files in the "modules" dir and it should work...with your current installation And of course any suggestions are welcome! Bruno

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Curl client
by stef.coene＠docum.org 17 May '19

17 May '19

Hi, I have created an alternate xymon binary. It's a shell script that accepts the same options but uses curl to upload the data to a https server with xymoncgimsg.cgi. This way you can block port 1984 and have control who send data with a username/ password. And the data is encrypted. We had some external auditors who tried to send bogus messages to corrupt our monitor solution :( This will prevent this because you need a username and password if you want to send something. And the data is encrypted. Anyone interested in the script? Stef

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Plan for XYMON and SNMP
by bruno.manzoni＠ubi-network.ch 17 May '19

17 May '19

Hello, Is there any plan to have SNMP include with a new version of xymon? If yes, what is the current state?

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libvirt-qemu: libs linked reportedly upgraded after disks added to VM
by jwinius＠umrk.nl 15 May '19

15 May '19

Hi folks, My most recent hypervisor system is based on Debian buster and Xymon reported that all was well with it up until I added some extra disks to one of the VMs. Since then Xymon has reported that libvirt-qemu has libraries linked that were upgraded and therefore that the process needs to be restarted. Of course, being a false positive, restarting doesn't help. Any idea how to fix it? Thanks, Jaap

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Change host using httphdr
by it＠sommerdal.com 14 May '19

14 May '19

I'm trying to access an internal ressource - trying to change the host information in the http header. 192.168.29.11 <http://s.bl-1.com/h/c4MTgLWp?url=http://192.168.29.11> internal-host.eu <http://s.bl-1.com/h/c4MTgRvr?url=http://internal-host.eu> #conn https://internal-host.eu <http://s.bl-1.com/h/c4MTgWJt?url=https://internal-host.eu> httphdr="Host: external-host.com" I end up with a 404, as the host isn't reconized. Any suggestion on how to imporve? Regards Leif

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how to add a specific http timeout
by JoseManuel.Blasco＠itemsp.es 13 May '19

13 May '19

Good afternoon. Could you explain me step by step how to configure xymonnet for all hosts and xymonnetnew for only the hosts we need different timeouts? Thanks. Best Regards.

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