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Output of PROCS test
by larry＠fni-stl.com 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Is there an easy way to change the format of the PROCS test output? Mainly adding an extra linefeed or newline to the test summary at the top. Works fine on the web display but the email notices run all tests into one line. Making it difficult to read for systems that are checking on a lot of processes. e.g. yellow Wed Sep 14 10:04:46 CDT 2016 - Processes NOT ok &green atd (found 2, req. 1 or more) &green ntpd (found 1, req. 1 or more) &green postfix/master (found 1, req. 1 or more) &green %/tripwire.*/java (found 1, req. 1 or more) &green vmtoolsd (found 1, req. 1 or more) &yellow httpd (found 0, req. 3 or more) &green cron (found 1, req. 1 or more) &green sshd (found 2, req. 1 or more) &green syslog (found 1, req. 1 or more) &green splunkd (found 2, req. 1 or more) &green hpsmhd (found 0, req. at most 0) &green elxhbamgrd (found 0, req. at most 0) &green clamscan (found 0, req. at most 0) Server RHEL 6 Xymon server 4.3.27 If it makes a difference, I am using hobbit v4.2.0 on most (if not all) of my client systems. ========================================================= Larry D. Bonham Financial Network Inc. 10401-F Baur Olivette, MO 63132 ========================================================= ________________________________ 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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Compiled latest Deb - Web only showing Index of files - Can't figure out what to symlink
by freesoftwareservers＠gmail.com 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

I have compiled the latest deb files by hand and installed them, I even have a working server, but I am trying to replicate it, and I remember having a lot of trouble the first time around. No matter what I symlink to the webroot or what I make the webroot, I just get an index of files. I have tried making the webroot /var/www/ and /var/www/html. On my working server I have root at monitor:/var/www# ls -la | grep xymon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Aug 23 12:29 xymon -> /usr/lib/xymon/server/ On my non working server : donut at xymon:/var/www$ ls -la | grep xymon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Sep 13 21:53 xymon -> /usr/lib/xymo /server/ But I can't for the life of me get the webpage to render! donut at xymon:~$ sudo service xymon status [sudo] password for donut: Xymon (xymonlaunch) running with PID 1182 donut at xymon:~$ sudo service xymon-client status Xymon client does not appear to be running donut at xymon:~$ sudo service xymon-client start donut at xymon:~$ sudo service xymon-client status Xymon client does not appear to be running I always share what I learn!, Tho I havn't posted many of my custom scripts that are in my jira because I'm busy, but here are some of the stuff I've posted. https://www.freesoftwareservers.com/index.php/xymon-home-page/

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xymonnet alarm
by Foster.Patch＠accuweather.com 10 Sep '16

10 Sep '16

Hello, A change to how our DNS is configured has caused the DNS test on xymonnet to reach around 50 seconds. Combined with the other tests, the total time exceeds the time limit (60). Because of this, xymonnet has been alarming for a very long time. Is there any way I can adjust the time limit to account for this? (Bring it up to 80 instead of 60 for example) Here is our xymonnet section of tasks.cfg: [xymonnet] ENVFILE /usr/lib/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg NEEDS xymond CMD xymonnet --report --ping --checkresponse --dns-timeout=5 LOGFILE $XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymonnet.log INTERVAL 1m Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Foster Patch Server Technician

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XymonPSClient and updating
by Russell.Blumenthal＠stonybrookmedicine.edu 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

Hey guys, I have been using the XymonPSClient for a bit now and replaced a lot of BBWin instances. Since there have been new versions of the PowerShell client released since I started, what is the best way to get the old PS clients updated? I know that I may need to go back and touch each of the existing servers, but is there a way with the updating feature to have it look at a share for a new version based on folder name? This way, I can have all servers look at this particular path for updates and when I want to update, I just copy the file to a folder with the correct naming convention and it auto updates. Thanks This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by e-mail and destroy all copies of the original.

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clarification on xymongen reportopts
by EDSchminke＠Hormel.com 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

I've been scratching my head on this for a while. Hoping for some clarification here: I'm looking to generate a report of status from the "overnight", basically 4PM the previous day to 7AM the current day. I crafted this command, but it's not producing what I'd expect to see: [xymon at lxcobxymonp ~]$ /home/xymon/server/bin/xymoncmd /bin/bash [xymon at lxcobxymonp ~]$ XYMONWEB=/xymon/rep/overnight [xymon at lxcobxymonp ~]$ XYMONREPWARN=99.9999999 [xymon at lxcobxymonp ~]$ XYMONREPGREEN=99.9999999 [xymon at lxcobxymonp ~]$ xymongen --reportopts=1473282000:1473336000:1:nongr /home/xymon/server/www/rep/overnight I know there are some periods were some tests went YELLOW during that period, but I'm not seeing that represented in the report. They show all green. The only time I see anything on the report that isn't green (a number) is if there was some RED in that period. I set XYMONREPWARN and XYMONREPGREEN as high as I dared, hoping that I would see some change... perhaps I'm misunderstanding how this setting works. Erik D. Schminke | Associate Systems Programmer Hormel Foods Corporation | One Hormel Place | Austin, MN 55912 Phone: (507) 434-6817 edschminke at hormel.com | www.hormelfoods.com

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Custom alert mail with script
by tanwork1＠gmail.com 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Hi there I have been working on custom alert script for days, but it just doesn't work. Here is my config in alerts.cfg(based on the man page): HOST=* SERVICE=cpu,disk,memory,files COLOR=red,yellow #MAIL me at mydomain.com RECOVERED #This one works fine. SCRIPT /home/xymon/RedAlert.sh me at mydomain.com FORMAT=sms And here is my script(based on http://lists.xymon.com/pipermail/xymon/2011-May/031660.html) #!/usr/bin/sh CALL_LEVEL="存在异常" ASK_LEVEL="请您关注。" RCPT=$1 [ "$BBCOLORLEVEL" = "RED" ] && ASK_LEVEL="情况严重，请立即处理。" [ "$BBCOLORLEVEL" = "RED" ] && CALL_LEVEL="严重告警" echo "告警主机$BBHOSTNAME ，IP地址为$MACHIP，告警项目：$BBSVCNAME，$ASK_LEVEL 持续时长：$DOWNSECS。相关日志详情： $BBALPHAMSG" | mail -s "$MACHIP 的 $BBSVCNAME $CALL_LEVEL【Xymon监控】" $RCPT The alert.log keep logging: Could not launch paging script /home/xymon/RedAlert.sh: No such file or directory I have checked the file permission (-rwxrwxr-x), and when I run: sh /home/xymon/RedAlert.sh me at mydomain.com with user xymon, I receive what i want immediately. Would someone please help me out of this? Thanks a lot.

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mozilla observatory
by cedric.briner＠unige.ch 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Hi, Recently, Mozilla has announced some tools that gives grade for website. You can get a look of what I'm talking by going to: https://observatory.mozilla.org For example, you can through the api do: curl --data "hidden=true" https://http-observatory.security.mozilla.org/api/v1/analyze?host=www.unige… { "end_time": "Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:48:54 GMT", "grade": "F", "response_headers": { "Accept-Ranges": "bytes", "Connection": "Keep-Alive", "Content-Length": "153", "Content-Type": "text/html", "Date": "Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:48:53 GMT", "Keep-Alive": "timeout=15, max=100", "Server": "Apache" }, "scan_id": 1579077, "score": 0, "start_time": "Sun, 04 Sep 2016 19:48:50 GMT", "state": "FINISHED", "tests_failed": 6, "tests_passed": 5, "tests_quantity": 11 } I would love to be able to display and monitor the grade. Can someone tell me what is the best way to do this? Thanks in advance. Cédric BRINER -- Cédric BRINER, Ing. EPFL & HES +41 (0)22 / 379 71 83

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Just wondering if I'm the only one who's done this
by bferrell＠baywinds.org 01 Sep '16

01 Sep '16

I've never ever seen it written up, and I've been a user since the days when xymon was BigBrother (yes, I know they aren't common code... xymon IS the spiritual descendant however) Recently, I started monitoring a remote service that was failing regularly. It would send me an alert and I'd go fix the service. I got tired of having to do the restarts so I looked a bit more into alerts.cfg. Yes, I can send an alert via a script (do that all the time for sms)... Wait... Can that script do anything else? Well, I'll be! I wrote one to ssh into the offending system (key based authentication) and perform simple diags, collects relevant logs then restart the downed service. I have seen a number of times, "xymon/bigbrother doesn't restart things". Thoughts? Concerns? Bueller? Bueller??

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Unusual dnsreg behaviour
by rich＠corporationpop.co.uk 01 Sep '16

01 Sep '16

Hi all. I have recently added in the dnsreg script from the xymon.com site https://www.xymon.com/xymon-cgi/viewconf.sh?dnsreg All appears to be working well apart from I am getting some strange behaviour for a couple of domains. For some domains I am simply not receiving any data back, which is causing the test to show red with the following line of information: Domain somedomain.co.uk expires on Normally I would see the expiration date here, but it simply doesn't show. I have tested the domain using whois on the server, and this all returns fine. So I'm not too sure why this is happening. Any ideas? *Rich Jones* | Web Developer Corporation Pop 21-23 Shudehill Manchester M4 2AF 0161 838 0808 www.corporationpop.co.uk This email message (and any attached file) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom the sender intended it to be addressed and may contain information that constitutes a trade secret, or that is privileged, confidential or subject to copyright. No part of it may be circulated, quoted, or reproduced without prior written approval from Corporation Pop Ltd. The contents of this document are strictly confidential and owned by Corporation Pop Ltd. Copyright © Corporation Pop Ltd. All rights reserved. Corporation Pop is a limited company registered in England + Wales. Company number 4869229. VAT number 533 8932 26.

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Not able to access Xymon GUI
by mailnsa＠gmail.com 30 Aug '16

30 Aug '16

Hi Jeremy, Thanks for the quick update. But, I was waiting for 2hrs still I couldnt get the file. I even restarted the xymon and apache server. I'm still getting forbidden error. If I change the permissions of my xymon folder to 775 I can able to get the folder structure ... 😑 -- regards, Shankar http://discoveringweblogic.webs.com/ https://in.linkedin.com/in/shankar-anand-nagalingam-622b6833 On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 2:17 AM, Jeremy Laidman <jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au> wrote: > Shankar > > It takes a few minutes for xymongen to make the index.html. Until then you > usually get a directory listing. > > Cheers > Jeremy > > On Tue, 30 Aug 2016, 01:48 Shankar Shiva <mailnsa at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Support, >> >> I'm working on the installation of xymon on AWS cloud. Below, is my >> system information:- >> >> *[root at ip-ip xymon]# arch* >> *x86_64* >> *[root at ip-ip xymon]# cat /etc/redhat-release* >> *Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)* >> *[root at ip-ip xymon]# uname -a* >> *Linux ip-ip.ap-south-1.compute.internal 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7.x86_64 #1 >> SMP Sat Jan 23 04:54:55 EST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux* >> *[root at ip-ip xymon]#* >> >> >> After extracting Xymon software, I executed ./configure --server, but I'm >> getting below exceptions:- >> *./configure --server --rrdinclude /root/rrdtool-1.5.5/* >> >> *Configuration script for Xymon* >> >> *This script asks a few questions and builds a Makefile to compile Xymon* >> >> *Checking your make-utility* >> *Checking pre-requisites for building Xymon* >> >> *Checking for fping ...* >> *Xymon has a built-in ping utility (xymonping)* >> *However, it is not yet fully stable and therefore it* >> *may be best to use the external fping utility instead.* >> *I could not find fping on your system* >> *Do you want to use xymonping [Y/n] ?* >> *y* >> *OK, I will use xymonping.* >> >> >> *Checking for PCRE ...* >> *Compiling with PCRE library works OK* >> *Linking with PCRE library works OK* >> >> >> *Checking for C-ARES library ...* >> *test-cares.c:5:18: fatal error: ares.h: No such file or directory* >> * #include <ares.h>* >> * ^* >> *compilation terminated.* >> *make: *** [test-compile] Error 1* >> *ERROR: Cannot compile using c-ares library.* >> *The system C-ARES library is missing or not usable. I will use the >> version shipped with Xymon* >> >> >> *Checking for RRDtool ...* >> *Not RRDtool 1.0.x, checking for 1.2.x* >> *test-rrd.c:3:17: fatal error: rrd.h: No such file or directory* >> * #include <rrd.h>* >> * ^* >> *compilation terminated.* >> *make: *** [test-compile] Error 1* >> *ERROR: Cannot compile with RRDtool.* >> *ERROR: Linking with RRDtool fails* >> *RRDtool include- or library-files not found.* >> *These are REQUIRED for trend-graph support in Xymon, but Xymon can* >> *be built without them (e.g. for a network-probe only installation.* >> >> *RRDtool can be found at http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/ >> <http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/>* >> *If you have RRDtool installed, use the "--rrdinclude DIR" and "--rrdlib >> DIR"* >> *options to configure to specify where they are.* >> >> *Continuing with all trend-graph support DISABLED* >> >> >> Since, system ignored this exceptions I continued with my other >> installation steps. But, post installation I'mnot getting the GUI screen. >> When I access the application with xymon context path I only get the folder >> structure. >> >> Could you please help me?/ >> >> -- >> regards, >> Shankar >> http://discoveringweblogic.webs.com/ >> https://in.linkedin.com/in/shankar-anand-nagalingam-622b6833 >> _______________________________________________ >> Xymon mailing list >> Xymon at xymon.com >> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > >

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