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Cacti and Xymon Integration
by BDale＠kitchengroup.com.au 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Hi All, Does anyone have a way to integrate the data from Cacti to Xymon for alerting? At the moment I am using a few different products for SNMP monitoring and want to just use Cacti, I know of the bbmrtg script and Devmon but they don't meet my needs. I found some references to a 2005 script called bigcactus: http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6309 http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/application-management/big-brother/… http://lists.xymon.com/oldarchive/2005/02/msg00126.html Not being a Linux admin or knowing Perl makes it hard to get my head around it and it looks like it's only works with a few Novell related cacti graphs. I'm wondering if anyone is using this script or has something similar they use? Regards, Brandon

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Network Traffic Threat Analyzer?
by kspringer＠innovateteam.com 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

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Looking for Release Advice
by bewhite＠fellowes.com 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Hi all, I am a long time user of the wonderful Xymon product. I currently administer two servers running Xymon 4.3.7, monitoring about 1500 items combined across 4 continents. Needless to say I have not done an upgrade in quite some time. I am just starting a project to install a third Xymon server on our network to off load the monitoring of our European operations across 8 countries. I am looking for advice on the most stable recent release of Xymon for this new server. In addition, I am looking to upgrade my existing 4.3.7 servers to the release selected. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Bruce Bruce White Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer | Phone: 1-630-671-5169 | BeWhite at fellowes.com | www.fellowes.com<http://www.fellowes.com> [cid:image6a7497.JPG at 0d5b0f62.47be4495] Disclaimer: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Fellowes, Inc.

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xymon-rclient.sh clientless script
by usaims＠yahoo.com 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Hi, In this script, it says: # In the config file, we are expecting things like these: # # log:/path/to/file:maxsize # ignore MARK # trigger stuff # linecount:/path/to/file # label1:regex1 # label2:regex2 I'm trying to set the thresholds for green, yellow, and red and I don't know how using a client-less script. Which config file and where? usaims

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patching & bulding xymon
by apocalysque＠yahoo.com 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

I know this isn't strictly related to xymon, but I'm trying to patch xymon and recompile so I can test the patch but I can't seem to get it to work. Does anyone here have any good recommendations on where I can read up on patching and compiling or building and testing? I'm really only a novice in programming, but I think know enough to be able to contribute. I've created a patch for csvreport.c which I believe should cause the availability report to output times in a human readable format instead of unix epoch time. When I tried following instructions from some random websites I found on working with SRPMS, I added the patch into the spec file in 2 spots but when I tried to rebuild the binary RPM, it asks me which file I want to patch. I put my patch file in the sources directory where the rest of the patches seemed to be and added this to the spec file: %patch1000 -p0 and. Patch1000: xymon.xymongen_csvreport.patch So I decided it might be easier to try editing the file found in my /home/rpmbuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/xymon-4.3.27/xymongen directory and just rebuild from that but when I rebuilt it, I get the same unix epoch time on the generated CSV report. I would assume that at the very least I would get some sort of error message on my first try. TIA -Jason

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Powershell ext script working with alarm colors
by Foster.Patch＠accuweather.com 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Hi, I have wrapped a C# script into powershell that monitors ASP.NET information (Current Connections, Requests Executing, Request Wait Time, Requests In Queue, and Request Execution Time). Currently the only modifier to alarm color is how long it takes for the script to respond. I want to make it so, for example, if current connections reaches a certain point, it turns yellow/red. Lines 108-115 highlight what I am referring to. Is there any way to accomplish this? Thanks $MAX_RUN_TIME = 300 $TIME_Exceeded = $false $TEST_FILE = "C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\tmp\aspfoster" $STATUS = "green" $STATUSCODE = "Good to go" $Source = @" using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Diagnostics; namespace ASPNETPerformance { public static class Query { public static IntPtr userHandle = new IntPtr(0); public static string hostName = "."; public static string categoryName = "ASP.NET Applications"; public static string instanceName = "__Total__"; public static float CurrentConnections() { string counterName = "Current Connections"; PerformanceCounter counter = new PerformanceCounter("Web Service", counterName, "_Total", hostName); return counter.NextValue(); } public static float RequestsExecuting() { string counterName = "Requests Executing"; PerformanceCounter counter = new PerformanceCounter(categoryName, counterName, instanceName, hostName); return counter.NextValue(); } public static float RequestWaitTime() { string counterName = "Request Wait Time"; PerformanceCounter counter = new PerformanceCounter(categoryName, counterName, instanceName, hostName); return counter.NextValue(); } public static float RequestsInApplicationQueue() { string counterName = "Requests In Application Queue"; PerformanceCounter counter = new PerformanceCounter(categoryName, counterName, instanceName, hostName); return counter.NextValue(); } public static float RequestExecutionTime() { string counterName = "Request Execution Time"; PerformanceCounter counter = new PerformanceCounter(categoryName, counterName, instanceName, hostName); return counter.NextValue(); } } } "@ try{ Add-Type -TypeDefinition $Source -Language CSharp } catch { } $CurrentConnections = [ASPNETPerformance.Query]::CurrentConnections() $RequestsExecuting = [ASPNETPerformance.Query]::RequestsExecuting() $RequestWaitTime = [ASPNETPerformance.Query]::RequestWaitTime() $RequestsInApplicationQueue = [ASPNETPerformance.Query]::RequestsInApplicationQueue() $RequestExecutionTime = [ASPNETPerformance.Query]::RequestExecutionTime() $yep = "$CurrentConnections $RequestsExecuting $RequestWaitTime $RequestsInApplicationQueue $RequestExecutionTime" $yep | out-file -filePath "C:\users\patchf\desktop\herrp.txt" if ($TIME_Exceeded) { $STATUS = "yellow" $STATUSCODE = "This is taking longer than usual" } if ($CurrentConnections > 15000) { #turn current connections yellow } if($CurrentConnections > 16000) { #turn current connections red } $end = Get-Date $STATUS = "$STATUS $end $STATUSCODE" $STATUS | out-file -Encoding ASCII $TEST_FILE $Herp = "ASP.NET Application Information `n" | out-file -Encoding ASCII $TEST_FILE -Append $Derp = "Current Connections: " + $CurrentConnections | out-file -Encoding ASCII $TEST_FILE -Append $Merp = "Requests Executing: " + $RequestsExecuting | out-file -Encoding ASCII $TEST_FILE -Append $Cherp = "Request Wait Time: " + $RequestWaitTime | out-file -Encoding ASCII $TEST_FILE -Append $Berp = "Requests In Queue: " + $RequestsInApplicationQueue | out-file -Encoding ASCII $TEST_FILE -Append $Flerp = "Requests Execution Time: " + $RequestExecutionTime | out-file -Encoding ASCII $TEST_FILE -Append Foster Patch Web Server Technician

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systemd help
by ken.schweiker＠faa.gov 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

Running RH 72 which uses systemd for start up. Are any scripts available for automating startup for server and clients. Thanks.

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xymon master-slave server
by traxler＠lsu.edu 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

Maybe have a blank alerts file on slave (except for monitoring primary server)? -- Isaac Traxler Storage & Infrastructure Manager High Performance Computing Louisiana State University, LONI 325 Frey Computing Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 225-578-1923 | traxler at lsu.edu On Tue, 5 Apr 2016, eli via Xymon wrote: > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:08:42 > From: eli via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> > Reply-To: eli <den2k10 at yahoo.com>, eli <eliap09 at yahoo.com> > To: Xymon Mailing List <xymon at xymon.com> > Subject: [Xymon] xymon master-slave server > [NON-Text Body part not included]

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Xymon disruption every night!
by earle＠isolar.DynDNS.ORG 23 Apr '16

23 Apr '16

> On Apr 20, 2016, at 3:40 PM, cleaver at terabithia.org wrote: > > Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:40:14 -0700 > From: "J.C. Cleaver" <cleaver at terabithia.org> > To: "Xymon Mailing List" <xymon at xymon.com> > Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon disruption every night! > Message-ID: > <ffe8d4b5d0aa3d63517f2d994cf03d5c.squirrel at mail.kkytbs.net> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > > On Wed, April 20, 2016 12:55 pm, Greg Earle wrote: >> >>> On Feb 17, 2016, at 12:50 AM,"J.C. Cleaver" <cleaver at terabithia.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> - Why I have a "DNS error" here ? I set up the IP yesterday to this >>>> host >>>> to solve the issue. The "conn" error disappeared since yesterday >>>> evening >>>> but the http error still remains. >>> >>> All signs do point to an issue with DNS resolution here. >>> >>> Was this a custom compile or are you using a package? If custom, what >>> version of c-ares is on your system? That's the underlying resolution >>> library that xymonnet is using by default to handle DNS lookups. The >>> fact that the 'conn' test remained good after you added the local hosts >>> entry matches that, since HTTP tests are performed using their own >>> secondary DNS lookup (to deal with vhosts, etc.) unless the IP is >>> specified there as well. >> >> J.C., >> >> I just stumbled across this thread from 2 months ago. We're having DNS >> glitches at my work and it's causing a flood of <hostname>:http >> "DNS error" alerts in Xymon, which is becoming a real problem. >> >> But here's what I don't understand. All of our HTTP-tested hosts are >> in the "hosts.cfg" file with their short names (instead of FQHNs). So I >> couldn't understand why DNS was involved since the IP addresses and names >> were right there in "hosts.cfg" for Xymon to use. >> >> Your response - specifically "unless the IP is specified there as well" - >> implies that there might be another location where I could load the >> names and addresses of our HTTP-tested hosts, to avoid this problem. >> >> (Yes, I know - hosts and IP addresses can change. But I'm in control of >> that so I can deal.) >> >> If this is the case, where is that other location where I can specify the >> short names/IP addresses for the HTTP tests? > > Yep: https://xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/hosts.cfg.5.html#lbAR > > 192.168.0.10 mywebserver # http://www.sample.com=192.168.0.10/ > > For HTTP tests, an IP override is put in for each URL you're using. This > will prevent a DNS lookup at http-test time for this URL, and when > combined with combined with testip (for any other TCP checks here) and > noconn (for ping->fping resolution), it should prevent any DNS lookups > from being done for the string "mywebserver". > > Unless there's been a regression, that should be sufficient. It's > definitely worked at scale for mass testing of "hosts" that are not being > referred to by a valid DNS name and simply listen on a distinct port. Thank you!!! I had tried using "testip" in each of the Web server entries and couldn't understand why we still kept getting DNS meltdowns. Apparently I missed this subtle line in hosts.cfg(5): -- xymonnet ignores the "testip" tag normally used to force a test to use the IP-address from the hosts.cfg file instead of the hostname, when it performs http and https tests. -- D'oh! - Greg

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WG: Apache webserver performance statistics
by christian.becker＠rhein-zeitung.net 21 Apr '16

21 Apr '16

Hi, i want to monitor apache webserver statistics on a REMOTE server, not on the Xymon server itself..... This means that I need to install webalizer on the remote server, but i'm not sure if we are allowed to do that, or that the company will allow that.... Regards Christian Christian Becker IT-Services _________________________________ Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH August-Horch-Straße 28 D-56070 Koblenz Verleger und Geschäftsführer: Walterpeter Twer Reg.-Gericht Koblenz HRB 121 Finanzamt Koblenz Str.Nr. 22 65 10 285 2 www.rhein-zeitung.de<http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/> Von: ANDERSSON Tomas [mailto:tomas.andersson at sca.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. April 2016 13:16 An: Becker Christian <christian.becker at rhein-zeitung.net<mailto:christian.becker at rhein-zeitung.net>> Betreff: RE: [Xymon] Apache webserver performance statistics Hi THere , One simple start is to install webalizer .... And then make a shortcut to it in the xymonmenu. Google for webalizer ... BR //Tomas From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Becker Christian Sent: den 18 april 2016 13:07 To: 'xymon at xymon.com' Subject: [Xymon] Apache webserver performance statistics Hello out there, does anyone know a good way to monitor performance and / or statistics of an Apache webserver 2.4 and present the results to Xymon? Using mod_status together with the apache[=URL] tag in the hosts.cfg file "only" provides me with some simple graphs in the trend pages. I'm thinking about things like http requests per second, response time etc. Should be used on a webserver serving up to 15 virtual hosts. Regards Christian Christian Becker IT-Services August-Horch-Straße 28 D-56070 Koblenz Verleger und Geschäftsführer: Walterpeter Twer Reg.-Gericht Koblenz HRB 121 Finanzamt Koblenz Str.Nr. 22 65 10 285 2 www.rhein-zeitung.de<http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/> ________________________________ This message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information and is intended for the addressee's use only. Any usage, disclosure, distribution, print or copying of any part of this message is prohibited unless you are the intended recipient. If you receive this message in error, please delete it from any computer and notify the sender. If you suspect that this message may have been altered, please notify the sender. SCA has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure that this e-mail and any attachments to this e-mail has been scanned for viruses. However, SCA does not accept liability for any damage caused by software viruses brought to you by this mail.

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