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DATA messages
by dboldt＠usgs.gov 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

Hello, Pardon the newbie questions. I can't seem to find any references on the format for "data messages". Have tried sending the following, and no rrd file appears on the server: data igskahcmasmx01,cr,usgs,gov.msgRate messageRate: 1.3980 A second question is on best practices; How should one launch the data collecting program, with respect to the definition of the associated test? Below are the current pair of definitions I am using in clientlaunch.cfg: [msgRate] ENVFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg CMD $XYMONCLIENTHOME/ext/msgRate LOGFILE $XYMONCLIENTLOGS/msgRate.log INTERVAL 5m [msgRate.data] ENVFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg CMD $XYMONCLIENTHOME/ext/data/msgRate LOGFILE $XYMONCLIENTLOGS/msgRate-data.log INTERVAL 5m I'm assuming that I can't run multiple "CMD"s in a single task definition. Similarly I'm assuming that I can't reuse the same task identifier. -- -- David Boldt <dboldt at usgs.gov> "I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph." --Shirley Temple (1928 - )

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Color Status GIF for host status page
by steuer＠hotmail.com 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

Thanks Japheth! >From your hint I was able to modify my script to do what I wanted. So let me share now, maybe this will help others. As an example, using the dnsreg.sh script, I’ve modified 2 things: 1. With the widely published dnsreg.sh script, the EXPIRESTRING was showing like this for me: 2015-09-25T14 because it used a : as a delimiter, I removed the sed command and added an additional cut command using T as a delimiter so it only grabbed the actual date part. 2. Thanks to your hint, I added the DOTCOLOR commands in each part of the IF statement. Also in the last line I prefix with $DOTCOLOR so now it shows the colored icon in the detailed status page. EXPIRESTRING="`whois $DOMAIN | egrep -i "Expires.*:|Expiration.*:|Renewal.*:|Expires on" | head -n 1 | cut -d: -f2 | cut -dT -f1`" EXPIRES=`date --date="$EXPIRESTRING" "+%s"` if test $EXPIRES -le $ALARMTIME then COLOR=red DOTCOLOR='&red' elif test $EXPIRES -le $WARNTIME then COLOR=yellow DOTCOLOR='&yellow' else COLOR=green DOTCOLOR='&green' fi DOM=`echo $DOMAIN | sed -e 's/\./,/g'` $BB $BBDISP "status+12h $DOM.dnsreg $COLOR `date` $DOTCOLOR Domain $DOMAIN expires on: $EXPIRESTRING From: Japheth Cleaver [mailto:cleaver at terabithia.org] Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 6:22 PM To: steuer at hotmail.com; xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Color Status GIF for host status page On 9/25/2015 2:36 PM, Rob Steuer wrote: Hi, I’ve tried to figure this out, but I need help at this point. What I’m trying to figure out is how to add a colored GIF status image to a detailed host page. For example, when looking at built in pages like Memory, Disk, Etc. The individual items show a small colored GIF image, green,yellow,red prior to the item [green gif] Physical: 80%. I’ve setup the UPS monitoring using devmon and the dnsreg script and while if I click on those pages it shows a green column/bar all the way to the left, it doesn’t show a green gif dot image next to the item that is tested. How can this be added? I’ve looked at the analysis.cfg and thought I was getting close, but I think it must be set/configured in some other way, it is defined on the client or the Xymon server and where? Rob, I can't speak to devmon *specifically* but generically speaking, the contents of the status message are controlled by the sender. The hard way to put it in would be to add the HTML IMG tag by hand, but fortunately there's an easier method :) Adding a '&red', '&yellow' or other &color to your status message on a line will cause the web interface to insert the appropriate color GIF for you automatically. HTH, -jc

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graphing question
by bb4＠richter-it.net 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hi fellow XYmonians, I have a script that periodically checks my DSL speed and reports 2 values: Download : 13400801 Upload : 1027604 which are Bit/s. Actually it reports MBit/s and I recalculate the Bits. Now I want to graph these values. This is what I have in graphs.cfg: [speed] TITLE DSL Speed Info YAXIS Mbit/s DEF:Download=speed.rrd:Download:AVERAGE DEF:Upload=speed.rrd:Upload:AVERAGE LINE2:Download#00CCCC:Download LINE2:Upload#FF0000:Upload COMMENT:\n GPRINT:Download:LAST:Download \: %2.2lf%s (cur) GPRINT:Download:MAX:Download \: %2.2lf%s (max) GPRINT:Download:MIN:Download \: %2.2lf%s (min) GPRINT:Download:AVERAGE:Download \: %2.2lf%s (avg)\n GPRINT:Upload:LAST:Upload \: %2.2lf%s (cur) GPRINT:Upload:MAX:Upload \: %2.2lf%s (max) GPRINT:Upload:MIN:Upload \: %2.2lf%s (min) GPRINT:Upload:AVERAGE:Upload \: %2.2lf%s (avg)\n and this is in xymonserver.cfg: TEST2RRD="...,speed=ncv,..." GRAPHS="...,speed" NCV_speed="Download:GAUGE,Upload:GAUGE" The test runs every 20 minutes and I can see in speed.rrd the values on top of the file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd">  <rrd> <version>0003</version> <step>300</step>  <lastupdate>1443085347</lastupdate>  <ds> <name> Download </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> <min>NaN</min> <max>NaN</max>  <last_ds>13400801</last_ds> <value>NaN</value> <unknown_sec> 147 </unknown_sec> </ds> <ds> <name> Upload </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> <min>NaN</min> <max>NaN</max>  <last_ds>1027604</last_ds> <value>NaN</value> <unknown_sec> 147 </unknown_sec> </ds> But these values are not passed down to the "archive" section of the file. So I might be missing something or maybe my graph definition is wrong. Can someone with a little bit more knowledge of RRD shed some light on this. Thanks Torsten

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Xymon alert to pagerduty
by zforray＠vcu.edu 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

A couple of departments at the university were testing alternatives to the old pager process and they tested pagerduty but instead decided to go with victorops. I set alerts to both and everything seemed to work as it should. Victorops uses much more complicated email addresses but seem to work just fine...for example: MAIL 529597a1-47ad-4308-80f0-(12-digit code removed from this post)+ webservices at alert.victorops.com On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Eli via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Eli <eliap09 at yahoo.com> > To: xymon at xymon.com > Cc: > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:15:31 -0600 > Subject: Xymon alert to pagerduty > Hello, > > Is there any one tried forward/integrate xymon alert to pagerduty? > > Thanks > > *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* > > -- *Zoltan Forray* TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Xymon Monitor Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services www.ucc.vcu.edu zforray at vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html

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Xymon alert to pagerduty
by eliap09＠yahoo.com 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hello, Is there any one tried forward/integrate xymon alert to pagerduty? Thanks Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID

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Xymon alert to pagerduty
by solitaryr＠gmail.com 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

Just look at the xymon help for alerts. You can either use a script or email to manage them when they trigger. You can use whatever language you are most comfortable using. You can also look at the alerts tab on Xymonton to see some examples: https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php/alerts On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Eli via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Eli <eliap09 at yahoo.com> > To: Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson at sas.com> > Cc: xymon at xymon.com > Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 08:59:36 -0600 > Subject: Re: Xymon alert to pagerduty > Thanks much Johnson. Yes PD has web hook. Do mind if you give me some > insight what you did on xymon side, what the script do and where did you > put the script. > > *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* > > > Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson at sas.com> wrote: > > I've not tried pager duty but I have done Slack. If PagerDuty has a > webhook or other web interface, it should be easy enough to create a script > that calls it. You may want to start here: > > > https://developer.pagerduty.com/documentation/howto/integration-tutorial > > > =G= > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Eli <eliap09 at yahoo.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, September 26, 2015 12:15 AM > *To:* xymon at xymon.com > *Subject:* Xymon alert to pagerduty > > Hello, > > Is there any one tried forward/integrate xymon alert to pagerduty? > > Thanks > > *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* > >

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Xymon alert to pagerduty
by eliap09＠yahoo.com 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

Thanks Wilfrid, definitely I will try email, the only reason looking other method is PD email integration is the least recommended, but if that work for you, I will try it, I was looking other xymon users feedback. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Wilfrid Beauchaine <wbeauchaine at katei.net> wrote: >Hello, > >we use pagerduty with email: > >https://www.pagerduty.com/docs/guides/email-integration-guide/ > >wilfrid > > >On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 01:42:21PM +0000, Galen Johnson wrote: >> I've not tried pager duty but I have done Slack. If PagerDuty has a webhook or other web interface, it should be easy enough to create a script that calls it. You may want to start here: >> >> >> https://developer.pagerduty.com/documentation/howto/integration-tutorial? >> >> >> =G= >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Eli <eliap09 at yahoo.com> >> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 12:15 AM >> To: xymon at xymon.com >> Subject: Xymon alert to pagerduty >> >> Hello, >> >> Is there any one tried forward/integrate xymon alert to pagerduty? >> >> Thanks >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID > >> _______________________________________________ >> Xymon mailing list >> Xymon at xymon.com >> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >

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Xymon alert to pagerduty
by eliap09＠yahoo.com 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

Thanks much Johnson. Yes PD has web hook. Do mind if you give me some insight what you did on xymon side, what the script do and where did you put the script. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson at sas.com> wrote: > > >I've not tried pager duty but I have done Slack. If PagerDuty has a webhook or other web interface, it should be easy enough to create a script that calls it. You may want to start here: > > >https://developer.pagerduty.com/documentation/howto/integration-tutorial > > >=G= > > >From: Eli <eliap09 at yahoo.com> >Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 12:15 AM >To: xymon at xymon.com >Subject: Xymon alert to pagerduty > > > >Hello, > > >Is there any one tried forward/integrate xymon alert to pagerduty? > > >Thanks > > >Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID >

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Color Status GIF for host status page
by steuer＠hotmail.com 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

Hi, I've tried to figure this out, but I need help at this point. What I'm trying to figure out is how to add a colored GIF status image to a detailed host page. For example, when looking at built in pages like Memory, Disk, Etc. The individual items show a small colored GIF image, green,yellow,red prior to the item [green gif] Physical: 80%. I've setup the UPS monitoring using devmon and the dnsreg script and while if I click on those pages it shows a green column/bar all the way to the left, it doesn't show a green gif dot image next to the item that is tested. How can this be added? I've looked at the analysis.cfg and thought I was getting close, but I think it must be set/configured in some other way, it is defined on the client or the Xymon server and where? Thanks for all help!

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Display IP address on webpage
by jersey_m＠yahoo.com 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

Hi..Is there a way to display the IP address instead of the hostname in the overview webpages. I suppose I can use the NAME tag but it would mean I have to add NAME tags to every host in host.cfg Thanks

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