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Hosts with multiple names - separate page for all names?
by john.horne＠plymouth.ac.uk 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

On Fri, 2021-06-25 at 18:51 +0100, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi John, (reply to list being held until the list moderator can review > it for approval.) > > Try Administration -> FInd Host, this field searches host entry name as > well as the NAME: tag. I always uncheck jump to page so I get a list, > even if only one host matches. > Thanks for that. Unfortunately it shows a list but only their colloquial name. We don't use the NAME tag, but would have to use the strict name in the tag. The problem then is that the status pages then show the strict name and not the colloquial one. Also it seems that the findhost option shows the tag (srict) name, and not the colloquial one as well. I need something that will show both names at the same time. 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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Hosts with multiple names - separate page for all names?
by john.horne＠plymouth.ac.uk 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Hello, The subject line isn't quite accurate, but I couldn't quite think how to to describe the issue in a few words. From a long time ago I have given our Linux servers colloquial names, but the servers also have more strict names from when they are created. As an example, our 'bb' server (so called because it ran the Big Brother software) is more correctly known as 'cent-8-023'. I cannot remember the strict names for servers, but can the colloquial ones. So our Xymon (4.3.30) hosts.cfg file lists the hosts with their colloquial name, and a CLIENT: option with the strict name and a DESCR: option with the server strict name and its IP address. E.g: 10.11.12.13 bb # CLIENT:cent-8-023 DESCR:"Server: cent-8-023 - 10.11.12.13" All this means that on the Main view page I see the colloquial name, but if I hold the mouse over the host name I then see the description. Great :-) However, other people are always using the servers strict names when reporting things to me, and that means I have to perform some form of lookup of what strict name corresponds to what colloquial name. I could do that simply by running the mouse over all the host names on the Main view page - not very good; takes too long. I could simply keep a text list of server names - a bit too old school even for me! So the question is, is there some way to configure Xymon such that perhaps there is a sub-page of all the same hosts but with their strict and colloquial names being shown? The host entry for the sub-page might then be: 10.11.12.13 bb-cent-8-023 # CLIENT:cent-8-023... The sub-page would only really be used to see both of the servers names (colloquial and strict). I would rather that the host entries did not appear on the Main view status page since that in effect would double the number of hosts being shown. I could do this for the Main view status page as it is at the moment, but it contains enough information already and expanding the host names further I think would make it look a bit cluttered and not what I really want to do. 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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Monitoring for process runs too long
by robert.herron＠gmail.com 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

I need pointers to documentation or how-to for monitoring via the Client Data server-side. I have a server managed by a third-party. Fortunately, this vendor uses Xymon to monitor it. I cannot add custom EXT scripts to it. The vendor did add my Xymon server to the xymonclient.cfg?s XYMSERVERS parameter so I can set custom thresholds in my analysis.cfg. So, the server had a process that hung and started causing problems. I would like to leverage a Client Data on my server to monitor and alert for this process. Thanks. -- Robert Herron robert.herron at gmail.com

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smtps checks seem to always fail
by lists＠benjamindsmith.com 16 Jun '21

16 Jun '21

I have a mail server at host.effortlessis.com set up with LetsEncrypt certificates. Whenever I turn on the smtps test, I get a status RED from xymon with the error message: Service smtps on host.effortlessis.com is not OK : Service listening but unavailable (SSL error) Any idea how to resolve this? Some config details that might help: xymon-4.3.30 on CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) No issues with smtp test. hosts.cfg 51.68.205.149 host.effortlessis.com # smtp smtps conn imaps sni https:// host.effortlessis.com server/etc/protocols.cfg [smtps] send "ehlo xymonnet\r\nquit\r\n" expect "220" options ssl,banner port 465 The SSL certificate passes fine if I check it manually. (monitor is the name of the xymon host and I am running this test as the xymon daemon user) [xymon at monitor ~]$ echo "quit" | openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect host.effortlessis.com:465 > /dev/null depth=3 O = Digital Signature Trust Co., CN = DST Root CA X3 verify return:1 depth=2 C = US, O = Internet Security Research Group, CN = ISRG Root X1 verify return:1 depth=1 C = US, O = Let's Encrypt, CN = R3 verify return:1 depth=0 CN = host.effortlessis.com verify return:1 250 SMTPUTF8 DONE

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epoch time in logs
by KK1051＠att.com 15 Jun '21

15 Jun '21

Hello xymon brothers, Has anyone done anything with the msg/log on xymon to change epoch times to human time on the fly? Today I am tired of converting epoch to human in my head. ? Kevin H. King Senior Advanced Technical Support Technology Operations, SS7 Signaling AT&T Services, Inc. 2722 Windridge Dr. Acworth Ga. 30102 m 404.444.0410 | o 678.403.2921 | kevin.h.king at att.com<mailto:kevin.h.king at att.com>

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Bug reports via mailing list?
by zechner＠vrvis.at 14 Jun '21

14 Jun '21

Hi, on the xymon project page [1] it says "If you think you have found a bug in Xymon, please report it to the Xymon mailing list at xymon at xymon.com.", and I just wanted to make sure this is still the way to go. Should I report bugs directly to the mailing list or is there another issue tracker I'm not aware of? Cheers Christoph [1] https://xymon.sourceforge.io/xymon/help/known-issues.html

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Is Xymon Alive?
by Daniel.Ciesielski＠airboss.com 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

Hello, I had started implementing Xymon on a few machines to see if I could get it to work (I haven't touched Linux in almost 5 years). Now upper management is expressing concerns that Xymon is dead because the newest version is from 2019, and the documentation is even older. Does this project still have a team behind it? Or has it been left "as is"? Best Regards Daniel CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited.

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Latest OS Versions supported
by abe＠deuxchevaux.org 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

Dear Tracey, On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 07:35:57PM +0000, White, Tracey via Xymon wrote: > Will Xymon support the following > Redhat Linux 7 > Redhat Linux 8 > Oracle Linux 7 > Oracle Linux 8 At least there are RPMs for them on https://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon/ those for RHEL should also work on Oracle Linux as it is a derivative of it AFAIK. 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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Latest OS Versions supported
by john.thurston＠alaska.gov 07 Jun '21

07 Jun '21

Oracle Enterprise Linux is expected to run everything RedHat Enterprise Linux will. It is reasonable to assume Xymon server and client will compile and run correctly on all of those you list below. -- Do things because you should, not just because you can. John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Department of Administration State of Alaska On 6/7/2021 11:35 AM, White, Tracey via Xymon wrote: > Will Xymon support the following > > ????????????? Redhat Linux 7 > ????????????? Redhat Linux 8 > ????????????? Oracle Linux 7 > ????????????? Oracle Linux 8 >

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Latest OS Versions supported
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 07 Jun '21

07 Jun '21

Linux is a kernel, not an OS. Xymon is released with SF @ https://sourceforge.net/projects/xymon/ Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 2:36 PM White, Tracey via Xymon <xymon at xymon.com> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "White, Tracey" <White-Tracey at aramark.com> > To: "xymon at xymon.com" <xymon at xymon.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 18:36:05 +0000 > Subject: Latest OS Versions supported > > What are the latest versions of Linux OS does Xymon support? > > What is the latest version of Xymon available? > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "White, Tracey via Xymon" <xymon at xymon.com> > To: "xymon at xymon.com" <xymon at xymon.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 18:36:05 +0000 > Subject: [Xymon] Latest OS Versions supported > _______________________________________________ > Xymon mailing list > Xymon at xymon.com > http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon >

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