On 10/31/2017 8:37 AM, Pierre L wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to set up xymonfetch/msgcache with ssh tunnelling (because security does not want to open flows on port 1984).
I have enabled xymonfetch (in tasks.cfg) and added pulldata (in hosts.cfg) on server side and also msgcache (in clientlaunch.cfg) and XYMSRV=127.0.0.1 (in xymonclient.cfg).
I have done a ssh tunnel (ssh -L 1234:127.0.0.1:1984 IP_of_the_client) from the xymon server. My tunnel is ok but xymon logs still show that nothing happens, no pulldata.
Is there something else I should do to enable this function?
I spent some time making xymonfetch/msgcache for for us. Some questions for you:
Have you confirmed msgcache is listening on your remote host?
Have you looked in the xymonfetch logfile? This is an option which can be defined in tasks.cfg
Have you tried running your xymonfetch manually to see what happens? This is how I was eventually able to figure out my problems.
~/server/bin/xymoncmd ~/server/bin/xymonfetch --id=19 --debugThat will go through your hosts.cfg looking for pulldata tags. Those hosts will then be asked for data. You may find that xymonfetch is not querying the server:port combination you expect. You may find xymonfetch is asking for data, and your client has not put anything into the msgcache.
What version of xymon are you running? Prior to [something pretty recent], xymonfetch did not honor the "port" portion of the pulldata tag. It would only query on port 1984. Look in the list archives, and you will find my posts on this subject.
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