[Xymon] Configuring Devmon for the first time

On 31/05/11 11:24 AM, kconnell at ryerson.ca wrote:

I've had issues with devmon not updating the bb-display and everything going purple. I've had this issue since day one (which is over two years now).

I created a "devmon watchdog" script that's runs every 5 min using lynx (txt base html browser) which checks if the status of devmon (shows as dm test) on bb-monitor. If its purple then I kill the devmon process and start it up again....band-aid solution, but it does the trick.

I no script expert, but can share the bash script if you want/need.

Here's mine (replace xymonserver with your hostname):

#!/bin/sh COL=bb xymonserver "hobbitdboard xymonserver.dm fields=color" if [ "x$COL" == "xpurple" ] ; then (date "+%x %X restarting purple devmon" /etc/init.d/devmon restart) | tee /var/log/devmon-restart.log | mail -s "Restarting devmon" xymonadmin fi

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