On Tue, February 13, 2024 07:53, Ian Diddams wrote:
simple question...?? as time marches on etc has xymon/hobbit reached a stage yet when XYMSRV can be set to a hostname rather than an IP address?
eg?? rather than
XYMSRV = "10.10.10.10"
we could have
XYMSRV = "xymonhost"
where "xymonhost" resolves in dns to 10.10.10.10?
This would be a huge benefit where anytime a xymon server is migrated to another system eg underling EOL OS, one wouldn't have to go around changing every single client server's xymon configs to a new Ip...?? all that would be required is a reset in an appropriate dns zonefile so dns just provides the new IP after the TTL passes etc.
???
cheers ian
Hi,
Yes, $XYMSRV (or the recipient specified directly on the command line to the 'xymon' client program) can be a FQDN, even in 4.3.30, and a lookup will be performed.
It's fine to do this, just with the caveat that this introduces working DNS resolution as a requirement for client log submission. This might be an OK tradeoff if, as you say, you're doing migration, or have a floating xymon VIP, or are doing other things with xymonproxy and need admin flexibility w/o touching every machine.
-jc