Hi folks. I have been modifying our xymon server host cfg file setups. I have been moving page layouts around. I thought I would send a note to the list to see what others are doing in their web page layouts just to have a sanity check…
Do you set up your main page to list things by OS, then by environment – like this: Unix - then Prod, Dev, Test, Uat, etc. Windows – then Prod, Dev, Test, Uat, etc.
Do you also use Application groups and then arrange them by OS and environment ? App1, Unix, Prod App1, Unix, Dev
Or
App1, Prod App1, Dev
Here's what I've been doing and I'm having second thoughts about the logic of doing it this way:
Main xymon page lists the following Pages
Server lists by hostname Applications Infrastructure Other Systems
Under Server lists by hostname – I have now made up UNIX-MAC and WINDOWS Under each of these I have PROD and DEV
Under the Applications I have several business Applications - App1 App2 App3
In each of the App1, App2, App3, I have Prod and Dev subpages
I'm creating include files for each category – like HostsApp1Prod.cfg, HostsApp1Dev.cfg, HostsApp2Prod.cfg, HostsApp2Dev.cfg, etc. Now that I've changed it, I will probably need to create new HostsApp1ProdUnixMac.cfg, HostsApp1ProdWindows.cfg
I would like to be able to setup base rules for monitoring the Prod & Dev systems – Prod disk, mem, cpu is different than Dev disk, mem, cpu, etc. That's why I thought breaking out by OS and then environment would make sense.
Then I want to create very specific service, process, or other monitoring for the application servers.
Does this seem like a good way to go, or am I making it too complicated by breaking everything down this way?
Thanks
Don K