[Xymon] Client install gone wrong

On 12/16/2013 6:55 PM, Novosielski, Ryan wrote:

The "client side" version behaves like legacy Big Brother in that settings for monitoring the client are made on each individual client, as opposed to the config files residing on the server. The client-side config version/build I've been told before is not well maintained (as in may have been broken by recent code changes). The reason for this is that for virtually all use cases, the server-side config client build is superior (who wants to log into 50+ clients to change their configs vs logging into one server to do the same)?

In our use-case, we specifically do not support server-side configurations. The Xymon server is run by a central group which does not know the business rules for the client systems. The owner of the client decides what logs to scrape, and what memory/disk thresholds concern them.

Do things because you should, not just because you can.

John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Enterprise Technology Services Department of Administration State of Alaska