Hi Alex Please allow me to mention what I have done so far. All xymon related directores (cgi-bin, cgi-secure, client, data, server, webpages, xymon-cgi, xymon-seccgi) are inside /opt/xymon. After searching about configuring apache online, I found out that in order for Apache to execute CGI scripts I need to edit the "access.conf" file by adding a section like this: <Directory /opt/xymon/cgi-bin> Options ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl </Directory> I did that. Next I read that I should create a special location called alias to the actual CGI directory and then edit my "httpd.conf" file and add the line below:
'ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /opt/xymon/cgi-bin/' I've done that as well. Next I followed your instructions on the link you send me. I run:
'htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/xymonpasswd admin' and entered password. I finally found "xymon-apache.conf" and copied it to /etc/httpd/conf.d/ but I am a bit confused about the 'sed' command. Is the directory at the end stops at 'httpd'? Many thanks Yanni
On September 27, 2011 at 12:17 AM Alex Levin <alevin at gmail.com> wrote:
Yanni,
You need to include xymon-apache.conf file in your httpd.conf, it's location depends on the system you are using and on how the Apache server was installed ( from repository or compiled ) but before - make sure that xymonpasswd ( and probably xymongroups ) files are created. ( read the config file :) )
Actually - it is a good idea to understand syntax of Apache config files ( at least check directives used in xymon config on http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ ) ...
Also, I have some notes on installing xymon in AWS ( amazon ) cloud that could be useful for you - http://www.abristech.net/2011/09/xymon-monitoring-from-cloud.html as well
-- Alex
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:02 AM, Yanni <y.goudetsidis at mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi everyone
I am junior sysadmin at a college and after a few failed attempts I successfully installed Xymon. No errors appeared after running 'make' and 'make install'.
At the moment I am trying to configure my web server(Apache/2.2.3 ) (which is located on the same machine as xymon) and I am following the instructions on the "installing Xymon" link (http://www.xymon.com/xymon/help/install.html) but I can not really understand what changes I have to make. It says on the link that I have to make the necessary additions to the apache configuration in ~/server/etc/xymon-apache.conf. What lines do I have to add/change and where can I find this file?
As you can understand my apache knowledge is limited, I only installed it so I can run Xymon. Could someone please help me?
Many thanks
Yanni