How to setup a remote copy of my XYMON Display
Hi All:
I have been reading through the forum archives for most of the day, but still confused, and would appreciate any help. Here is what I am trying to do:
Background:
- I have a xymon server setup, that is monitoring a number of clients on the local net, and it is working well.
- The server, and most of the clients, are running 4.3.0-beta2
My Goal:
- I would like to have a second xymon server, on another network, that is basically a realtime copy of the display of the first server. This second server is outside of the original server's DMZ (and it will probably be in it's own DMZ).
My problem at this point:
- On the second server, I don't see all of the columns, basically those created by the xymon client processes running on the clients (i.e. the msgs column, the disk column, the memory, column, etc.)
1st question: I understand that I could have each of my clients ~xymon/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg file modified and setup the BBDISPLAYS variable in it, but is there an easier (or another) way to have the original xymon server forward this to the second (just like it is forwarding all of the other status messages)?
What I have gotten to work so far:
- I have the second server up (right now for testing, it is in the same DMZ), and have done the following:
- on the original server, have changed: -- the hobbitserver.cfg file: a) uncommented BBLOCATION variable and gave it a value of Local (so that it is the only one doing the network tests to the client) b) set BBDISP="0.0.0.0" c) set BBDISPLAYS="oringal.server.ip new.2nd.server.ip" -- the bb-hosts file: a) added the tag NET:Local to each client's line, so that the local server keeps testing them.
and then restarted the original server
on the second server, I have changed: -- the hobbitserver.cfg file: a) uncommented BBLOCAL variable, and gave it a value of Remote -- copied the bb-hosts file from the original server to this second server
and then restarted the second server
Thanks in advance for your help, and please let me know if you need any more info.
Paul
Hi,
1st question: I understand that I could have each of my clients ~xymon/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg file modified and setup the BBDISPLAYS variable in it, but is there an easier (or another) way to have the >original xymon server forward this to the second (just like it is forwarding all of the other status messages)?
You should use bbproxy feature to forward all events from Xymon-A to Xymon-B.
http://www.xymon.com/hobbit/help/manpages/man8/bbproxy.8.html
Cheers, Nico
On 13/07/10 23:38, "Paul Jochum" <hobbit at paul.jemail.info> wrote:
Hi All:
I have been reading through the forum archives for most of the day, but still confused, and would appreciate any help. Here is what I am trying to do:
Background:
- I have a xymon server setup, that is monitoring a number of clients on the local net, and it is working well.
- The server, and most of the clients, are running 4.3.0-beta2
My Goal:
- I would like to have a second xymon server, on another network, that is basically a realtime copy of the display of the first server. This second server is outside of the original server's DMZ (and it will probably be in it's own DMZ).
My problem at this point:
- On the second server, I don't see all of the columns, basically those created by the xymon client processes running on the clients (i.e. the msgs column, the disk column, the memory, column, etc.)
1st question: I understand that I could have each of my clients ~xymon/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg file modified and setup the BBDISPLAYS variable in it, but is there an easier (or another) way to have the original xymon server forward this to the second (just like it is forwarding all of the other status messages)?
What I have gotten to work so far:
- I have the second server up (right now for testing, it is in the same DMZ), and have done the following: - on the original server, have changed: -- the hobbitserver.cfg file: a) uncommented BBLOCATION variable and gave it a value of Local (so that it is the only one doing the network tests to the client) b) set BBDISP="0.0.0.0" c) set BBDISPLAYS="oringal.server.ip new.2nd.server.ip" -- the bb-hosts file: a) added the tag NET:Local to each client's line, so that the local server keeps testing them.
and then restarted the original server
- on the second server, I have changed: -- the hobbitserver.cfg file: a) uncommented BBLOCAL variable, and gave it a value of Remote -- copied the bb-hosts file from the original server to this second server
and then restarted the second server
Thanks in advance for your help, and please let me know if you need any more info.
Paul
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Jochum [mailto:hobbit at paul.jemail.info] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 2:39 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [xymon] How to setup a remote copy of my XYMON Display
Hi All:
I have been reading through the forum archives for most of the day, but still confused, and would appreciate any help. Here is what I am trying to do:
Background:
- I have a xymon server setup, that is monitoring a number of clients on the local net, and it is working well.
- The server, and most of the clients, are running 4.3.0-beta2
What you've described *should* work, it's basically a duplication of the older BBPROXY functionality. One option is certainly to have reports go to multiple locations at the outset, and to have bbproxy running on 1984 locally and proxy it to a both the "real" hobbitd server on a different port as well as your remote server. The drawback there is you don't necessarily get self-generated client reports from the middle server (nor hobbitd/bbgen statuses).
For me, it's working on my boxes with the config below. BBDISPLAYS will be what it sends both processed reports and internally generated reports to.
Are you using an RPM? Check that the runtime.cfg hack inside the init.d script on the intermediate/proxy server isn't somehow overwriting what you think BBDISPLAYS is at runtime?
10.5.5.5 = client 10.10.10.10 = proxying Xymon server (not a bbproxy instance, but an actual hobbitd) 10.20.20.20 = final destination Xymon server
[root at 10.5.5.5]# grep HOBBITSERVER /etc/sysconfig/xymon* /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client:HOBBITSERVERS="10.10.10.10"
[root at 10.10.10.10]# grep -R -e BBDISP -e HOBBITSERVER -e BBSERVERIP -e ^include /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg
/etc/sysconfig/xymon-client:HOBBITSERVERS="10.20.20.20" /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:include /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:BBSERVERIP="127.0.0.1" # The IP-address of your server. Use the /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:BBDISP="0.0.0.0" # IP of a single hobbit/bbd server /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:BBDISPLAYS="$BBSERVERIP $HOBBITSERVERS" # IP of multiple hobbit/bbd
And it works... The status for the client disk reports are visible on the final server, with a "Status message received from 10.5.5.5" notice. The disk reports from the client running on the proxy Xymon server indicate "Status message received from 10.10.10.10"
Hope this helps,
-jc
Wouldn't it make more sense to have the client send it to both? This way if one server goes totally out (more importantly the box running bbproxy) the other server is still 100% useful?
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Cleaver, Japheth <jcleaver at soe.sony.com>wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Jochum [mailto:hobbit at paul.jemail.info] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 2:39 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [xymon] How to setup a remote copy of my XYMON Display
Hi All:
I have been reading through the forum archives for most of the day, but still confused, and would appreciate any help. Here is what I am trying to do:
Background:
- I have a xymon server setup, that is monitoring a number of clients on the local net, and it is working well.
- The server, and most of the clients, are running 4.3.0-beta2
What you've described *should* work, it's basically a duplication of the older BBPROXY functionality. One option is certainly to have reports go to multiple locations at the outset, and to have bbproxy running on 1984 locally and proxy it to a both the "real" hobbitd server on a different port as well as your remote server. The drawback there is you don't necessarily get self-generated client reports from the middle server (nor hobbitd/bbgen statuses).
For me, it's working on my boxes with the config below. BBDISPLAYS will be what it sends both processed reports and internally generated reports to.
Are you using an RPM? Check that the runtime.cfg hack inside the init.d script on the intermediate/proxy server isn't somehow overwriting what you think BBDISPLAYS is at runtime?
10.5.5.5 = client 10.10.10.10 = proxying Xymon server (not a bbproxy instance, but an actual hobbitd) 10.20.20.20 = final destination Xymon server
[root at 10.5.5.5]# grep HOBBITSERVER /etc/sysconfig/xymon* /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client:HOBBITSERVERS="10.10.10.10"
[root at 10.10.10.10]# grep -R -e BBDISP -e HOBBITSERVER -e BBSERVERIP -e ^include /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg
/etc/sysconfig/xymon-client:HOBBITSERVERS="10.20.20.20" /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:include /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:BBSERVERIP="127.0.0.1" # The IP-address of your server. Use the /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:BBDISP="0.0.0.0" # IP of a single hobbit/bbd server /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:BBDISPLAYS="$BBSERVERIP $HOBBITSERVERS" # IP of multiple hobbit/bbd
And it works... The status for the client disk reports are visible on the final server, with a "Status message received from 10.5.5.5" notice. The disk reports from the client running on the proxy Xymon server indicate "Status message received from 10.10.10.10"
Hope this helps,
-jc
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>wrote:
Wouldn't it make more sense to have the client send it to both? This way if one server goes totally out (more importantly the box running bbproxy) the other server is still 100% useful?
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Cleaver, Japheth <jcleaver at soe.sony.com>wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Jochum [mailto:hobbit at paul.jemail.info] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 2:39 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [xymon] How to setup a remote copy of my XYMON Display
Hi All:
I have been reading through the forum archives for most of the day, but still confused, and would appreciate any help. Here is what I am trying to do:
Background:
- I have a xymon server setup, that is monitoring a number of clients on the local net, and it is working well.
- The server, and most of the clients, are running 4.3.0-beta2
What you've described *should* work, it's basically a duplication of the older BBPROXY functionality. One option is certainly to have reports go to multiple locations at the outset, and to have bbproxy running on 1984 locally and proxy it to a both the "real" hobbitd server on a different port as well as your remote server. The drawback there is you don't necessarily get self-generated client reports from the middle server (nor hobbitd/bbgen statuses).
For me, it's working on my boxes with the config below. BBDISPLAYS will be what it sends both processed reports and internally generated reports to.
Are you using an RPM? Check that the runtime.cfg hack inside the init.d script on the intermediate/proxy server isn't somehow overwriting what you think BBDISPLAYS is at runtime?
10.5.5.5 = client 10.10.10.10 = proxying Xymon server (not a bbproxy instance, but an actual hobbitd) 10.20.20.20 = final destination Xymon server
[root at 10.5.5.5]# grep HOBBITSERVER /etc/sysconfig/xymon* /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client:HOBBITSERVERS="10.10.10.10"
[root at 10.10.10.10]# grep -R -e BBDISP -e HOBBITSERVER -e BBSERVERIP -e ^include /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg
/etc/sysconfig/xymon-client:HOBBITSERVERS="10.20.20.20" /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:include /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:BBSERVERIP="127.0.0.1" # The IP-address of your server. Use the /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:BBDISP="0.0.0.0" # IP of a single hobbit/bbd server /etc/xymon/hobbitserver.cfg:BBDISPLAYS="$BBSERVERIP $HOBBITSERVERS" # IP of multiple hobbit/bbd
And it works... The status for the client disk reports are visible on the final server, with a "Status message received from 10.5.5.5" notice. The disk reports from the client running on the proxy Xymon server indicate "Status message received from 10.10.10.10"
Hope this helps,
-jc
Hi Josh:
Yes, it would. I am just not sure if the firewalls/port locking/and any other security out corporate internet providers will allow me to properly communicate with the second server, which I plan to put outside of our network (the clients are all in the secure network). It will be a few more weeks before I will have access to the server outside of our network, so I was looking at alternatives.
thanks,
Paul
-----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:58 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [xymon] How to setup a remote copy of my XYMON Display
Wouldn't it make more sense to have the client send it to both? This way if one server goes totally out (more importantly the box running bbproxy) the other server is still 100% useful?
Josh Luthman
There's a case for doing both, I think. Client report HA redundancy is a slightly different problem space from report forwarding...
Sometimes things need to be hierarchized or firewalled off internally, or you might have separate departments that want their own control over polling cycles, yet with SAs still having a single unified view of it all.
-jc
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josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com
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nico＠crysto.org