Hi,
I am looking for some help due to a problem with the msgs and file column. For some reason I do not get any entry in the msgs or file column. Mainly having no msgs is really a problem for me.
On the client (RH Linux 5, XYMON client 4.2.2) in localclient.cfg I have:
:DEFAULT : : FILE /var/log/messages SIZE>0 MTIME<600 yellow
LOG /var/log/messages WARNING COLOR=yellow
LOG /var/log/messages ERROR COLOR=red
:
:On the server (XYMON version 4.3.4, running on Solaris 10) in client_local.cfg I have: : : [linux] log:/var/log/messages:10240 ignore MARK : : [servername] log:/var/log/messages:10240 trigger WARNING|ERROR : :
I checked that the client has access rights to read the /var/log/messages file.
On the Webpage I get only "The client did not report any logfile data"
Is there anything I miss ? Or do msgs work only in the centralized mode ?
Thanks for any help.
ThomasOn Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM, <Thomas.Weber at ses.com> wrote:
Or do msgs work only in the centralized mode ?
By default, msgs only works in centralized mode, and you define the parameters in client-local.cfg on the server (as you have done). For non-centralized mode, you must add "--local" into clientlaunch.cfg after "xymonclient.sh".
Are you unable to use centralized mode for some reason? I can't tell if you're trying non-centralized mode because centralized mode is not working, or because of some other reason.
Assuming you'd want to get centralized mode to work, have a look for the logfetch tempfile in $XYMONTMP (which is /tmp for me). The file will be called "logfetch.name-of-server.cfg". Check that the content looks OK (same as the matching [servername] stanza from client-local.cfg), and check that the timestamp is within 10 minutes. [There's also a logfetch.name-of-server.status file that might contain clues. Not sure of the format, so dunno how useful.]
If the logfetch tempfile is OK, try running logfetch against it and see what it shows. Something like this:
sudo -u xymon /usr/lib/xymon/client/bin/logfetch
/tmp/logfetch.uname -n.cfg /tmp/test.status
It should show output for each entry in the .cfg file.
Cheers Jeremy
Hi Jeremy,
sorry for my late reply. you really helped me a lot.
I made some tests in the mean time and well, I modified some clients for the centralized mode. In fact all client installations that I have were configured/compiled with local mode. So, I took out the "--local" in the clientlaunch.cfg file, restarted the client, and configured the rest as you said in analysis.cfg on the server.
Now I get the message files (at least those that were readable, but that is another problem) on the WebPage.
Is taking out the "--local" enough in order to switch clients to centralized mode ?
The problem I have now is that in analysis.cfg I have configured PROC and PORT, but the server column for these servers keep saying "No checks defined".
Maybe you have also an idea for that.
Thomas F. Weber
From: Jeremy Laidman <jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au> To: Thomas.Weber at ses.com Cc: Xymon mailinglist <xymon at xymon.com> Date: 10/14/2011 01:27 Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup msgs and file column ?
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM, <Thomas.Weber at ses.com> wrote:
Or do msgs work only in the centralized mode ?
By default, msgs only works in centralized mode, and you define the parameters in client-local.cfg on the server (as you have done). For non-centralized mode, you must add "--local" into clientlaunch.cfg after "xymonclient.sh".
Are you unable to use centralized mode for some reason? I can't tell if you're trying non-centralized mode because centralized mode is not working, or because of some other reason.
Assuming you'd want to get centralized mode to work, have a look for the logfetch tempfile in $XYMONTMP (which is /tmp for me). The file will be called "logfetch.name-of-server.cfg". Check that the content looks OK (same as the matching [servername] stanza from client-local.cfg), and check that the timestamp is within 10 minutes. [There's also a logfetch.name-of-server.status file that might contain clues. Not sure of the format, so dunno how useful.]
If the logfetch tempfile is OK, try running logfetch against it and see what it shows. Something like this:
sudo -u xymon /usr/lib/xymon/client/bin/logfetch
/tmp/logfetch.uname -n.cfg /tmp/test.status
It should show output for each entry in the .cfg file.
Cheers Jeremy
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:32 PM, <Thomas.Weber at ses.com> wrote:
Is taking out the "--local" enough in order to switch clients to centralized mode ?
I think so, but not sure. The server needs to be running "xymond_client" to process the data, so check for this in tasks.cfg (in the [clientdata] section).
The problem I have now is that in analysis.cfg I have configured PROC and PORT, but the server column for these servers keep saying "No checks defined".
This is often caused by invalid PORT and PROC definitions in analysis.cfg. I would double-check these. Not sure where parse errors will show up, but I'm guessing it will be in clientdata.log.
Cheers Jeremy
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