Hi,

I'm relatively new to Xymon -- working with it for three months at a new job -- and am wondering about how to have a custom client-side test leverage the value of the server-side analysis.cfg.

Do I /have/ /to/ declare a color in a status or data message to Xymon?

Is there a way to have the color be determined by a value in the server-side analysis.cfg file?

E.g. I'd like to write a custom test to monitor /var/spool/mqueue on multiple MTAs and I'd like to have different values for the green / yellow / red levels on different servers.

Ideally I'd like the custom client-side test that I put in ${XYMONHOME}/ext/ to be identical across all clients and the only difference being the value each system has in the analysis.cfg file on the server.

Am I /required/ to send a color; green, yellow, red, and then have something override / update that color server side? Or can I omit the color and let something server side set it using values for the given client?

I'm thinking about things like DISK / LOAD / etc. where I can set warn and critical levels, or even ignore.

Or am I looking at a custom server-side xymond_channel receiver that will receive data (?) from the client and alter things? -- Even that data is likely going to require a color.

Would someone with more experience with Xymon than me give me a pointer in a direction that I can go research?

Please and thank you.

-- Grant. . . . unix || die