Yanni,

All directives for xymon related apache directories ( including cgi-* ) are already included in xymon-apache.conf, so you need just to make sure that the file itself is included into main apache config ( httpd.conf )

if you placed xymonpasswd into /etc/httpd/ folder - you need to edit xymon-apache.conf file and modify location of the file. Also - if not using groups for apache authentication - remove or comment corresponding lines from xymon-apache.conf.

When done - check syntax of the config ( apachectl -t ) and restart apache ( apachectl restart ) using root account. Under user xymon - start server ( in your case "/opt/xymon/server/xymon.sh start" )

if everything is OK - you should be able to see something at http://YOURWEBHOST/xymon/

If something is not working - check log files ( apache or xymon )

Alex

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Yanni <y.goudetsidis at mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk> wrote:

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:

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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:

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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