IT'S ALIVE!!!! Now for the fun questions......
Hi.
Thanks to everyone yesterday. The quick response got my graphing up and running. I would be happy to document the CentOS 7.x install session when I do the official build and provide it for the wiki if anyone is interested. There are some minor differences with firewall commands and using services instead of the old initd vs. CentOS 6.x.
Now I have 2 new questions - in the more general vein:
is there a bundle for the xymon client such that you don't have to build on every server you install on? The reason I ask is that most of our servers are barebones in production (only what is absolutely required). Mix of RHEL and AIX. Worst case I would bundle the directory which I made the client in between servers and do a "make install", but only as a last resort.
There are a couple administration add-ons for xymon. Would like advice if any are worth installing in your opinions.
look forward to the feedback.
John Lahngbein
I normally compile and install the client on one host, make a tar file of the installed directories and then just copy and "restore" it on other hosts (with tweaks to config files, as necessary). Using centralised client configuation simplifies this, of course. At least on SUSE Linux, tar seems to handle UID changes - where the xymon user has different UIDs on different hosts.
cheers, Phil
From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> on behalf of John Langbein <bigbandjohn at gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, 25 May 2016 3:28 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] IT'S ALIVE!!!! Now for the fun questions......
Hi.
Thanks to everyone yesterday. The quick response got my graphing up and running. I would be happy to document the CentOS 7.x install session when I do the official build and provide it for the wiki if anyone is interested. There are some minor differences with firewall commands and using services instead of the old initd vs. CentOS 6.x.
Now I have 2 new questions - in the more general vein:
is there a bundle for the xymon client such that you don't have to build on every server you install on? The reason I ask is that most of our servers are barebones in production (only what is absolutely required). Mix of RHEL and AIX. Worst case I would bundle the directory which I made the client in between servers and do a "make install", but only as a last resort.
There are a couple administration add-ons for xymon. Would like advice if any are worth installing in your opinions.
look forward to the feedback.
John Lahngbein
Alternatives:
- There is a repo version for RHEL/CentOS/Fedora: http://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon/
- You can make your own Xymon RPMs if you are so inclined: https://www.owlbearconsulting.com/doku.php?id=linux_wiki:rpm_building o Disclosure: These are my notes from when I went through the process of building xymon RPMs.
The fastest way by far is to use the terabithia repos and then just modify the /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client file to point to your xymon server. (bash script it all up to add the repo, install the client, modify the config file, start and enable the service and you're golden)
Bill Howe howe.bill at gmail.com
On 05/24/2016 07:03 PM, Phil Crooker wrote:
I normally compile and install the client on one host, make a tar file of the installed directories and then just copy and "restore" it on other hosts (with tweaks to config files, as necessary). Using centralised client configuation simplifies this, of course. At least on SUSE Linux, tar seems to handle UID changes - where the xymon user has different UIDs on different hosts.
cheers, Phil
*From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> on behalf of John Langbein <bigbandjohn at gmail.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, 25 May 2016 3:28 AM *To:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* [Xymon] IT'S ALIVE!!!! Now for the fun questions...... Hi.
Thanks to everyone yesterday. The quick response got my graphing up and running. I would be happy to document the CentOS 7.x install session when I do the official build and provide it for the wiki if anyone is interested. There are some minor differences with firewall commands and using services instead of the old initd vs. CentOS 6.x.
Now I have 2 new questions - in the more general vein:
is there a bundle for the xymon client such that you don't have to build on every server you install on? The reason I ask is that most of our servers are barebones in production (only what is absolutely required). Mix of RHEL and AIX. Worst case I would bundle the directory which I made the client in between servers and do a "make install", but only as a last resort.
There are a couple administration add-ons for xymon. Would like advice if any are worth installing in your opinions.
look forward to the feedback.
John Lahngbein
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