Hello Buchan.
Sorry for the inconvenince created with my off-list question.
In the previous mail, I did not understand to reply also to the xymon at xymon.com.
The output of cat /etc/*release is:
Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Carthage)
CM OS Image-Version: 1.20 (created Mon Mar 22 16:12:27 CET 2010)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga)
So , this is the distribution of linux that I am using and I suppose I should
follow the steps from http://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/Xymon.repo
Unfortunately, I cannot simply run the wget
http://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/Xymon.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/Xymon.repo
because I cannot add repos directly to my servers.
So, I have to test the new rpms on test server and only after to push the new
rpms via puppet to my target server.
Can you provide me a link from where I can download the sources or a zip with
the package that I need?
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Madalina
From: Buchan Milne <user-9b139aff4dec@xymon.invalid>
To: Matic Madalina <user-542842f3a501@xymon.invalid>
Cc: xymon at xymon.com
Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 2:10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [xymon] I need urgent help: Hobbit (linux) client startup failed
Please keep the xymon mailing list as a recipient. This is the last reply I
will send you to an off-list question.
On Thursday, 30 September 2010 08:32:46 Matic Madalina wrote:
Hello Buchan.
Thank you for your response.
I dot not know how to compile xymon for linux. Can you tell me please the
commands that I should use?
As is conventional with most software supplied as source, a README document is
supplied with the source, which documents the basics of how to compile the
software (assuming you have the requirements - a C compiler etc. - installed).
I am only using the application; the guy who implemented this has left the
team last year.
Did he not provide any documentation on how he deployed clients? Maybe he
already had pre-compiled binaries?
I received the application configured with a Hobbit server working with 7
unix clients. One of 7 unix clients was replaced with a linux one.
I only copied the unix client sources to the new linux one, but I did not
change anything, only the address and host of the new linux server in the
bb-hosts on the Hobbit server side.
I do not know even how to install xymon-client packages. I do not know how
to find the distribution I use. I do not know from where to take a proper
distribution for linux.
Personally it sounds like you aren't in a position to support this linux
server. This list is not intended to provide Unix training ...
Can you help me please with the commands, paths and steps:
- to find the distribution I use?
You can try:
cat /etc/*release
- to find a proper distribution for linux?
- to install xymon-client package?
Will depend on the answer to the first question. If Mandriva, 'urpmi xymon-
client && vi /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client && service xymon-client start', on
Debian 'apt-get install xymon-client'.
For CentOS or RHEL, you may want to use my repo:
http://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/Xymon.repo
If that doesn't help you, this page has some hints that may help:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/devmon/index.php?title=InstallRHELorCentOS
Regards,
Buchan