xymonpsclient (application) logfile monitoring

Christian

I don't think it matters that the pattern is not at the start of the line.

However, I don't think you can have spaces in the filename. Instead you
should wrap it on double quotes. Perhaps try this:

LOG "C:\Program Files\PATH-TO-LOGFILE\filename.log" "Unable to cancel
connection to" COLOR=RED

The fact that you're getting the correct filename in the status page
suggests that the clientlocal.cfg configuration is correct. So is just a
matter of tweaking the analysis.cfg entry.

I have to admit that I don't use the psclient so I don't have much
experience to offer.

Cheers
Jeremy


On Wed, 19 Aug 2020, 17:27 Becker Christian, <
user-e4a19bfb94c0@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Jeremy,


Sorry for writing it a bit weird.

As soon as i configure the logfile in client-local.cfg and analysis.cfg,
it shows up a couple of minutes later in the msgs column showing the name
oft he logfile only, not it?s content.


The upper line says No entries in C:\Program
Files\PATH-TO-LOGFILE\filename.log, the second line says Full log C:\Program
Files\PATH-TO-LOGFILE\filename.log and that?s it.


Now i have configured as described by you by enclosing the pattern in
quotes:

LOG C:\Program Files\PATH-TO-LOGFILE\filename.log "Unable to cancel
connection to" COLOR=RED

After very long time, every now and then (and not on a regular basis?) the
appropriate line shows up below the line Full log C:\Program
Files\PATH-TO-LOGFILE\filename.log but the test stays green, but the
pattern is present more than 50 times and it is actually written into the
logfile.

   - Does it matter, that the pattern is *NOT* at the beginning of the
   line of the logfile?? (There are time stamps before the pattern and return
   codes after it?.).


Regards and thanks

Christian


*Von:* Jeremy Laidman <user-0608abae5e7c@xymon.invalid>
*Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 13. August 2020 01:43
*An:* Becker Christian <user-e4a19bfb94c0@xymon.invalid>
*Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
*Betreff:* Re: [Xymon] xymonpsclient (application) logfile monitoring


Hi Christian


Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. "It seems to me that ..."
- does that mean: "From reading the docs, it seems to me that expected
behaviour is..." or: "After the configuration changes, it seems to me that
actual behaviour is...". It's my understanding that adding a LOG entry in
analysis.cfg is for determining which log lines trigger an alert condition
(eg red or yellow), but the rest of the log status page is the same - that
is, it contains all of the log lines from the logfile since the last client
status message (typically in the last 5 minutes).


The "pattern" is either a string or a regular expression. Your use of dots
in the pattern suggest that you're expecting it to be a regular expression.
However, you haven't prefixed it with "%" to tell Xymon this is the case.
You perhaps want:


LOG C:\Program Files\PATH-TO-LOGFILE\filename.log %
Unable.to.cancel.connection.to
<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Funable.to.cancel.connection.to%2F&data=user-b9c78497733f@xymon.invalid%7C40afbdde9df94afee73708d83f1971c1%7C4fed923898bc4f3b96450b99f4d1b669%7C0%7C0%7C637328725826273741&sdata=H1Bn0g3yozkqDOrWyIMEdTMlOiIyGV0L37eXQjLmyWE%3D&reserved=0>;
COLOR=RED


If the reason for the regexp is only to match spaces, because you don't
want the words in the pattern to be treated as different LOG keywords, then
you might find it easier to just enclose the pattern in quotes:


LOG C:\Program Files\PATH-TO-LOGFILE\filename.log "Unable to cancel
connection to" COLOR=RED


Cheers

Jeremy


On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 at 20:46, Becker Christian <
user-e4a19bfb94c0@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hello to the list,


i need help in setting up logfile monitoring with xymonpsclient.


My setup is a Windows 10 client pc, running xymonpsclient v2.42, reporting
to a xymon server running xymon 4.3.30.

In the client-local.cfg i have configured the logfile that i want to
monitor, and an amount of time later, the logfile shows up in the msgs
column.

After that i configured analysis.cfg to look for a specific pattern in
this logfile, it seems to me that only the appearance of this pattern is
displayed in the msgs column, but nothing else from this logfile.

In addition tot hat, the msgs column didn?t change to red state.


Here?s the part of my client-local.cfg:

[win10client1]

log:C:\Program Files\PATH-TO-LOGFILE\filename.log:153600


And here the part of my analysis.cfg:

HOST=win10client1

LOG C:\Program Files\PATH-TO-LOGFILE\filename.log
Unable.to.cancel.connection.to
<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Funable.to.cancel.connection.to%2F&data=user-b9c78497733f@xymon.invalid%7C40afbdde9df94afee73708d83f1971c1%7C4fed923898bc4f3b96450b99f4d1b669%7C0%7C0%7C637328725826273741&sdata=H1Bn0g3yozkqDOrWyIMEdTMlOiIyGV0L37eXQjLmyWE%3D&reserved=0>;
COLOR=RED


With this setup it seems to me that only lines containing this pattern
Unable.to.cancel.connection.to
<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Funable.to.cancel.connection.to%2F&data=user-b9c78497733f@xymon.invalid%7C40afbdde9df94afee73708d83f1971c1%7C4fed923898bc4f3b96450b99f4d1b669%7C0%7C0%7C637328725826283696&sdata=C%2FrRN9NdzIR1Vk9UNKVWmD6AySz8TX5gzTDYiIM706c%3D&reserved=0>;
are displayed in the msgs column of win10client1.


Any idea what i?m doing wrong? Or do i understand any basics the wrong way?


Regards

Christian


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