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On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 at 18:25, J.C. Cleaver<user-87556346d4af@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, February 13, 2024 07:53, Ian Diddams wrote:
simple question...?? as time marches on etc has xymon/hobbit reached a
stage yet when XYMSRV can be set to a hostname rather than an IP address?
eg?? rather than
XYMSRV = "10.10.10.10"
we could have
XYMSRV = "xymonhost"
where "xymonhost" resolves in dns to 10.10.10.10?
This would be a huge benefit where anytime a xymon server is migrated to
another system eg underling EOL OS, one wouldn't have to go around
changing every single client server's xymon configs to a new Ip...?? all
that would be required is a reset in an appropriate dns zonefile so dns
just provides the new IP after the TTL passes etc.
???
cheers
ian
Hi,
Yes, $XYMSRV (or the recipient specified directly on the command line to
the 'xymon' client program) can be a FQDN, even in 4.3.30, and a lookup
will be performed.
It's fine to do this, just with the caveat that this introduces working
DNS resolution as a requirement for client log submission. This might be
an OK tradeoff if, as you say, you're doing migration, or have a floating
xymon VIP, or are doing other things with xymonproxy and need admin
flexibility w/o touching every machine.
-jc