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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?

<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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

 

On September 27, 2011 at 12:17 AM Alex Levin <user-4da80e0ba39d@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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

<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> 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 <user-4da80e0ba39d@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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

 

On September 28, 2011 at 4:50 AM Alex Levin <user-4da80e0ba39d@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> 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 <user-4da80e0ba39d@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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

 

On September 28, 2011 at 4:50 AM Alex Levin <user-4da80e0ba39d@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> 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 <user-4da80e0ba39d@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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

Fra: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] På vegne af Yanni
Sendt: 6. oktober 2011 13:13
Til: Alex Levin; Yanni
Cc: xymon at xymon.com
Emne: Re: [Xymon] Xymon Digest, Vol 8, Issue 20


Hi


  I re-installed Xymon but I still can't get anything on the web browser.

I get "Not Found. The requested URL /xymon was not found on this server"

Run 'Make & make install' again with no errors.

1) Added the content of file 'xymon-apache.conf' in 'httpd.conf'.
2) Created 'xymonpasswd' using '.htaccess' and placed it in /etc/httpd directory.
3) Edited 'xymon-apache.conf' file and modify location of xymonpasswd.
4) Commented out '#AuthGroupFile /opt/xymon/server/etc/xymongroups' in httpd.conf because I am not going to use it.

   In fact I haven't figured out how to use it at the moment, so I will leave for another time.

When I checked the apache syntax (apachectl -t), I got the following warnings:

*)[Thu Oct 06 11:27:58 2011] [warn] The Alias directive in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf at line 1010 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias.

*)[Thu Oct 06 11:27:58 2011] [warn] The ScriptAlias directive in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf at line 1017 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier ScriptAlias.

*)[Thu Oct 06 11:27:58 2011] [warn] The ScriptAlias directive in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf at line 1025 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier ScriptAlias.

*)Syntax OK


My 'xymonlaunch.log' looks like this:


2011-10-06 11:09:38 xymonlaunch starting
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Loading tasklist configuration from /opt/xymon/server/etc/tasks.cfg
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Cannot open directory
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Loading hostnames
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Loading saved state
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Setting up signal handlers
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Setting up xymond channels
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Setting up logfiles

I can not see why it can't open 'tasks.cfg'.

The file is there and its owner is 'xymon' (created when asked during installation)


My 'alert.log' looks like this:


Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:11:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:12:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:12:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:13:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:13:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:14:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:14:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:15:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:15:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:16:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:16:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:17:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:17:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:18:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:18:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:19:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:19:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:20:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:20:46 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:20:56 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:20:56 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:21:56 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:21:56 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg
2011-10-05 12:22:56 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/alerts.cfg: No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:22:56 Cannot open configuration file /opt/xymon/server/etc/holidays.cfg

I can confirm that all the above files are located in /opt/xymon/server/etc directory.
The owner is 'apache' and they belong to the group 'xymon', except 'critical.cfg' which also owned by 'apache'.


My 'xymond.log' looks like this:

2011-09-26 11:25:31 Setup complete
2011-09-26 15:15:23 Setup complete
2011-09-29 12:13:41 Setup complete
2011-10-05 12:15:56 Config file hosts.cfg not found
2011-10-05 12:21:02 Cannot open checkpoint file /opt/xymon/server/tmp/xymond.chk.1317813662 : No such file or directory
2011-10-05 12:21:04 Cannot load host data
2011-10-05 12:23:34 Setup complete
2011-10-05 12:24:26 Setup complete
2011-10-06 10:52:43 Setup complete
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Setup complete


My 'xymongen.log' looks like this:

2011-09-26 11:25:36 xymond status-board not available, code 0
2011-09-26 11:25:36 Failed to load current Xymon status, aborting page-update


Sorry for the long message but if you have any more suggestions, please let me know.

Many thanks
Yanni


On September 28, 2011 at 4:50 AM Alex Levin <user-4da80e0ba39d@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> 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 <user-4da80e0ba39d@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> wrote:

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

<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid>wrote:

**

My 'xymonlaunch.log' looks like this:


2011-10-06 11:09:38 xymonlaunch starting
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Loading tasklist configuration from
/opt/xymon/server/etc/tasks.cfg
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Cannot open directory

I can not see why it can't open 'tasks.cfg'.

 

On October 11, 2011 at 8:00 AM Jeremy Laidman <user-71895fb2e44c@xymon.invalid> wrote:

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Yanni
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid>wrote:

**

My 'xymonlaunch.log' looks like this:


2011-10-06 11:09:38 xymonlaunch starting
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Loading tasklist configuration from
/opt/xymon/server/etc/tasks.cfg
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Cannot open directory

I can not see why it can't open 'tasks.cfg'.

Try switching to the xymon user and changing to /opt/xymon/server/etc/.  My
guess is that one of the directories in that path is not readable by the
xymon user.  If a directory is not readable, subdirectories appear to be
non-existent.

Cheers
Jeremy

<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Good morning Jeremy and thank you for your reply.


xymon user has read access almost everywhere within the xymon directory.


Please see below the permissions.


In /opt/:


drwxr-xr-x 7 xymon  xymon  4096 Oct  5 12:23 xymon


In /opt/xymon:


drwxr-xr-x  2 xymon xymon 4096 Oct  5 12:23 cgi-bin
drwxr-xr-x  2 xymon xymon 4096 Oct  5 12:23 cgi-secure
drwxr-xr-x  7 xymon root  4096 Oct  5 12:23 client
drwxr-xr-x 10 xymon xymon 4096 Oct  5 12:23 data
drwxr-xr-x  9 xymon xymon 4096 Oct  5 12:23 server


In /opt/xymon/server:


drwxr-xr-x  2 xymon xymon 4096 Oct  5 12:23 bin
drwxr-xr-x  2 xymon xymon 4096 Oct  5 12:23 download
drwxr-xr-x  2 xymon xymon 4096 Oct  5 12:24 etc
drwxr-xr-x  2 xymon xymon 4096 Oct  5 12:23 ext
drwxr-xr-x  2 xymon xymon 4096 Oct 11 10:25 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  2 xymon xymon 4096 Oct  5 12:23 web
drwxr-xr-x 10 xymon xymon 4096 Oct 11 10:27 www
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  root    12 Oct  5 12:23 xymon.sh -> bin/xymon.sh


Inside /opt/xymon/server/etc/:


-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon   5713 Oct  5 12:23 alerts.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon  20860 Oct  5 12:23 analysis.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon   2072 Oct  5 12:23 cgioptions.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon   3499 Oct  5 12:23 client-local.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon  10838 Oct  5 12:23 columndoc.csv
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon    577 Oct  5 12:23 combo.cfg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 xymon xymon      0 Oct 11 10:30 cookies.session
-rw-rw-r-- 1 xymon apache     0 Oct  5 12:23 critical.cfg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 xymon apache     0 Oct  5 12:23 critical.cfg.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon  68722 Oct  5 12:23 graphs.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon   3855 Oct  5 12:23 holidays.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon    583 Oct  5 12:23 hosts.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon   4673 Oct  5 12:23 protocols.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon   1360 Oct  5 12:23 rrddefinitions.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon  16842 Oct  5 12:23 snmpmibs.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon  10179 Oct  5 12:23 tasks.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon   4491 Oct  5 12:23 xymon-apache.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon   3135 Oct  5 12:23 xymonmenu.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 xymon xymon  15483 Oct  5 12:23 xymonserver.cfg


Also when I restart apache I get the following warnings:


Stopping httpd:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting httpd: [Tue Oct 11 10:43:24 2011] [warn] The Alias directive in
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf at line 1011 will probably never match because it
overlaps an earlier Alias.
[Tue Oct 11 10:43:24 2011] [warn] The ScriptAlias directive in
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf at line 1018 will probably never match because it
overlaps an earlier ScriptAlias.
[Tue Oct 11 10:43:24 2011] [warn] The ScriptAlias directive in
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf at line 1026 will probably never match because it
overlaps an earlier ScriptAlias.
                                                           [  OK  ]


These lines are:

Line 1011: Alias /opt/webpages/  "/opt/xymon/server/www/"

Line 1018: ScriptAlias /opt/xymon/xymon-cgi/ "/opt/xymon/cgi-bin/"

Line 1026: ScriptAlias /opt/xymon/xymon-seccgi/ "/opt/xymon/cgi-secure/"


and I can see these errors in the apachelog:


[Tue Oct 11 10:18:18 2011] [error] [client 193.61.34.169] File does not
exist: /var/www/html/opt
[Tue Oct 11 10:18:27 2011] [error] [client 193.61.34.169] File does not
exist: /var/www/html/xymon
[Tue Oct 11 10:18:47 2011] [error] [client 193.61.34.169] File does not
exist: /var/www/html/xymon
[Tue Oct 11 10:19:27 2011] [error] [client 193.61.34.169] File does not
exist: /var/www/html/xymon
[Tue Oct 11 10:19:39 2011] [error] [client 193.61.34.169] File does not
exist: /var/www/html/xymon
[Tue Oct 11 10:19:57 2011] [error] [client 193.61.34.169] File does not
exist: /var/www/html/xymon
[Tue Oct 11 10:26:03 2011] [error] [client 193.61.34.169] File does not
exist: /var/www/html/xymon


Why is it looking in /var/www/html/xymon where there is indeed no such file
(xymon). It should look inside

/opt/xymon/server/www/. I am not sure but I think the problem is somewhere
in apache.


Many thanks

Yanni


On October 11, 2011 at 8:00 AM Jeremy Laidman <user-71895fb2e44c@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Yanni
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid>wrote:

**

My 'xymonlaunch.log' looks like this:


2011-10-06 11:09:38 xymonlaunch starting
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Loading tasklist configuration from
/opt/xymon/server/etc/tasks.cfg
2011-10-06 11:09:38 Cannot open directory

I can not see why it can't open 'tasks.cfg'.

Try switching to the xymon user and changing to /opt/xymon/server/etc/.
My
guess is that one of the directories in that path is not readable by the
xymon user.  If a directory is not readable, subdirectories appear to be
non-existent.

Cheers
Jeremy

<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Why is it looking in /var/www/html/xymon where there is indeed no such file
(xymon). It should look inside

/opt/xymon/server/www/. I am not sure but I think the problem is somewhere
in apache.

 

On October 14, 2011 at 2:58 AM Jeremy Laidman <user-71895fb2e44c@xymon.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Yanni
<user-04b379562e0f@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Why is it looking in /var/www/html/xymon where there is indeed no such file
(xymon). It should look inside

/opt/xymon/server/www/. I am not sure but I think the problem is somewhere
in apache.

Yes, this looks like an Apache "Alias" problem.  What does this show:

  egrep -i '^[^#].*(include|alias)' /etc/httpd/*.conf /etc/httpd/*/*.conf

Cheers
Jeremy