Adding client tests to the xymon server
list Ryan Skadberg
I'm sure this has been asked and answered a million times, but my Google-Fu seems to a bit off to find the answer (I'm blaming the three day weekend :) So, normally, I add a test to clientlaunch.cfg to get it running on the local machine running xymon-client. This does not seem to be working on the Xymon server itself. I have a few local network and other tests that I run on all servers and want to run them on the server too and adding them to the normal client config file isn't working. What is the procedure to add local client tests on the server? Thanks! Skadz
list Japheth Cleaver
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On Tue, September 8, 2015 12:15 pm, Ryan Skadberg wrote:
I'm sure this has been asked and answered a million times, but my Google-Fu seems to a bit off to find the answer (I'm blaming the three day weekend
:)
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So, normally, I add a test to clientlaunch.cfg to get it running on the
local machine running xymon-client. This does not seem to be working on
the Xymon server itself. I have a few local network and other tests that
I
run on all servers and want to run them on the server too and adding them
to the normal client config file isn't working.
What is the procedure to add local client tests on the server?
Thanks!
Skadz
Skadz,
In a "tarball" configuration (a/k/a "by default"), when running xymon on
the server, only the /etc/xymon/tasks.cfg file is read in. You can add
your snippet into that file (or a tasks.d/ directory, if you're using one)
and it should run properly.
You'll want to pay attention to whether your script has a need to
distinguish between the "server" and "client" configurations for some
command or other (or for the destination of the report it's generating)
and will want to adjust your ENV line in the config to (eg.)
/etc/xymon/xymonserver.cfg or /etc/xymon-client/xymonclient.cfg as
appropriate.
By default, the Terabithia RPMs include in the
/etc/xymon-client/clientlaunch.cfg file when reading the
/etc/xymon/tasks.cfg file, so any changes there should also apply to the
server's run as well.
(This is something I foresee applying to the base release in the future as
well.)
HTH,
-jc
list Ryan Skadberg
I was wondering if that was what had to be done. Thank you sir! Including the clientlaunch in tasks got me all fixed up Skadz
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On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 3:37 PM, J.C. Cleaver <user-87556346d4af@xymon.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, September 8, 2015 12:15 pm, Ryan Skadberg wrote:I'm sure this has been asked and answered a million times, but my Google-Fu seems to a bit off to find the answer (I'm blaming the three day weekend
:)
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So, normally, I add a test to clientlaunch.cfg to get it running on the local machine running xymon-client. This does not seem to be working on the Xymon server itself. I have a few local network and other tests that I run on all servers and want to run them on the server too and adding them to the normal client config file isn't working. What is the procedure to add local client tests on the server? Thanks! SkadzSkadz, In a "tarball" configuration (a/k/a "by default"), when running xymon on the server, only the /etc/xymon/tasks.cfg file is read in. You can add your snippet into that file (or a tasks.d/ directory, if you're using one) and it should run properly. You'll want to pay attention to whether your script has a need to distinguish between the "server" and "client" configurations for some command or other (or for the destination of the report it's generating) and will want to adjust your ENV line in the config to (eg.) /etc/xymon/xymonserver.cfg or /etc/xymon-client/xymonclient.cfg as appropriate. By default, the Terabithia RPMs include in the /etc/xymon-client/clientlaunch.cfg file when reading the /etc/xymon/tasks.cfg file, so any changes there should also apply to the server's run as well. (This is something I foresee applying to the base release in the future as well.) HTH, -jc