Getting Xymon client to send from a specific IP address
list Bill Arlofski
Hi everyone. I have a few servers which have multiple IP addresses bound to the same ethernet interface. I am not sure how the Xymon client chooses which IP to use when sending. In a post from Henrik in a different thread it seems like it may be the underlying OS that chooses. My problem is that on a recently built server, the Xymon client reports are coming from the server's aliased IP rather than the primary IP on the interface, so this host's reports show up in the ghost client report. Any way to force it to use an IP. Thanks for any help -- Bill Arlofski Reverse Polarity, LLC http://www.revpol.com/ -- Not responsible for anything below this line --
list Josh Luthman
Could you do it with a route? That is specify a preferred source to the destination IP. Josh Luthman Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX XXXX Wayne St Suite XXXX Troy, OH XXXXX
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On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Bill Arlofski <user-0b8af203a56e@xymon.invalid>wrote:
Hi everyone. I have a few servers which have multiple IP addresses bound to the same ethernet interface. I am not sure how the Xymon client chooses which IP to use when sending. In a post from Henrik in a different thread it seems like it may be the underlying OS that chooses. My problem is that on a recently built server, the Xymon client reports are coming from the server's aliased IP rather than the primary IP on the interface, so this host's reports show up in the ghost client report. Any way to force it to use an IP. Thanks for any help -- Bill Arlofski Reverse Polarity, LLC http://www.revpol.com/ -- Not responsible for anything below this line --
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On 12/13/13 11:06, Josh Luthman wrote:
Could you do it with a route? That is specify a preferred source to the destination IP. Josh Luthman
Hi Josh, Thanks for that... But the IP addresses are in the same subnet. I think I may have fixed it by adding the conn=2ndIPAddress to the servers's line in the hosts file. If I have some time, I will remove the line and see if the server shows up again in the ghost clients page and I'll report back what I find. Thanks!
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On 12/13/13 13:52, Bill Arlofski wrote:
On 12/13/13 11:06, Josh Luthman wrote:Could you do it with a route? That is specify a preferred source to the destination IP. Josh LuthmanHi Josh, Thanks for that... But the IP addresses are in the same subnet. I think I may have fixed it by adding the conn=2ndIPAddress to the servers's line in the hosts file. If I have some time, I will remove the line and see if the server shows up again in the ghost clients page and I'll report back what I find. Thanks!
OK, just a quick follow-up. I removed the conn= setting from the host's definition and the ghost client entry has not shown up after several days. Can't explain why, perhaps the host just started sending Xymon reports from its primary IP for an unknown reason. No idea on this one, but thought I would at least report back to close out this thread. :)
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