xymon notes editor 🔗 link

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid> wrote:

I am trying to install xymon notes editor but am coming up with an error.
When I click on the administration tab and then edit notes, I get an
internal server error.


As a side note, when the 500 internal server error page shows up, it
mentions to contact server administrator. When is that set?


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-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 3:31 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [xymon] xymon notes editor

The problem and the administrator is web server related.  I'm guessing
you're using Apache HTTPD, so share with us the tail of

/var/log/httpd/error-log
/var/log/httpd/access-log

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

I am trying to install xymon notes editor but am coming up with an
error.
When I click on the administration tab and then edit notes, I get an
internal server error.


As a side note, when the 500 internal server error page shows up, it
mentions to contact server administrator. When is that set?

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On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid> wrote:

I don't have either of those logs.

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 3:31 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [xymon] xymon notes editor

The problem and the administrator is web server related.  I'm guessing
you're using Apache HTTPD, so share with us the tail of

/var/log/httpd/error-log
/var/log/httpd/access-log

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

I am trying to install xymon notes editor but am coming up with an
error.
When I click on the administration tab and then edit notes, I get an
internal server error.


As a side note, when the 500 internal server error page shows up, it
mentions to contact server administrator. When is that set?

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-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [xymon] xymon notes editor

What OS and web server?

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid> wrote:

I don't have either of those logs.

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 3:31 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [xymon] xymon notes editor

The problem and the administrator is web server related.  I'm guessing
you're using Apache HTTPD, so share with us the tail of

/var/log/httpd/error-log
/var/log/httpd/access-log

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

I am trying to install xymon notes editor but am coming up with an
error.
When I click on the administration tab and then edit notes, I get an
internal server error.


As a side note, when the 500 internal server error page shows up, it
mentions to contact server administrator. When is that set?

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- kkelly [09/Aug/2010:15:48:55 -0500] "GET /xymon-seccgi/bbnote_editor.cgi HTTP/1.1" 500 540

[Mon Aug 09 15:48:55 2010] [error] [client ...] Can't locate HTML/FromText.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/pe
rl5/5.8.4/lib/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/site_perl
/5.8.4 /usr/perl5/site_perl /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/perl5/vend
or_perl .) at /apps/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 14., referer: http://server/xymon/bb.html

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid> wrote:

I found the log files after digging a little bit.

# cat access_log
- - [09/Aug/2010:15:48:44 -0500] "GET /xymon-cgi/hobbitgraph.sh?host=test02&service=tcp:conn&graph_widt
h=576&graph_height=120&disp=test02&nostale&color=green&graph=hourly&action=view HTTP/1.1" 200 17654
- - [09/Aug/2010:15:48:49 -0500] "GET /xymon/bb.html HTTP/1.1" 200 3000
- - [09/Aug/2010:15:48:49 -0500] "GET /xymon/gifs/green-recent.gif HTTP/1.1" 304 -
- kkelly [09/Aug/2010:15:48:51 -0500] "GET /xymon-seccgi/hobbit-nkedit.sh HTTP/1.1" 200 11451
- - [09/Aug/2010:15:48:51 -0500] "GET /xymon/gifs/bkg-blue.gif HTTP/1.1" 304 -
- - [09/Aug/2010:15:48:51 -0500] "GET /xymon/gifs/favicon-blue.ico HTTP/1.1" 200 3262
- kkelly [09/Aug/2010:15:48:55 -0500] "GET /xymon-seccgi/bbnote_editor.cgi HTTP/1.1" 500 540
#
#
# cat error_log
[Mon Aug 09 15:48:55 2010] [error] [client ...] Can't locate HTML/FromText.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/pe
rl5/5.8.4/lib/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/site_perl
/5.8.4 /usr/perl5/site_perl /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/perl5/vend
or_perl .) at /apps/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 14., referer: http://server/xymon/bb.html
[Mon Aug 09 15:48:55 2010] [error] [client ] BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /apps/xymon/cgi-secure/b
bnote_editor.cgi line 14., referer: http://server/xymon/bb.html
[Mon Aug 09 15:48:55 2010] [error] [client ] Premature end of script headers: bbnote_editor.cgi, referer:
http://dvswmon01/xymon/bb.html

This is running on Solaris 10 with apache2.

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 3:45 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [xymon] xymon notes editor

What OS and web server?

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid> wrote:

I don't have either of those logs.

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Luthman [mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 3:31 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [xymon] xymon notes editor

The problem and the administrator is web server related.  I'm guessing
you're using Apache HTTPD, so share with us the tail of

/var/log/httpd/error-log
/var/log/httpd/access-log

Josh Luthman
Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX Wayne St
Suite XXXX
Troy, OH XXXXX


On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Kevin Kelly <user-46671a9fcf56@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

I am trying to install xymon notes editor but am coming up with an
error.
When I click on the administration tab and then edit notes, I get an
internal server error.


As a side note, when the 500 internal server error page shows up, it
mentions to contact server administrator. When is that set?

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Looks like you are missing a perl module. (FromText.pm)  See if you can
locate that module on the filesystem, if so call it by full path or modify
the env.  If the module is not on the system (which seems most likely) then
you will need to go to CPAN get the module and install it.

The server admin is defined in your httpd.conf file (in the main config and
possibly in any vhost entries you've created).

...snip...
- kkelly [09/Aug/2010:15:48:55 -0500] "GET /xymon-seccgi/bbnote_editor.cgi
HTTP/1.1" 500 540

[Mon Aug 09 15:48:55 2010] [error] [client ...] Can't locate
HTML/FromText.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/pe
rl5/5.8.4/lib/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib
/usr/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/site_perl
/5.8.4 /usr/perl5/site_perl /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int
/usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/perl5/vend
or_perl .) at /apps/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 14., referer:
http://server/xymon/bb.html
...snip...


Regards,

From: Shadow Azul [user-43aa3af8ddac@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:35 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [xymon] xymon notes editor

I install the same module but doesnt work
I have the following error in apache2 error_log

[Mon Aug 09 09:05:54 2010] [error] [client 10.1.0.153] Global symbol "$oldbar" requires explicit package name at /usr/local/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 224., referer: http://xymonsrv/xymon/serv_princ/serv_princ.html
[Mon Aug 09 09:05:54 2010] [error] [client 10.1.0.153] Global symbol "$oldbar" requires explicit package name at /usr/local/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 224., referer: http://xymonsrv/xymon/serv_princ/serv_princ.html

Somebody have an idea of this problem?
Regards,

Looks like you are missing a perl module. (FromText.pm)  See if you can locate that module on the filesystem, if so call it by full path or modify the env.  If the module is not on the system (which seems most likely) then you will need to go to CPAN get the module and install it.

The server admin is defined in your httpd.conf file (in the main config and possibly in any vhost entries you've created).

...snip...
- kkelly [09/Aug/2010:15:48:55 -0500] "GET /xymon-seccgi/bbnote_editor.cgi HTTP/1.1" 500 540

[Mon Aug 09 15:48:55 2010] [error] [client ...] Can't locate HTML/FromText.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/pe
rl5/5.8.4/lib/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/site_perl
/5.8.4 /usr/perl5/site_perl /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/sun4-solaris-64int /usr/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4 /usr/perl5/vend
or_perl .) at /apps/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 14., referer: http://server/xymon/bb.html
...snip...


Regards,

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:30 PM, SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi Galen,

I have been trying to get your Xymon Notes Editor working.  I have fixed a
number of issues in the code or with your instructions, but I'm stuck on
probably the last issue.

Most of the issues may be caused by your code getting munged when you
uploaded it to Xymonton - I'm not sure.  For example I needed to add a few
carriage returns:
Line 24 and before 'HTML':
Can't find string terminator "HTML" anywhere before EOF at
/usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 161
As well as somewhere around:
Unmatched right curly bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 46, at end of line

But I still have this error and I'm not sure where the issue really is
because this is the end of the file:
Missing right curly or square bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 234, at end of line

With the instructions, there should have been instructions to install
perl-CGI and create the www/notes directory.

Can you help with EOF right clurly or square bracket error please?  And /
or try re-uploading to Xymon, or posting a copy of the code for download
either from this list or from somewhere else.  A download saves time if
anyone else wants to use this too.

Many thanks, SebA

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid> wrote:

It's been a while since I even looked at that code.  Let me refresh myself
on it (and push it to github as well.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:30 PM, SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi Galen,

I have been trying to get your Xymon Notes Editor working.  I have fixed
a number of issues in the code or with your instructions, but I'm stuck on
probably the last issue.

Most of the issues may be caused by your code getting munged when you
uploaded it to Xymonton - I'm not sure.  For example I needed to add a few
carriage returns:
Line 24 and before 'HTML':
Can't find string terminator "HTML" anywhere before EOF at
/usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 161
As well as somewhere around:
Unmatched right curly bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 46, at end of line

But I still have this error and I'm not sure where the issue really is
because this is the end of the file:
Missing right curly or square bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 234, at end of line

With the instructions, there should have been instructions to install
perl-CGI and create the www/notes directory.

Can you help with EOF right clurly or square bracket error please?  And /
or try re-uploading to Xymon, or posting a copy of the code for download
either from this list or from somewhere else.  A download saves time if
anyone else wants to use this too.

Many thanks, SebA

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Ahhh...this is one of the few scripts I rescued from Deadcat since I had
made use of it a while ago...hopefully, it's compatible with the Terabithia
rpms.  I'll need to try it locally to see if I can rep what you see.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid> wrote:

It's been a while since I even looked at that code.  Let me refresh
myself on it (and push it to github as well.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:30 PM, SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi Galen,

I have been trying to get your Xymon Notes Editor working.  I have fixed
a number of issues in the code or with your instructions, but I'm stuck on
probably the last issue.

Most of the issues may be caused by your code getting munged when you
uploaded it to Xymonton - I'm not sure.  For example I needed to add a few
carriage returns:
Line 24 and before 'HTML':
Can't find string terminator "HTML" anywhere before EOF at
/usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 161
As well as somewhere around:
Unmatched right curly bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 46, at end of line

But I still have this error and I'm not sure where the issue really is
because this is the end of the file:
Missing right curly or square bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 234, at end of line

With the instructions, there should have been instructions to install
perl-CGI and create the www/notes directory.

Can you help with EOF right clurly or square bracket error please?  And
/ or try re-uploading to Xymon, or posting a copy of the code for download
either from this list or from somewhere else.  A download saves time if
anyone else wants to use this too.

Many thanks, SebA

On 5 December 2017 at 06:14, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Ok...I found several things that needed some love.  It's not perfect but
it does at least run for me.  The instructions could use a bit of
improvement as well.   I'm not 100% sure which code notes path is
legit...may take a little playing.  The new code is on github (

see what I can do to improve it...especially in regards to better
integration into the Xymon ecosystem.  I may even see what it might take to
integrate directly into Xymon instead of an add-on...but C is a distant
memory...

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Ahhh...this is one of the few scripts I rescued from Deadcat since I had
made use of it a while ago...hopefully, it's compatible with the Terabithia
rpms.  I'll need to try it locally to see if I can rep what you see.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

It's been a while since I even looked at that code.  Let me refresh
myself on it (and push it to github as well.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:30 PM, SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi Galen,

I have been trying to get your Xymon Notes Editor working.  I have
fixed a number of issues in the code or with your instructions, but I'm
stuck on probably the last issue.

Most of the issues may be caused by your code getting munged when you
uploaded it to Xymonton - I'm not sure.  For example I needed to add a few
carriage returns:
Line 24 and before 'HTML':
Can't find string terminator "HTML" anywhere before EOF at
/usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 161
As well as somewhere around:
Unmatched right curly bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 46, at end of line

But I still have this error and I'm not sure where the issue really is
because this is the end of the file:
Missing right curly or square bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 234, at end of line

With the instructions, there should have been instructions to install
perl-CGI and create the www/notes directory.

Can you help with EOF right clurly or square bracket error please?  And
/ or try re-uploading to Xymon, or posting a copy of the code for download
either from this list or from somewhere else.  A download saves time if
anyone else wants to use this too.

Many thanks, SebA

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 6:47 AM, SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Thanks for your work on this Galen.  I started my response the next day,
but I've been too busy to finish it until now.

Here's two fixes in one line for Xymon 4.3 (adding SECURE and with the
change of name for the cgi script):
        <a class="inner" href="$XYMONSERVERSECURECGIURL/xymnote_editor.cgi">Edit
Notes</a><span class="invis"> | </span>

Also in order to get the host link to display in the main Xymon page, with
the latest terabithia RPM installed, I had to:
$ cd /etc/xymon/data
$ sudo ln -s /usr/share/xymon/www/notes notes

I have to admit I tried to get your notes editor installed so I could take
a look at it as there were no screenshots on Xymonton.  I was disappointed
that there was no toolbar for formatting text.  I'm sure this is just a
minor thing, but it means I'm inclined to try this solution instead:

I also note that the templates only apply when saving notes pages, so any
change to the template does not take effect until resaving the note page
for a host.  Slightly disappointing too, but to be expected I suppose given
the location of the template.

That said, I have it all working now, so that's great.

Thanks again and kind regards,

SebA


On 5 December 2017 at 06:14, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Ok...I found several things that needed some love.  It's not perfect but
it does at least run for me.  The instructions could use a bit of
improvement as well.   I'm not 100% sure which code notes path is
legit...may take a little playing.  The new code is on github (
https://github.com/solitaryr/xymon_notes).  If I can find the time, I'll
see what I can do to improve it...especially in regards to better
integration into the Xymon ecosystem.  I may even see what it might take to
integrate directly into Xymon instead of an add-on...but C is a distant
memory...

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

Ahhh...this is one of the few scripts I rescued from Deadcat since I had
made use of it a while ago...hopefully, it's compatible with the Terabithia
rpms.  I'll need to try it locally to see if I can rep what you see.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

It's been a while since I even looked at that code.  Let me refresh
myself on it (and push it to github as well.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:30 PM, SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi Galen,

I have been trying to get your Xymon Notes Editor working.  I have
fixed a number of issues in the code or with your instructions, but I'm
stuck on probably the last issue.

Most of the issues may be caused by your code getting munged when you
uploaded it to Xymonton - I'm not sure.  For example I needed to add a few
carriage returns:
Line 24 and before 'HTML':
Can't find string terminator "HTML" anywhere before EOF at
/usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 161
As well as somewhere around:
Unmatched right curly bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 46, at end of line

But I still have this error and I'm not sure where the issue really is
because this is the end of the file:
Missing right curly or square bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 234, at end of line

With the instructions, there should have been instructions to install
perl-CGI and create the www/notes directory.

Can you help with EOF right clurly or square bracket error please?
And / or try re-uploading to Xymon, or posting a copy of the code for
download either from this list or from somewhere else.  A download saves
time if anyone else wants to use this too.

Many thanks, SebA

=G=

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hey SebA,

Thanks for the feedback and catching the missed url paths.  I'll look into
making those updates...I'm not even sure if the original author is even
still around.  I was actually toying around with the idea of adding TinyMCE
or something like that.  I've also seen that there are some html code
snippets that Chrome and Firefox choke on...badly...so I expect I'll need
to figure out how to make that better.  I'm also planning to drop the BB
specific bits since they aren't that much different and it's not clear how
much BB is even used in the Xymon community...especially the server side.
I did run into the same symlink issue you mentioned and just haven't
updated the doc yet.

=G=

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 6:47 AM, SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Thanks for your work on this Galen.  I started my response the next day,
but I've been too busy to finish it until now.

Here's two fixes in one line for Xymon 4.3 (adding SECURE and with the
change of name for the cgi script):
        <a class="inner" href="$XYMONSERVERSECURECGIURL/xymnote_editor.cgi">Edit
Notes</a><span class="invis"> | </span>

Also in order to get the host link to display in the main Xymon page,
with the latest terabithia RPM installed, I had to:
$ cd /etc/xymon/data
$ sudo ln -s /usr/share/xymon/www/notes notes

I have to admit I tried to get your notes editor installed so I could
take a look at it as there were no screenshots on Xymonton.  I was
disappointed that there was no toolbar for formatting text.  I'm sure this
is just a minor thing, but it means I'm inclined to try this solution

I also note that the templates only apply when saving notes pages, so any
change to the template does not take effect until resaving the note page
for a host.  Slightly disappointing too, but to be expected I suppose given
the location of the template.

That said, I have it all working now, so that's great.

Thanks again and kind regards,

SebA


On 5 December 2017 at 06:14, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Ok...I found several things that needed some love.  It's not perfect but
it does at least run for me.  The instructions could use a bit of
improvement as well.   I'm not 100% sure which code notes path is
legit...may take a little playing.  The new code is on github (
https://github.com/solitaryr/xymon_notes).  If I can find the time,
I'll see what I can do to improve it...especially in regards to better
integration into the Xymon ecosystem.  I may even see what it might take to
integrate directly into Xymon instead of an add-on...but C is a distant
memory...

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

Ahhh...this is one of the few scripts I rescued from Deadcat since I
had made use of it a while ago...hopefully, it's compatible with the
Terabithia rpms.  I'll need to try it locally to see if I can rep what you
see.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Galen Johnson <user-fc632e705d24@xymon.invalid>
wrote:

It's been a while since I even looked at that code.  Let me refresh
myself on it (and push it to github as well.

=G=

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:30 PM, SebA <user-4631430d620a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi Galen,

I have been trying to get your Xymon Notes Editor working.  I have
fixed a number of issues in the code or with your instructions, but I'm
stuck on probably the last issue.

Most of the issues may be caused by your code getting munged when you
uploaded it to Xymonton - I'm not sure.  For example I needed to add a few
carriage returns:
Line 24 and before 'HTML':
Can't find string terminator "HTML" anywhere before EOF at
/usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 161
As well as somewhere around:
Unmatched right curly bracket at /usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi
line 46, at end of line

But I still have this error and I'm not sure where the issue really
is because this is the end of the file:
Missing right curly or square bracket at
/usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure/bbnote_editor.cgi line 234, at end of
line

With the instructions, there should have been instructions to install
perl-CGI and create the www/notes directory.

Can you help with EOF right clurly or square bracket error please?
And / or try re-uploading to Xymon, or posting a copy of the code for
download either from this list or from somewhere else.  A download saves
time if anyone else wants to use this too.

Many thanks, SebA

On 12/21/2017 6:13 AM, Galen Johnson wrote:

I was actually toying around with the idea of adding TinyMCE or something like that.  I've also seen that there are some html code snippets that Chrome and Firefox choke on...badly...so I expect I'll need to figure out how to make that better.

wrote:

On 12/21/2017 6:13 AM, Galen Johnson wrote:

I was actually toying around with the idea of adding TinyMCE or something
like that.  I've also seen that there are some html code snippets that
Chrome and Firefox choke on...badly...so I expect I'll need to figure out
how to make that better.

I started down this path a few years ago. After traveling a bit, I
realized I was creating a wiki inside Xymon. At that point, I stopped :P

We now use a special segment of our existing wiki to hold notes for Xymon
hosts. The pages in that segment may reference each other, and have
included and embedded content. We then export the wiki content (as one
would if creating a static, or cached version), and import it into a
directory on our Xymon server. The export/import happens as a regular xymon
task.

We use HTML in our "DESCR" tag in the hosts.cfg to link each host to the
appropriate local page of notes from the wiki. By use a .default. tags
associated with display groups, we can re-use pages of notes for several
hosts.

We leverage the authentication, editing, and history function of our wiki.
While publishing static content from our xymon server means we aren't
depending on the wiki at 2am.

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