Multiple Host Instances
list Joshua Hunt
Hey all, Sorry for the slew of questions here, I'm trying to finish up a project and as an intern, I'm really trying to be able to finish before I have to go back to school. My current issue has to do with having multiple instances of a host. In my hosts.cfg file, it looks like this: page logs TEST1 group-only testing1|testing2|testing3|info|trends <font size="+1">glog</font> 10.0.0.1 site.address.domain # testing1 noping page logs TEST2 group-only testing1|testing2|testing3|info|trends <font size="+1">dlog</font> 10.0.0.1 site.address.domain # testing2 noping page logs TEST3 group-only testing1|testing2|testing3|info|trends <font size="+1">zlog</font> 10.0.0.1 site.address.domain # testing3 noping This set up does run all my custom tests properly, however, each setup for "site.address.domain" runs *all three custom scripts, *(testing1 testing 2 & testing3), causing the pages TEST1, TEST2, and TEST3 to *all turn red* if any one of the other scripts turns red. In relevance to this, when I click, for example, on my "TEST1" page, it will show that testing1, testing2, and testing3 are all running for site.address.domain. Due to the nature of my assignment, I need to separate these instances so that for the first declaration of site.address.domain only runs testing1, the second only runs testing2, and the third only runs testing3. I cannot alter the setup to have multiple host. Also, I will have ~24 tests that need to constantly be running, (8 per each host), and they are *slightly* different. I don't have the space to simply cram all 24 on one line. So does anyone have any solutions and/or suggestions as to how I could break up the host to have 3 completely separate instances on Xymon? I hope this was a specific enough explanation Thanks all! I really appreciate the community help I've been receiving while setting this up, its been a huge boost to my education. Cheers, Joshua.
list John Thurston
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On 7/20/2016 7:19 AM, Joshua Hunt wrote:
This set up does run all my custom tests properly, however, each setup for "site.address.domain" runs /all three custom scripts, /(testing1 testing 2 & testing3),
Are the scripts actually *running* three times?
I believe Xymon builds a list of hosts, and then builds a list of tests for each host. It then performs the tests defined for each host. I'd expect your configuration to run each test once for the host, display all three columns/tests on each page, and show all three test results on the host's "info" page.
If what you want is a single test to appear on each page, then I suggest something like this in your hosts.cfg:
####################
page L1 TEST1
group-only testing1
10.0.0.1 site.address.domain # prefer noping testip testing1 \
testing2 testing3
page L2 TEST2
group-only testing2
0.0.0.0 site.address.domain #
page L3 TEST3
group-only testing3
0.0.0.0 site.address.domain #
##########################
The first defines the host, its IP, and all of its network tests. The slash on the end is to handle the short lines of my email client. It signifies a continuation of the line onto the next. You could split the line, or just make it very long.
The latter entries are there just for display purposes. The columns "info" and "trends" are included by default. Those columns are specific to the host and _not_ to the page. This means clicking on "info" on page L1 is exactly the same as clicking on the link on page L2 or L3.
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Do things because you should, not just because you can.
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user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid
Enterprise Technology Services
Department of Administration
State of Alaska
list Joshua Hunt
Awesome! Thank you! So I did those changes and now it is only the tests I need that are showing up. However, what you mentioned at the end:
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"The latter entries are there just for display purposes. The columns "info"
and "trends" are included by default. Those columns are specific to the
host and _not_ to the page. This means clicking on "info" on page L1 is
exactly the same as clicking on the link on page L2 or L3."
This is an issue. I'm hoping to be able to set it up so that when I click
on info for TEST1, it will only show testing1, instead of all three tests.
This is so that when I'm on the main view, I can see whether or not
individual systems on the same host are up and running, without all three
turning red when only one is failing.
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 9:48 AM, John Thurston <user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid>
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On 7/20/2016 7:19 AM, Joshua Hunt wrote:This set up does run all my custom tests properly, however, each setup for "site.address.domain" runs /all three custom scripts, /(testing1 testing 2 & testing3),Are the scripts actually *running* three times? I believe Xymon builds a list of hosts, and then builds a list of tests for each host. It then performs the tests defined for each host. I'd expect your configuration to run each test once for the host, display all three columns/tests on each page, and show all three test results on the host's "info" page. If what you want is a single test to appear on each page, then I suggest something like this in your hosts.cfg: #################### page L1 TEST1 group-only testing1 10.0.0.1 site.address.domain # prefer noping testip testing1 \ testing2 testing3 page L2 TEST2 group-only testing2 0.0.0.0 site.address.domain # page L3 TEST3 group-only testing3 0.0.0.0 site.address.domain # ########################## The first defines the host, its IP, and all of its network tests. The slash on the end is to handle the short lines of my email client. It signifies a continuation of the line onto the next. You could split the line, or just make it very long. The latter entries are there just for display purposes. The columns "info" and "trends" are included by default. Those columns are specific to the host and _not_ to the page. This means clicking on "info" on page L1 is exactly the same as clicking on the link on page L2 or L3. -- Do things because you should, not just because you can. John Thurston XXX-XXX-XXXX user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid Enterprise Technology Services Department of Administration State of Alaska
list John Thurston
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On 7/20/2016 9:20 AM, Joshua Hunt wrote:
I'm hoping to be able to set it up so that when I click on info for TEST1, it will only show testing1, instead of all three tests. This is so that when I'm on the main view, I can see whether or not individual systems on the same host are up and running, without all three turning red when only one is failing.
Which do you consider the "main view", nongreen.html ?
If any of the three tests on site.address.domain leave green-state, the host will appear on the nongreen page. Any columns non-green will be added to the display matrix. The matrix will be populated for each host on the page.
Consider the case where host1 is yellow on test1, and host2 is red on test2. Two rows and four columns will be displayed.
Rows: host1
host2
Columns: info
test1
test2
trends
The matrix will be populated with the appropriate color for the host/test combination. If there is no value for a the combination, there will be a dash.
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Do things because you should, not just because you can.
John Thurston XXX-XXX-XXXX
user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid
Enterprise Technology Services
Department of Administration
State of Alaska
list Joshua Hunt
I think I see where I went a bit wrong in my explanation process here. I have one host, that I need set up as three individual hosts. So I need site.address.domain to run testing1, I need a *second* host of site.address.domain to run testing2, and a *third* to run testing3, however, I also need these 3 tests to be completely separated from each other. What I'm running into is that while I can have Xymon only show testing1 for the first instance of the host, and testing2 for the second instance, if testing1 has an error alerts xymon to turn red, all three instances of site.address.domain also turn red. When I click on the *info* column for any site.address.domain connected *host*, it shows that for site.address.domain, testing1, testing2, and testing3 are all running, even though only one of columns will show up, as I now have it defined to do so in the hosts.cfg file. On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:11 AM, John Thurston <user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid>
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On 7/20/2016 9:20 AM, Joshua Hunt wrote:I'm hoping to be able to set it up so that when I click on info for TEST1, it will only show testing1, instead of all three tests. This is so that when I'm on the main view, I can see whether or not individual systems on the same host are up and running, without all three turning red when only one is failing.Which do you consider the "main view", nongreen.html ? If any of the three tests on site.address.domain leave green-state, the host will appear on the nongreen page. Any columns non-green will be added to the display matrix. The matrix will be populated for each host on the page. Consider the case where host1 is yellow on test1, and host2 is red on test2. Two rows and four columns will be displayed. Rows: host1 host2 Columns: info test1 test2 trends The matrix will be populated with the appropriate color for the host/test combination. If there is no value for a the combination, there will be a dash. -- Do things because you should, not just because you can. John Thurston XXX-XXX-XXXX user-ce4d79d99bab@xymon.invalid Enterprise Technology Services Department of Administration State of Alaska