xymon 4.3.5 errors 🔗 link

Hi,

I just upgraded from 4.3.4 to 4.3.5 and I am getting errors that I do not
understand. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what to look at to
correct the errors in the following log snippets:

==> xymonlaunch.log <==
2011-09-20 16:06:59 xymonlaunch starting
2011-09-20 16:06:59 Loading tasklist configuration from /usr/lib/xymon/server/etc/tasks.cfg
2011-09-20 16:06:59 Loading hostnames
2011-09-20 16:06:59 Cannot load host data
2011-09-20 16:06:59 Loading saved state
2011-09-20 16:06:59 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
2011-09-20 16:06:59 Setting up signal handlers
2011-09-20 16:06:59 Setting up xymond channels
2011-09-20 16:06:59 Setting up logfiles
==> xymongen.log <==
2011-09-20 16:07:04 xymond status-board not available, code 0
2011-09-20 16:07:04 Failed to load current Xymon status, aborting page-update
==> history.log <==
2011-09-20 16:07:51 Peer not up, flushing message queue

==> rrd-status.log <==
2011-09-20 16:07:51 Peer not up, flushing message queue

==> xymond.log <==
2011-09-20 16:07:51 Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout)
2011-09-20 16:07:51 ->
2011-09-20 16:07:51 ->  Recipient '192.168.0.2', timeout 15
2011-09-20 16:07:51 ->  1st line: 'config hosts.cfg'
2011-09-20 16:07:51 Cannot load hosts.cfg from xymond, code 7
2011-09-20 16:07:51 Failed to load from xymond, reverting to file-load

I am using the exact same hosts.cfg as I used with 4.3.4. selinux is in
permissive and the permissions on hosts.cfg are as follows.
(bugs pts10) # ll /etc/xymon/hosts.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4255 Aug 30 04:57 /etc/xymon/hosts.cfg
(bugs pts10) #

In addition, restarting xymon clears all of the acks and disabled hosts.
I can reset them without problem but I do not understand why they are getting
deleted.

If it matters the system is a Centos 5 i386 box.

Regards,

-- 
Tom Diehl       user-6203f2c4f8ec@xymon.invalid      Spamtrap address user-0545b31a2bcf@xymon.invalid

On 20-09-2011 22:40, Tom Diehl wrote:

This one puzzles me a bit. Supposedly it comes from xymond while 
starting up, but xymond should not have problems loading hosts.cfg.

This is not unusual when Xymon starts. It happens because xymongen (the 
tool that generates the static overview webpages) tries to fetch the 
current status from xymond before it is ready (e.g. because it is 
loading the saved state).

It will run again one minute later and work normally.

These are normal. xymond_channel doesn't start the various worker 
modules (xymond_rrd, xymond_history etc.) until the first message 
arrives, and when that happens it will log this message.

This could be the same core problem as the first log message you've shown.

Are you by any chance running xymond with the "--no-download" option? Or 
do you have a "--admin-senders" option enabled for xymond ?

They shouldn't be, but right now I cannot determine if this is a result 
of the problems with loading the hosts.cfg file.

Could you try changing lib/loadhosts_file.c: Lines 140-144 look like this:

    prepresult = prepare_fromnet();
    if (prepresult == -1) {
      errprintf("Failed to load from xymond, reverting to file-load\n");
      prepresult = prepare_fromfile(xgetenv("HOSTSCFG"), extrainclude);
    }

Change them to just

    prepresult = prepare_fromfile(xgetenv("HOSTSCFG"), extrainclude);

Then do a "make clean; make; make install".


Regards,
Henrik

Hi, any news about the errors below ?

I've got the same errors :-(

Latest error messages:
Loading hostnames
Cannot load host data
Loading saved state
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Too few fields in record - found 6, expected 17
Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984
Setting up signal handlers
Setting up xymond channels
Setting up logfiles
Setup complete
Whoops ! Failed to send message (timeout)
->
->  Recipient 'XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX', timeout 15
->  1st line: 'config hosts.cfg'

Cannot load hosts.cfg from xymond, code 7
Failed to load from xymond, reverting to file-load

.. me too ?!

cheers,
 	martin

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Henrik Størner wrote:

On 21-09-2011 07:48, Henrik Størner wrote:

Turned out to be a 4.3.5 bug, which could cause all sorts of funny 
issues. Definitely worth an upgrade to 4.3.6.


Regards,
Henrik

Hello,

I have  a lot of problem for configurate my xymon.
however i don't can change my map after doing a change on the hosts file.

could you help me because today i'm in  unable to progress in my install.

Best regards
Thanks a lot for your response.