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list Matthew Gregory · Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:03:29 +1300 ·

Hello,

 
I am an IT Manager for a non-profit charity, and am looking at using Zymon,
to monitor our servers:

 
.         My Terminal Server (same network as the Zymon server)

.         Web Server on Azure (Windows Server 2019)

.         Web Server on AWS (Windows Server 2016)

 
All of my servers have fixed external IP addresses, can someone point in the
right direction to set everything up with my servers and email
notifications.

 
Matthew Gregory
IT Manager
Rural Youth & Adult Literacy Trust


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list John Alexander · Sun, 17 Mar 2019 21:11:02 -0700 ·

Hi Matthew,

Each Xymon implementation is sort of unique - depending on your use case.

Follow the directions to set up the Xymon server on whatever host system and then go through the help topics.  They are quite rich. If your environment on which you will run the Xymon server is not virtualized, consider obtaining a Raspberry Pi to be the Xymon server.  It will handle a surprising load.

Assuming that you have a VPN to your Azure and AWS environments, have the agents report back directly to your Xymon server.   Since it appears you are a Windows environment, you will want the BBWin agents - https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin/  - results may vary.

Once you get the front end properly showing data, then worry about the alerting and other fun things.  Xymon is more of a framework and you can monitor and report on an amazing amount of things.

John Alexander

▸ quoted from Matthew Gregory


On 3/17/2019 20:03, Matthew Gregory wrote:

Hello,

I am an IT Manager for a non-profit charity, and am looking at using Zymon, to monitor our servers:

·My Terminal Server (same network as the Zymon server)

·Web Server on Azure (Windows Server 2019)

·Web Server on AWS (Windows Server 2016)

All of my servers have fixed external IP addresses, can someone point in the right direction to set everything up with my servers and email notifications.

*Matthew Gregory*
IT Manager
Rural Youth & Adult Literacy Trust


www.adultliteracy.ac.nz <http://www.adultliteracy.ac.nz/>;

*m:* XXX XXX XXXX
*t:* 0800 891 339
*e:* user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid>

	
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list Matthew Gregory · Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:37:55 +1300 ·

Hello John

Thanks for your reply, I am Debian on a non virtualized Server, and don’t have VPN do you know of any other way?

▸ quoted from John Alexander


 Matthew Gregory
IT Manager
Rural Youth & Adult Literacy Trust
www.adultliteracy.ac.nz
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t: 0800 891 339
e: user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid

On Mar 18, 2019, at 5:11 PM, John Alexander <user-a99953debe01@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi Matthew,

Each Xymon implementation is sort of unique - depending on your use case.

Follow the directions to set up the Xymon server on whatever host system and then go through the help topics.  They are quite rich.  If your environment on which you will run the Xymon server is not virtualized, consider obtaining a Raspberry Pi to be the Xymon server.  It will handle a surprising load.

Assuming that you have a VPN to your Azure and AWS environments, have the agents report back directly to your Xymon server.   Since it appears you are a Windows environment, you will want the BBWin agents - https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin/  - results may vary. 
Once you get the front end properly showing data, then worry about the alerting and other fun things.  Xymon is more of a framework and you can monitor and report on an amazing amount of things.

John Alexander

On 3/17/2019 20:03, Matthew Gregory wrote:
Hello,
 I am an IT Manager for a non-profit charity, and am looking at using Zymon, to monitor our servers:
 ·         My Terminal Server (same network as the Zymon server)
·         Web Server on Azure (Windows Server 2019)
·         Web Server on AWS (Windows Server 2016)
 All of my servers have fixed external IP addresses, can someone point in the right direction to set everything up with my servers and email notifications.
  Matthew Gregory
IT Manager
Rural Youth & Adult Literacy Trust
www.adultliteracy.ac.nz
m: XXX XXX XXXX
t: 0800 891 339
e: user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid


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list Brandon Dale · Mon, 18 Mar 2019 05:57:38 +0000 ·

You should actually use the windows powershell client, it’s actively maintained and has far more features for windows. The files are located here: https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/ there documentation is in the XymonPSClient.doc. The powershell client supports sending the client data back over HTTPS with authentication so that may be what you are after in your scenario.

For the general xymon config on the server however you really need to read through the xymon documentation, for mail you would specifically be looking at the alerts.cfg file https://xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/alerts.cfg.5.html

Regards,


Brandon Dale

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Hello John

Thanks for your reply, I am Debian on a non virtualized Server, and don’t have VPN do you know of any other way?

Matthew Gregory
IT Manager
Rural Youth & Adult Literacy Trust


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On Mar 18, 2019, at 5:11 PM, John Alexander <user-a99953debe01@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-a99953debe01@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
Hi Matthew,

Each Xymon implementation is sort of unique - depending on your use case.

Follow the directions to set up the Xymon server on whatever host system and then go through the help topics. They are quite rich. If your environment on which you will run the Xymon server is not virtualized, consider obtaining a Raspberry Pi to be the Xymon server. It will handle a surprising load.

Assuming that you have a VPN to your Azure and AWS environments, have the agents report back directly to your Xymon server. Since it appears you are a Windows environment, you will want the BBWin agents - https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin/ - results may vary.

Once you get the front end properly showing data, then worry about the alerting and other fun things. Xymon is more of a framework and you can monitor and report on an amazing amount of things.

John Alexander
On 3/17/2019 20:03, Matthew Gregory wrote:
Hello,

I am an IT Manager for a non-profit charity, and am looking at using Zymon, to monitor our servers:

* My Terminal Server (same network as the Zymon server)
* Web Server on Azure (Windows Server 2019)
* Web Server on AWS (Windows Server 2016)

All of my servers have fixed external IP addresses, can someone point in the right direction to set everything up with my servers and email notifications.

Matthew Gregory
IT Manager
Rural Youth & Adult Literacy Trust


www.adultliteracy.ac.nz<http://www.adultliteracy.ac.nz/>;

m: XXX XXX XXXX
t: 0800 891 339
e: user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid>

<image001.png><https://www.adultliteracy.ac.nz/>;

list John Alexander · Mon, 18 Mar 2019 07:43:48 -0700 ·

Xymon doesn't encrypt the data channel from client to server, so you may want to use something like stunnel to secure it.

John

▸ quoted from Matthew Gregory


On 3/17/2019 22:37, Matthew Gregory wrote:

Hello John

Thanks for your reply, I am Debian on a non virtualized Server, and don’t have VPN do you know of any other way?

*Matthew Gregory*
IT Manager
Rural Youth & Adult Literacy Trust

www.adultliteracy.ac.nz <http://www.adultliteracy.ac.nz/>;


*m:* XXX XXX XXXX <tel:022%20644%209544>
*t:* 0800 891 339 <tel:XXXX%20891%20339>
*e:* user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid>

	
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On Mar 18, 2019, at 5:11 PM, John Alexander <user-a99953debe01@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-a99953debe01@xymon.invalid>> wrote:

Hi Matthew,

Each Xymon implementation is sort of unique - depending on your use case.

Follow the directions to set up the Xymon server on whatever host system and then go through the help topics.  They are quite rich.  If your environment on which you will run the Xymon server is not virtualized, consider obtaining a Raspberry Pi to be the Xymon server.  It will handle a surprising load.

Assuming that you have a VPN to your Azure and AWS environments, have the agents report back directly to your Xymon server.   Since it appears you are a Windows environment, you will want the BBWin agents - https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin/ - results may vary.

Once you get the front end properly showing data, then worry about the alerting and other fun things.  Xymon is more of a framework and you can monitor and report on an amazing amount of things.

John Alexander

On 3/17/2019 20:03, Matthew Gregory wrote:

Hello,

I am an IT Manager for a non-profit charity, and am looking at using Zymon, to monitor our servers:

·My Terminal Server (same network as the Zymon server)

·Web Server on Azure (Windows Server 2019)

·Web Server on AWS (Windows Server 2016)

All of my servers have fixed external IP addresses, can someone point in the right direction to set everything up with my servers and email notifications.

*Matthew Gregory*
IT Manager
Rural Youth & Adult Literacy Trust

www.adultliteracy.ac.nz <http://www.adultliteracy.ac.nz/>;

*m:* XXX XXX XXXX
*t:* 0800 891 339
*e:* user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid>


<image001.png> <https://www.adultliteracy.ac.nz/>;

list Scot Kreienkamp · Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:01:33 +0000 ·

You could put the xymon instance in AWS with your servers and only make it available from your servers via AWS firewall.  Same with your internal servers.

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▸ quoted from John Alexander

Xymon doesn't encrypt the data channel from client to server, so you may want to use something like stunnel to secure it.

John
On 3/17/2019 22:37, Matthew Gregory wrote:
Hello John

Thanks for your reply, I am Debian on a non virtualized Server, and don’t have VPN do you know of any other way?

Matthew Gregory
IT Manager
Rural Youth & Adult Literacy Trust

www.adultliteracy.ac.nz<http://www.adultliteracy.ac.nz/>;

m: XXX XXX XXXX<tel:022%20644%209544>
t: 0800 891 339<tel:XXXX%20891%20339>
e: user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid>

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On Mar 18, 2019, at 5:11 PM, John Alexander <user-a99953debe01@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-a99953debe01@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
Hi Matthew,

Each Xymon implementation is sort of unique - depending on your use case.

Follow the directions to set up the Xymon server on whatever host system and then go through the help topics.  They are quite rich.  If your environment on which you will run the Xymon server is not virtualized, consider obtaining a Raspberry Pi to be the Xymon server.  It will handle a surprising load.

Assuming that you have a VPN to your Azure and AWS environments, have the agents report back directly to your Xymon server.   Since it appears you are a Windows environment, you will want the BBWin agents - https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbwin/  - results may vary.

Once you get the front end properly showing data, then worry about the alerting and other fun things.  Xymon is more of a framework and you can monitor and report on an amazing amount of things.

John Alexander
On 3/17/2019 20:03, Matthew Gregory wrote:
Hello,

I am an IT Manager for a non-profit charity, and am looking at using Zymon, to monitor our servers:


·         My Terminal Server (same network as the Zymon server)

·         Web Server on Azure (Windows Server 2019)

·         Web Server on AWS (Windows Server 2016)

All of my servers have fixed external IP addresses, can someone point in the right direction to set everything up with my servers and email notifications.


Matthew Gregory
IT Manager
Rural Youth & Adult Literacy Trust

www.adultliteracy.ac.nz<http://www.adultliteracy.ac.nz/>;

m: XXX XXX XXXX
t: 0800 891 339
e: user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-ffa8a7401790@xymon.invalid>

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list John Thurston · Mon, 18 Mar 2019 07:38:20 -0800 ·

On 3/17/2019 9:37 PM, Matthew Gregory wrote:

Thanks for your reply, I am Debian on a non virtualized Server, and don’t have VPN do you know of any other way?Assuming that you have a VPN to your Azure and AWS environments, have the agents report back directly to your Xymon server.

If you have a remote client which can not communicate directly back to your xymon server, one can 'pull' the data from the host with the server. This is not "basic" xymon. It isn't "expert" level, but I'd at least put it at "advanced".

To do something similar, I run a xymon client and 'msgcache' on the remote host. The client reports to the cache on its own hostname. I then have that host defined in my xymon server with a 'pulldata' tag. The xymon server makes a connection to the remote host and retrieves the cached messages.


https://xymon.com/help/manpages/man8/msgcache.8.html

https://xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/hosts.cfg.5.html

pulldata[=[IP][:port]]
    This option is recognized by the xymonfetch(8) utility, and causes it to poll the host for client data. The optional IP-address and port-number can be used if the client-side msgcache(8) daemon is listening on a non-standard IP-address or port-number.


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list John Alexander · Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:30:44 -0700 ·

xymonproxy is another option in cases like that.  I've used it where servers were not allowed to communicate directly out of a restricted network.

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On 3/18/2019 08:38, John Thurston wrote:

On 3/17/2019 9:37 PM, Matthew Gregory wrote:

Thanks for your reply, I am Debian on a non virtualized Server, and don’t have VPN do you know of any other way?Assuming that you have a VPN to your Azure and AWS environments, have the agents report back directly to your Xymon server.

If you have a remote client which can not communicate directly back to your xymon server, one can 'pull' the data from the host with the server. This is not "basic" xymon. It isn't "expert" level, but I'd at least put it at "advanced".

To do something similar, I run a xymon client and 'msgcache' on the remote host. The client reports to the cache on its own hostname. I then have that host defined in my xymon server with a 'pulldata' tag. The xymon server makes a connection to the remote host and retrieves the cached messages.


https://xymon.com/help/manpages/man8/msgcache.8.html

https://xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/hosts.cfg.5.html

pulldata[=[IP][:port]]
    This option is recognized by the xymonfetch(8) utility, and causes it to poll the host for client data. The optional IP-address and port-number can be used if the client-side msgcache(8) daemon is listening on a non-standard IP-address or port-number.


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   Do things because you should, not just because you can.

John Thurston    XXX-XXX-XXXX
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Department of Administration
State of Alaska

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