Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg 🔗 link

 
We have 50 or 60 servers configured across a number of pages in our
xymon instance.  Instead of having 60 host=hostname entries with generic
entries across all of the servers, I want to set up some
groups/tags/etc... that can be applied to a host.

 
So, I figured out I could do:

PAGE=DELTS/*/*

        #Defaults for all DELTS Servers

        PROC crond 1 -1 red "TEXT=crond : Task Scheduler"

        PROC ntpd 1 -1 yellow "TEXT=ntpd : Network Time Client"

 
To go across all of our servers on our subpages to apply these two proc
checks.

 
What I would like to do is get a bit more specific.  We have a mix of
physical machines, virtual machines, and linux machines, windows
machines, and production machines and development machines.

 
I'd like to be able to tag hosts somehow so I can do something like
this:

Host 1 = Linux, Production, VM

Host 2 = Linux, Physical, Dev

 
Linux:

PROC - ntp, cron

 
Production:

PROC - backup client

 
VM:

PROC - vmwaretools

 
Physical:

nothing additional.

 
Dev:

nothing additional

 
So for Host1 it will do the following PROC tests:

ntp, cron, backup client, vmwaretools

 
Whereas Host2 will only do:

ntp, cron

 
I understand that if I had hosts configured into like groups, or
subpages then I could target the whole works that way, but I currently
have my hosts configured in a way that this is not practical.
Essentially I have all hosts divided into 3 major groups, and then a
number of subgroups, and then the hosts are listed here based on
application cluster or function.  Basing it on groups or pages would
also require me to create a bunch of additional rules to account for
each of the situations above, whereas something like a tag that a host
could have multiple of would simplify things.

 
Can anyone provide any insight as to how I can achieve these goals?

 
Thanks,

Thomas

-----Original Message-----
From: "Michael Burger" <user-c26873f0522a@xymon.invalid>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:38:19 
To: Thomas Hawkins<user-5a1d8f143e48@xymon.invalid>; <xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg

FWIW, I have a number of cases where I have hosts on multiple
(sub)pages. I don't use them for the analysis.cfg as much as for the
alerts.cfg, but in this way, I can have a page for team x's servers,
team y's servers, prod, non-prod, or all server.

 
--

Mike Burger

AIX Administrator

  <http://freedomhome.fhmc.local/intranet/main.jsp>; 

Phone (XXX) XXX-XXXX, Fax (XXX) XXX-XXXX, Cell (XXX) XXX-XXXX 

E-mail:  user-c26873f0522a@xymon.invalid

"Once word leaks out that a pirate's gone soft, people begin to disobey
you and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time."
--Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts

 
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf
Of Thomas Hawkins
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 8:22 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg

 
We have 50 or 60 servers configured across a number of pages in our
xymon instance.  Instead of having 60 host=hostname entries with generic
entries across all of the servers, I want to set up some
groups/tags/etc... that can be applied to a host.

 
So, I figured out I could do:

PAGE=DELTS/*/*

        #Defaults for all DELTS Servers

        PROC crond 1 -1 red "TEXT=crond : Task Scheduler"

        PROC ntpd 1 -1 yellow "TEXT=ntpd : Network Time Client"

 
To go across all of our servers on our subpages to apply these two proc
checks.

 
What I would like to do is get a bit more specific.  We have a mix of
physical machines, virtual machines, and linux machines, windows
machines, and production machines and development machines.

 
I'd like to be able to tag hosts somehow so I can do something like
this:

Host 1 = Linux, Production, VM

Host 2 = Linux, Physical, Dev

 
Linux:

PROC - ntp, cron

 
Production:

PROC - backup client

 
VM:

PROC - vmwaretools

 
Physical:

nothing additional.

 
Dev:

nothing additional

 
So for Host1 it will do the following PROC tests:

ntp, cron, backup client, vmwaretools

 
Whereas Host2 will only do:

ntp, cron

 
I understand that if I had hosts configured into like groups, or
subpages then I could target the whole works that way, but I currently
have my hosts configured in a way that this is not practical.
Essentially I have all hosts divided into 3 major groups, and then a
number of subgroups, and then the hosts are listed here based on
application cluster or function.  Basing it on groups or pages would
also require me to create a bunch of additional rules to account for
each of the situations above, whereas something like a tag that a host
could have multiple of would simplify things.

 
Can anyone provide any insight as to how I can achieve these goals?

 
Thanks,

Thomas


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E-mail:  user-c26873f0522a@xymon.invalid

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you and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time."
--Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts

 
From: Thomas Hawkins [mailto:user-5a1d8f143e48@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 9:55 AM
To: Michael Burger; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg

 
Hummm, that is interesting. You define the host multiple times in
hosts.cfg? Is that a supported setup?

How does your main homepage look?

We have three sub pages, and one sub-sub page. I assume under this
setup, you would need more subpages splintering off the main home page
for this to work. Although it would be nice at a glance to see all of
the server grouped by my various 'tags' as well as function.

Thomas


From: "Michael Burger" <user-c26873f0522a@xymon.invalid> 

Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:38:19 -0500

To: Thomas Hawkins<user-5a1d8f143e48@xymon.invalid>; <xymon at xymon.com>

Subject: RE: [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg

 
FWIW, I have a number of cases where I have hosts on multiple
(sub)pages. I don't use them for the analysis.cfg as much as for the
alerts.cfg, but in this way, I can have a page for team x's servers,
team y's servers, prod, non-prod, or all server.

 
--

Mike Burger

AIX Administrator

 <http://freedomhome.fhmc.local/intranet/main.jsp>; 

Phone (XXX) XXX-XXXX, Fax (XXX) XXX-XXXX, Cell (XXX) XXX-XXXX 

E-mail:  user-c26873f0522a@xymon.invalid

"Once word leaks out that a pirate's gone soft, people begin to disobey
you and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time."
--Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts

 
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf
Of Thomas Hawkins
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 8:22 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg

 
We have 50 or 60 servers configured across a number of pages in our
xymon instance.  Instead of having 60 host=hostname entries with generic
entries across all of the servers, I want to set up some
groups/tags/etc... that can be applied to a host.

 
So, I figured out I could do:

PAGE=DELTS/*/*

        #Defaults for all DELTS Servers

        PROC crond 1 -1 red "TEXT=crond : Task Scheduler"

        PROC ntpd 1 -1 yellow "TEXT=ntpd : Network Time Client"

 
To go across all of our servers on our subpages to apply these two proc
checks.

 
What I would like to do is get a bit more specific.  We have a mix of
physical machines, virtual machines, and linux machines, windows
machines, and production machines and development machines.

 
I'd like to be able to tag hosts somehow so I can do something like
this:

Host 1 = Linux, Production, VM

Host 2 = Linux, Physical, Dev

 
Linux:

PROC - ntp, cron

 
Production:

PROC - backup client

 
VM:

PROC - vmwaretools

 
Physical:

nothing additional.

 
Dev:

nothing additional

 
So for Host1 it will do the following PROC tests:

ntp, cron, backup client, vmwaretools

 
Whereas Host2 will only do:

ntp, cron

 
I understand that if I had hosts configured into like groups, or
subpages then I could target the whole works that way, but I currently
have my hosts configured in a way that this is not practical.
Essentially I have all hosts divided into 3 major groups, and then a
number of subgroups, and then the hosts are listed here based on
application cluster or function.  Basing it on groups or pages would
also require me to create a bunch of additional rules to account for
each of the situations above, whereas something like a tag that a host
could have multiple of would simplify things.

 
Can anyone provide any insight as to how I can achieve these goals?

 
Thanks,

Thomas

 
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Yup...I define the hosts in different subpage groupings.


My home page lists strictly pages, each page lists the subpages, and the
subpages list the hosts contained within.


This would likely also allow me to have different (sub)pages list the
same hosts, but with different columns displayed. I haven't tried
monkeying around with that level of configuration, though.

--

Mike Burger

AIX Administrator

  <http://freedomhome.fhmc.local/intranet/main.jsp>;

Phone (XXX) XXX-XXXX, Fax (XXX) XXX-XXXX, Cell (XXX) XXX-XXXX

E-mail:  user-c26873f0522a@xymon.invalid

"Once word leaks out that a pirate's gone soft, people begin to disobey
you and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time."
--Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts


From: Thomas Hawkins [mailto:user-5a1d8f143e48@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 9:55 AM
To: Michael Burger; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg


Hummm, that is interesting. You define the host multiple times in
hosts.cfg? Is that a supported setup?

How does your main homepage look?

We have three sub pages, and one sub-sub page. I assume under this
setup, you would need more subpages splintering off the main home page
for this to work. Although it would be nice at a glance to see all of
the server grouped by my various 'tags' as well as function.

Thomas


From: "Michael Burger" <user-c26873f0522a@xymon.invalid>

Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:38:19 -0500

To: Thomas Hawkins<user-5a1d8f143e48@xymon.invalid>; <xymon at xymon.com>

Subject: RE: [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg


FWIW, I have a number of cases where I have hosts on multiple
(sub)pages. I don't use them for the analysis.cfg as much as for the
alerts.cfg, but in this way, I can have a page for team x's servers,
team y's servers, prod, non-prod, or all server.


--

Mike Burger

AIX Administrator

 <http://freedomhome.fhmc.local/intranet/main.jsp>;

Phone (XXX) XXX-XXXX, Fax (XXX) XXX-XXXX, Cell (XXX) XXX-XXXX

E-mail:  user-c26873f0522a@xymon.invalid

"Once word leaks out that a pirate's gone soft, people begin to disobey
you and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time."
--Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts


From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf
Of Thomas Hawkins
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 8:22 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg


We have 50 or 60 servers configured across a number of pages in our
xymon instance.  Instead of having 60 host=hostname entries with generic
entries across all of the servers, I want to set up some
groups/tags/etc... that can be applied to a host.


So, I figured out I could do:

PAGE=DELTS/*/*

        #Defaults for all DELTS Servers

        PROC crond 1 -1 red "TEXT=crond : Task Scheduler"

        PROC ntpd 1 -1 yellow "TEXT=ntpd : Network Time Client"


To go across all of our servers on our subpages to apply these two proc
checks.


What I would like to do is get a bit more specific.  We have a mix of
physical machines, virtual machines, and linux machines, windows
machines, and production machines and development machines.


I'd like to be able to tag hosts somehow so I can do something like
this:

Host 1 = Linux, Production, VM

Host 2 = Linux, Physical, Dev


Linux:

PROC - ntp, cron


Production:

PROC - backup client


VM:

PROC - vmwaretools


Physical:

nothing additional.


Dev:

nothing additional


So for Host1 it will do the following PROC tests:

ntp, cron, backup client, vmwaretools


Whereas Host2 will only do:

ntp, cron


I understand that if I had hosts configured into like groups, or
subpages then I could target the whole works that way, but I currently
have my hosts configured in a way that this is not practical.
Essentially I have all hosts divided into 3 major groups, and then a
number of subgroups, and then the hosts are listed here based on
application cluster or function.  Basing it on groups or pages would
also require me to create a bunch of additional rules to account for
each of the situations above, whereas something like a tag that a host
could have multiple of would simplify things.


Can anyone provide any insight as to how I can achieve these goals?


Thanks,

Thomas


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user-c26873f0522a@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Yup…I define the hosts in different subpage groupings.****

** **

My home page lists strictly pages, each page lists the subpages, and the
subpages list the hosts contained within.****

** **

This would likely also allow me to have different (sub)pages list the same
hosts, but with different columns displayed. I haven’t tried monkeying
around with that level of configuration, though.****

--****

*Mike Burger*****

*AIX Administrator*

****

"Once word leaks out that a pirate's gone soft, people begin to disobey
you and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time."
--Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts****

** **

*From:* Thomas Hawkins [mailto:user-5a1d8f143e48@xymon.invalid]
*Sent:* Friday, December 21, 2012 9:55 AM
*To:* Michael Burger; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg****

** **

Hummm, that is interesting. You define the host multiple times in
hosts.cfg? Is that a supported setup?

How does your main homepage look?

We have three sub pages, and one sub-sub page. I assume under this setup,
you would need more subpages splintering off the main home page for this to
work. Although it would be nice at a glance to see all of the server
grouped by my various 'tags' as well as function.

Thomas****

*From: *"Michael Burger" <user-c26873f0522a@xymon.invalid> ****

*Date: *Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:38:19 -0500****

*To: *Thomas Hawkins<user-5a1d8f143e48@xymon.invalid>; <xymon at xymon.com>****

*Subject: *RE: [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg****

** **

FWIW, I have a number of cases where I have hosts on multiple (sub)pages.
I don’t use them for the analysis.cfg as much as for the alerts.cfg, but in
this way, I can have a page for team x’s servers, team y’s servers, prod,
non-prod, or all server.****

** **

--****

*Mike Burger*****

*AIX Administrator*

****

"Once word leaks out that a pirate's gone soft, people begin to disobey
you and then it's nothing but work, work, work, all the time."
--Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts****

** **

*On Behalf Of *Thomas Hawkins
*Sent:* Friday, December 21, 2012 8:22 AM
*To:* xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* [Xymon] Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg****

** **

We have 50 or 60 servers configured across a number of pages in our xymon
instance.  Instead of having 60 host=hostname entries with generic entries
across all of the servers, I want to set up some groups/tags/etc... that
can be applied to a host.****

** **

So, I figured out I could do:****

PAGE=DELTS/*/*****

        #Defaults for all DELTS Servers****

        PROC crond 1 -1 red "TEXT=crond : Task Scheduler"****

        PROC ntpd 1 -1 yellow "TEXT=ntpd : Network Time Client"****

** **

To go across all of our servers on our subpages to apply these two proc
checks.****

** **

What I would like to do is get a bit more specific.  We have a mix of
physical machines, virtual machines, and linux machines, windows machines,
and production machines and development machines.****

** **

I'd like to be able to tag hosts somehow so I can do something like this:*
***

Host 1 = Linux, Production, VM****

Host 2 = Linux, Physical, Dev****

** **

Linux:****

PROC - ntp, cron****

** **

Production:****

PROC - backup client****

** **

VM:****

PROC - vmwaretools****

** **

Physical:****

nothing additional.****

** **

Dev:****

nothing additional****

** **

So for Host1 it will do the following PROC tests:****

ntp, cron, backup client, vmwaretools****

** **

Whereas Host2 will only do:****

ntp, cron****

** **

I understand that if I had hosts configured into like groups, or subpages
then I could target the whole works that way, but I currently have my hosts
configured in a way that this is not practical.  Essentially I have all
hosts divided into 3 major groups, and then a number of subgroups, and then
the hosts are listed here based on application cluster or function.  Basing
it on groups or pages would also require me to create a bunch of additional
rules to account for each of the situations above, whereas something like a
tag that a host could have multiple of would simplify things.****

** **

Can anyone provide any insight as to how I can achieve these goals?****

** **

Thanks,****

Thomas****

** **

** **

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PAGE=DELTS2/LINUX
        PROC cron 1 -1 red "TEXT=crond : Task Scheduler"
        PROC ntpd 1 -1 yellow "TEXT=ntpd : Network Time Client"

PAGE=DELTS2/L-VM
        PROC vmware-guestd 1 -1 yellow "TEXT=VMWare Tools"

HOST=tee
        PROC mysqld 2 -1 red

user-e7fb5c02322c@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Try to assign hosts to variables like:

$GROUP_PROD=host1,host2, host5
$GROUP_TEST=host3,host6....

$GROUP_ALL=$GROUP_PROD,$GROUP_**TEST
etc.

and then define rules using such variables instead of real hostnames or
reg.expressions

This is working for alerts, may be it is working for analysis as well. Not
checked yet.


Best regards,

Andrey Chervonets
CoMinder Ltd.
http://www.cominder.eu/


On 22.12.2012 13:00, xymon-request at xymon.com wrote:

Re: Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg

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On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Thomas Hawkins <user-5a1d8f143e48@xymon.invalid>wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion.  It didn't seem to work at all though.

I think I have messed with the file so much now I can't remember what sort
of worked and what didn't work at all.

I think I'm still stuck with the problem where only custom page
declaration gets picked up, and only one of the directives in the group,
plus anything in the specific host group.

So for this:
PAGE=DELTS2/LINUX
        PROC cron 1 -1 red "TEXT=crond : Task Scheduler"
        PROC ntpd 1 -1 yellow "TEXT=ntpd : Network Time Client"

PAGE=DELTS2/L-VM
        PROC vmware-guestd 1 -1 yellow "TEXT=VMWare Tools"

HOST=tee
        PROC mysqld 2 -1 red

tee reports only for cron and mysql.  If I comment out cron, then I get
ntpd and mysql.  If I move the vmware rule to the top of the list, I get
vmware and mysql proc checks.  So it seems that only one test for a page
specification gets reported on, and only the first one at the top of the
page.

At this point I should probably point out that I have 4.3.10 server, but
for the most part 4.2.3 (I think) clients on linux, and bbwin .12 or .13 on
windows.  However I don't think that will matter much.

Thomas

On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Andrey Chervonets <
user-e7fb5c02322c@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Try to assign hosts to variables like:

$GROUP_PROD=host1,host2, host5
$GROUP_TEST=host3,host6....

$GROUP_ALL=$GROUP_PROD,$GROUP_**TEST
etc.

and then define rules using such variables instead of real hostnames or
reg.expressions

This is working for alerts, may be it is working for analysis as well.
Not checked yet.


Best regards,

Andrey Chervonets
CoMinder Ltd.
http://www.cominder.eu/


On 22.12.2012 13:00, xymon-request at xymon.com wrote:

Re: Custom Server Rules for analysis.cfg

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