[xymon] Configuring the client that runs on the server

[Asif Iqbal]

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers <FRamaekers at ailife.com>wrote:

>  Using the bbcmd hobbitd_channel –channel=status cat, I get:
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> @@status#4724|1283967339.511134|10.2.0.99||doylebrunson|procs|1283969139|clear||clear|1238886095|0||0||1283967339
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>    1662 status doylebrunson.procs clear Wed Sep  8 12:35:33 CDT 2010 -
> Processes NOT ok
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>    1663 &clear No process checks defined
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then you should have HOST=doylebrunson and not the FQDN


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> This should be from the client running on the hobbit server.
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> Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
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> *From:* Asif Iqbal [mailto:vadud3 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:01 AM
> *To:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: [xymon] Configuring the client that runs on the server
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> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Frank M. Ramaekers <FRamaekers at ailife.com>
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> I’m having a hard time determining what configuration file to modify for
> the client that runs on the server itself.  Basically, I want to start
> monitoring PROCs.   After some hunting (there are too many configuration
> files with the words “client” and “local”), I thought I found the proper
> file “hobbits-client*s*.cfg and added the following:
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> HOST=thishost.domain.com
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>         PROC beremote 1
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> you could watch the status channel to see what the name of the host as sent
> by the client running on your hobbit server using either `cat' or
>  `hobbitd_capture'
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> bbcmd hobbitd_channel --channel=status hobbitd_capture --hosts=<hostname>
> --tests=procs
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> bbcmd hobbitd_channel --channel=status  cat
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> (wonder if I could have used “localhost”)
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> Yet, I’m still not getting PROC monitoring
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> (Oh, I’m still on hobbit 4.2)
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> TIA,
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>  Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
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