<div dir="ltr">We spent quite a while getting apache configured properly because documentation had changed over the years. Here were my steps (Ubuntu 14.04)<div><br></div><div><ol><li> Install latest from source using makdeb instructions and dpkg</li><li> Enable CGI<br> $ sudo a2enmod cgid</li><li> $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/alias.conf</li><li> Fix Apache Startup error<br> $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf<br> Place this somewhere in the file:<br> ServerName x <--- Where "x" is the hostname of your server</li><li> Setup apache Alias<br> $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/alias.conf<br> Paste the text below between </Directory> and </IfModules></li></ol></div><div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><font face="courier new, monospace"><br> Alias /xymon/ "/usr/lib/xymon/server/www/"<br> <Directory "/usr/lib/xymon/server/www/"><br> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes MultiViews<br> Require all granted <br> </Directory><br> ScriptAlias /xymon-cgi/ "/usr/lib/xymon/cgi-bin/"<br> <Directory "/usr/lib/xymon/cgi-bin"><br> AllowOverride None<br> Options ExecCGI Includes<br> Require all granted<br> </Directory><br> ScriptAlias /xymon-seccgi/ "/usr/lib/xymon/cgi-secure/"<br> <Directory "/usr/lib/xymon/cgi-secure"><br> AllowOverride None<br> Options ExecCGI Includes<br> Require all granted<br> # Password file where users with access to these scripts are kept.<br> # Create it with "htpasswd -c /usr/lib/xymon/server/etc/xymonpasswd USERNAME"<br> # Add more users / change passwords with "htpasswd /usr/lib/xymon/server/etc/xymonpasswd USERNAME"<br> AuthUserFile /usr/lib/xymon/server/etc/xymonpasswd<br> AuthType Basic<br> AuthName "Xymon Administration"<br> Require valid-user<br> </Directory></font></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div><ol><li>Fix a memory leak wih Apache/Ubuntu 14.04<br> $ sudo apt-get install libpam-smbpass</li><li>Restart the Apache Server<br> $ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart</li><li>Finally, configure hosts, mail settings, alerts, etc </li></ol><div>I can provide more detailed instructions for any of these steps if you think they apply. </div></div><div><br></div><div>-Tres</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">- <a href="mailto:Tres.Finocchiaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">Tres.Finocchiaro@gmail.com</a></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Steve Coile <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scoile@mcclatchyinteractive.com" target="_blank">scoile@mcclatchyinteractive.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I'd guess an Apache configuration issue, yes. Of course, you should also check the permission on the <i>xymon.html</i> file to ensure it's readable by whatever user your Apache <i>httpd</i> process is running as.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><br clear="all"><div><div><br></div>-- <div><b>Steve Coile<br></b>Senior Network and Systems Engineer, <a href="http://www.mcclatchyinteractive.com/" target="_blank">McClatchy Interactive</a><div><font size="1">Office: <a href="tel:919-861-1247" value="+19198611247" target="_blank">919-861-1247</a> | Mobile: <a href="tel:919-622-5369" value="+19196225369" target="_blank">919-622-5369</a> | Fax: <a href="tel:919-861-1300" value="+19198611300" target="_blank">919-861-1300</a></font></div></div></div>
<br></span><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Andre Beyleveldt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Andreb@paym8.co.za" target="_blank">Andreb@paym8.co.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I’m down to having this error. I know it’s due to a permission either on a folder or config file.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red">You don't have permission to access /xymon/xymon.html on this server.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f4e79">Am I correct in saying that Apache wants to hit the xymon
web page but it has not access hence the error.?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#003366">Andre Beyleveldt</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#003366"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Steve Coile [mailto:<a href="mailto:scoile@mcclatchyinteractive.com" target="_blank">scoile@mcclatchyinteractive.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> 19 September 2014 02:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:xymon@xymon.com" target="_blank">xymon@xymon.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Andre Beyleveldt<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Xymon] Xymon Setup<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looks to me like (the <i>xymonserver.cfg</i> variable) <i>$XYMON</i> isn't defined with an absolute path, and (the environment variable) <i>$PATH</i> does not include
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Jeremy Laidman <<a href="mailto:jlaidman@rebel-it.com.au" target="_blank">jlaidman@rebel-it.com.au</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That's weird. The error message says that it's trying to load the task defined in tasks.cfg section [xymon]. My tasks.cfg has no [xymon]. The nearest match is [xymond]. Similarly, the command 'xymon' would have been defined in a "CMD"
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 19 September 2014 04:12, Andre Beyleveldt <<a href="mailto:Andreb@paym8.co.za" target="_blank">Andreb@paym8.co.za</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I need some assistance with regards to setting up Xymon, I have seen it once or twice but the actual config itself I have never done.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I used the man pages etc. but I can’t get my Xymon url to show the page, checked the log and I am getting the following.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Then the error just repeats over and over.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone perhaps have an example of what needs to be setup that I can use to reference to mine to see what I did wrong.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1f497d">Kind regards,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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