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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Greg,<br>
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The "config" command simply downloads a complete file, so "config
client-local.cfg" should give you the complete file.<br>
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The specific section of the file client-local.cfg is returned only
when a client reports using the "client" command (not "status") -
the section returned depends on the client name and OS it's
running - if an exact match on name exists that section is
returned, otherwise the section matching the client OS reported
(e.g. win32, linux, etc).<br>
<br>
David.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been doing research into the
communications protocol used by Xymon and her clients. I am
using the Windows PowerShell client found here: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/">http://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/sandbox/WinPSClient/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve read a man page for bb: <a
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href="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/hobbit.1.html">http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/hobbit.1.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">QUOTE: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">" config FILENAME<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Retrieve one of the Hobbit
configuration files from the server.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> This command allows a client
to pull files from the $BBHOME/etc/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> directory on the server,
allowing for semi-automatic updates of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> the client configuration.
Since the configuration files are<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> designed to have a
common file for the configuration of all<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> hosts in the system - and
this is in fact the recommended way of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> configuring your clients
- this makes it easier to keep the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> configuration files
synchronized.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Using this information, I was able to
execute this command…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">PS> XymonSend
“config client-local.cfg” “<xymon_server_name>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">… on a Windows server, inside a PowerShell
window, and the entire, unedited ‘client-local.cfg’ file was
displayed on screen. This is good.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then I read the following in the
Client-Local.cfg man page: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://xymon.sourceforge.net/xymon/help/manpages/man5/client-local.cfg.5.html">http://xymon.sourceforge.net/xymon/help/manpages/man5/client-local.cfg.5.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">QUOTE:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“The client-local.cfg file resides on the
Xymon server. When clients connect to the Xymon server to
send in their client data, they will receive part of this file
back from the Xymon server. The configuration received by the
client is then used the next time the client runs.“<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It sounds like the Xymon server will accept
a status message from the client, then parse the message for
OS type, host name, etc… then parse the client-local.cfg file
and find the lines that are applicable to the client (based
upon OS type, host name, etc.) and return those to the
client. None of my clients are receiving a response from the
Xymon server containing configuration data. I’ve tried to
construct some messages to simulate an upload from a linux
host, a win32 host, and a hp-ux hosts (all of which have
entries in client-local.cfg), but I never get a reply
containing configuration data from the Xymon server. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Can someone tell me what should be
happening and how to simulate it?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much for your time and
assistance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">~Greg<o:p></o:p></p>
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