<div dir="ltr">I might be able to help debug the problem myself if I knew how xymon determines the alert levels for each test so that it can set icons appropriately on the summary pages.<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Boldt, David <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dboldt@usgs.gov" target="_blank">dboldt@usgs.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">hosts.cfg entry (updated with "testip"):<br>
<br>
130.11.9.89 <a href="http://natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov</a> #<br>
CLIENT:<a href="http://igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">igsaaahigsvaii1.er.<wbr>usgs.gov</a> testip<br>
<br>
forward lookup:<br>
<br>
% dig +noall +answer <a href="http://natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov</a><br>
<a href="http://natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov</a>. 43200 IN CNAME <a href="http://igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov</a>.<br>
<a href="http://igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov</a>. 300 IN A 130.11.9.89<br>
<br>
reverse lookup<br>
<br>
% dig +noall +answer -x 130.11.9.89<br>
89.9.11.130.in-addr.arpa. 300 IN PTR <a href="http://igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov</a>.<br>
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<br>
The test does seem to be occurring since the conn page shows green.<br>
But this is not being reflected on the parent page; where a purple<br>
icon is displayed.<br>
<br>
<br>
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 5:46 PM, John Thurston <<a href="mailto:john.thurston@alaska.gov">john.thurston@alaska.gov</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 10/13/2016 1:36 PM, Boldt, David wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On the Display page we have a server where the conn test is persistently<br>
>> Purple,<br>
>> but if one clicks on the status, the detailed Status page shows Green.<br>
>><br>
>> The DNS configuration may be causing issues:<br>
>><br>
>> % dig +noall +answer <a href="http://natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov</a><br>
>> <a href="http://natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov</a>. 43200 IN CNAME<br>
>> <a href="http://igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov</a>.<br>
>> <a href="http://igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov</a>. 300 IN A 130.11.9.89<br>
>><br>
>> % dig +noall +answer -x 130.11.9.96<br>
>> 96.9.11.130.in-addr.arpa. 43200 IN PTR<br>
>> <a href="http://natwebvaii04.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">natwebvaii04.er.usgs.gov</a>.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I don't understand what the PTR record for 130.11.9.96 has to do with the A<br>
> or CNAME resolving to 130.11.9.89<br>
><br>
>> Hoped to be able to address this with hosts.cfg entry:<br>
>><br>
>> 130.11.9.89 <a href="http://natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov</a> #<br>
>> CLIENT:<a href="http://igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">igsaaahigsvaii1.er.<wbr>usgs.gov</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> If you want to use the IP address you've specified, you either need to tag<br>
> the line with "testip" or run xymonnet with the appropriate option to<br>
> disregard DNS resolution.<br>
><br>
> I don't think<br>
> 0.0.0.0 <a href="http://foo.bar.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">foo.bar.com</a> #<br>
> behaves any differently than<br>
> 1.2.3.4 <a href="http://foo.bar.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">foo.bar.com</a> #<br>
> until the tag "testip" is appended<br>
> 1.2.3.4 <a href="http://foo.bar.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">foo.bar.com</a> # testip<br>
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