[Xymon] 4.3.4 proxy to a 4.2.3 server

[Root, Paul]

So I removed xymon completely from my test server, and reinstalled 4.2.3. It only gets it's info from the 4.3.4 proxy server not both.

Works fine.

Which just goes to confuse me more.


Paul Root    - Engineer III  - Qwest is now CenturyLink


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Root, Paul
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:09 AM
> To: Root, Paul; 'Henrik Størner'; xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: RE: [Xymon] 4.3.4 proxy to a 4.2.3 server
>
> Ok, I fixed the rrd issue, and I'm getting graphs again. So that's
> good.
>
> I stopped the second proxy for testing and sure enough, 15-20 minutes
> later, the conn's for all the devmon routers went purple. All the tests
> seemed fine just the conn.
> Also, ntp went purple on a bunch as well.
>
> I was starting to thing devmon was reporting straight to the server
> port instead of the proxy, but the test server is getting updates. So
> I'm kind of stumped.
>
> This is my tasks.cfg entry:
> [xymond]
>         ENVFILE /usr/lib64/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg
>         CMD xymond --listen=0.0.0.0:1985 --
> pidfile=$XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymond.pid --restart=$XYMONTMP/xymond.chk --
> checkpoint-file=$XYMONTMP/xymond.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --
> log=$XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymond.log --admin-
> senders=127.0.0.1,$XYMONSERVERIP --store-clientlogs=!msgs
>
> [xymonproxy]
>         ENVFILE /usr/lib64/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg
>         CMD $XYMONHOME/bin/xymonproxy --
> server=127.0.0.1:1985,172.28.96.89,192.168.141.212 --
> listen=0.0.0.0:1984 --report=$MACHINE.xymonproxy --no-daemon --
> pidfile=$XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymonproxy.pid
>         LOGFILE $XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymonproxy.log
>
> I see connections with netstat -a on the server, and tcpdump port 1984
> and hostname stnxymproxy gives me lots of output.
>
>
>
>
> Paul Root    - Engineer III  - Qwest is now CenturyLink
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
> > Behalf Of Root, Paul
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:24 PM
> > To: 'Henrik Størner'; xymon at xymon.com
> > Subject: Re: [Xymon] 4.3.4 proxy to a 4.2.3 server
> >
> > Ok, thanks.
> >
> > I'll check the primary, I thought I saw traffic from the 4.3.4
> machine,
> > maybe not.
> >
> > Ah, ha! Right, the test server has rrd 1.4.5, I don't have that on
> the
> > proxy.
> >
> > Paul Root    - Engineer III  - Qwest is now CenturyLink
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
> > > Behalf Of Henrik Størner
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:18 PM
> > > To: xymon at xymon.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Xymon] 4.3.4 proxy to a 4.2.3 server
> > >
> > > On 24-08-2011 21:32, Root, Paul wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there an issue with a 4.3.4 sending proxy data to an older
> > server?
> > >
> > > Don't think so. There has only been two changes in the proxy code
> > going
> > > from 4.2.3 -> 4.3.4:
> > >
> > > a) the proxy will no longer forward "page" messages as sent by old
> > (Big
> > > Brother style) clients - Xymon doesn't use these at all.
> > >
> > > b) the "--hobbitd" option has been removed; xymonproxy always
> assumes
> > > it
> > > is sending data to a Xymon server, so it re-packages combo-messages
> > and
> > > adds information about what proxy the message passed through.
> > >
> > > I don't see either of these changes breaking compatibility with a
> > 4.2.x
> > > server. On the old Hobbit server, do you see any connections from
> the
> > > proxy (check with netstat) ? Does the proxy log show that it is
> > sending
> > > data to the old server ?
> > >
> > > > I also just found some other information, on the 4.3.4 in the log
> > > files:
> > > > 2011-08-24 14:20:52 Peer not up, flushing message queue
> > > > xymond_rrd: error while loading shared libraries: librrd.so.4:
> > cannot
> > > open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > The rrdtool libraries are missing from the server where you are
> > running
> > > Xymon, or at least xymond_rrd cannot find them. My guess is that
> > you've
> > > compiled the Xymon server software on another system than where you
> > are
> > > running it. Make sure you have rrdtool installed, with the same
> major
> > > version as you had on the system where it was compiled.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Henrik
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