[Xymon] Xymon Digest, Vol 8, Issue 20

[Alex Levin]

Yanni,

All directives for xymon related apache directories ( including cgi-*
) are already included in xymon-apache.conf, so you need just to make
sure that the file itself is included into main apache config (
httpd.conf )

if you placed xymonpasswd into /etc/httpd/ folder - you need to edit
xymon-apache.conf file and modify location of the file.
Also - if not using groups for apache authentication - remove or
comment corresponding lines from xymon-apache.conf.

When done - check  syntax of the config ( apachectl -t ) and restart
apache ( apachectl restart )  using root account.
Under user xymon - start server ( in your case
"/opt/xymon/server/xymon.sh start"  )

if everything is OK - you should be able to see something at
http://YOURWEBHOST/xymon/


If something is not working - check log files ( apache or xymon )

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Alex

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Yanni
<y.goudetsidis at mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi Alex
>
>
>
> Please allow me to mention what I have done so far.
>
>
>
> All xymon related directores (cgi-bin, cgi-secure, client, data, server,
> webpages, xymon-cgi, xymon-seccgi) are inside
>
> /opt/xymon.
>
>
>
> After searching about configuring apache online, I found out that in order
> for Apache to execute CGI scripts
>
> I need to edit the "access.conf" file by adding a section like this:
>
>
>
> <Directory /opt/xymon/cgi-bin>
> Options ExecCGI
> AddHandler cgi-script   .cgi   .pl
> </Directory>
>
>
>
> I did that. Next I read that I should create a special location called alias
> to the actual CGI directory and then edit my "httpd.conf" file and add the
> line below:
>
> 'ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/  /opt/xymon/cgi-bin/'
>
>
>
> I've done that as well.
>
>
>
> Next I followed your instructions on the link you send me.
>
> I run:
>
> 'htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/xymonpasswd  admin' and entered password.
>
>
>
> I finally found "xymon-apache.conf" and copied it to /etc/httpd/conf.d/
>
>
>
> but I am a bit confused about the 'sed' command.
>
>
>
> Is the directory at the end stops at 'httpd'?
>
>
>
> Many thanks
>
> Yanni
>
>
>
> On September 27, 2011 at 12:17 AM Alex Levin <alevin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yanni,
>>
>> You need to include xymon-apache.conf file in your httpd.conf, it's
>> location depends on the system you are using and  on how the Apache
>> server was installed ( from repository or compiled )
>>   but before  - make sure that  xymonpasswd  ( and probably
>> xymongroups ) files are created. ( read the config file :) )
>>
>> Actually -  it is a good idea to understand syntax of Apache config
>> files (  at least check directives used in xymon config on
>> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ ) ...
>>
>> Also, I have some notes on installing xymon in AWS ( amazon ) cloud
>> that could be useful for you -
>> http://www.abristech.net/2011/09/xymon-monitoring-from-cloud.html  as
>> well
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:02 AM, Yanni
>> <y.goudetsidis at mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk> wrote:
>> > Hi everyone
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I am junior sysadmin at a college and after a few failed attempts I
>> > successfully installed Xymon. No errors appeared after running 'make'
>> > and
>> > 'make install'.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > At the moment I am trying to configure my web server(Apache/2.2.3 )
>> > (which
>> > is located on the same machine as xymon) and I am following the
>> > instructions
>> > on the "installing Xymon" link
>> > (http://www.xymon.com/xymon/help/install.html) but I can not really
>> > understand what changes I have to make. It says on the link that I have
>> > to
>> > make the necessary additions to the apache configuration in
>> > ~/server/etc/xymon-apache.conf. What lines do I have to add/change and
>> > where
>> > can I find this file?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > As you can understand my apache knowledge is limited, I only installed
>> > it so
>> > I can run Xymon. Could someone please help me?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> >
>> > Yanni
>> >
>> >
>> >