[Xymon] Xymon Digest, Vol 8, Issue 20

[Yanni]

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
> >
> >
> >
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