[Xymon] XYMONNETWORK environment variable

[Root, Paul]

Thanks!

Paul Root    - Engineer III
Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink



> -----Original Message-----
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
> Behalf Of Henrik Størner
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:52 PM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] XYMONNETWORK environment variable
>
> On 05-01-2012 21:46, Root, Paul wrote:
> > So a follow up.
> >
> > I'm guessing I need a new section for an additional xymonnet?
>
> Yes.
>
> > [xymonnet]
> > ENVFILE /usr/lib64/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg
> > NEEDS xymond
> > CMD xymonnet --report --ping --checkresponse
> > LOGFILE $XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymon-network.log
> > INTERVAL 5m
> >
> > [xymonnet2]
> > ENVFILE /usr/lib64/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg
> > NEEDS xymond
> > CMD XYMONNETWORK=IAD xymonnet --report --ping --checkresponse
> > LOGFILE $XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymon-network.log
> > INTERVAL 5m
> >
> > Is that right? And it's ok to use the same log file?
>
> Not quite right, because the CMD setting doesn't permit you to set
> environment variables that way (the command isn't passed to a shell,
> but
> executed directly). So the easiest thing to do is to have a shell-
> script
> "wrapper" around the xymonnet command, that sets the XYMONNET
> environment variable.
>
> > Should I have another xymonnetagain then too?
>
> Good question - off the top of my head, I'd say "yes, you should".
>
>
> Regards,
> Henrik
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