[Xymon] File Monitoring

[Steve Holmes]

Ok see, this is real similar to the problem I'm having, except I can't get
it to work (Xymon 4.2.3).

My debian hosts are sending the following:

client xxxx.xxxxx.org.linux linux
[date]
Tue Jan 10 15:20:35 EST 2012
[uname]
Linux xxxx.xxxxx.org 2.6.26-2-amd64 x86_64
[osversion]
Debian 5.0.9

And the info page for that host is:

Hostname:xxxx.xxxxx.org OS:Debian 5.0.9
Linux xxxx.xxxxx.org 2.6.26-2-amd64 x86_64 Client S/W:

but I have put a [debian] section in client-local.cfg and also in
hobbit-clients.cfg and it is still looking for files defined under [linux].

Our [debian] servers keep some files in a different location than our other
Linux servers (Redhat) so the Debian servers get "File is missing" errors
and I have to disable the test to prevent the warning from showing up. Not
a good situation especially since we are in the process of convincing the
admins of the Debian systems that it's ok to let us use Xymon to monitor
their systems which they have been monitoring using Nagios :-(.

Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Steve Holmes
Purdue University

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Jamison Maxwell <jamison at newasterisk.com>wrote:

>  Ah, thanks so much for the clarification.
>
>
> Jamison Maxwell
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Larry Barber [lebarber at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 10, 2012 2:34 PM
> *To:* Jamison Maxwell
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] File Monitoring
>
>  No, you can have a per-machine specification in addition to the platform
> specification:
>
>
>        The file is divided into sections, delimited by "[name]" lines.  A
> section name can be either an operating system identifier - linux,
> solaris,  hp-ux,
>        aix,  freebsd,  openbsd,  netbsd,  darwin  - or a hostname. When
> deciding which section to send to a client, Xymon will first look for a
> section named
>        after the hostname of the client; if such a section does not exist,
> it will look for a section named by the operating system of the client. So
> you can
>        configure special configurations for individual hosts, and have a
> default configuration for all other hosts of a certain type.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry Barber
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Jamison Maxwell <jamison at newasterisk.com>wrote:
>
>>  Oops, mis-typed, and if I only wanted it for one host?  Or is the only
>> option to have all machines of that platform send that data despite it only
>> existing on one system?  I was under the impression that both types of
>> specification, hosts and platforms were available in client-local.cfg.
>>
>>
>> Jamison Maxwell
>> p. 770 605 6653
>> jamison at newasterisk.com
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* Root, Paul [Paul.Root at CenturyLink.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 10, 2012 2:08 PM
>> *To:* Jamison Maxwell; xymon at xymon.com
>> *Subject:* RE: [Xymon] File Monitoring
>>
>>    Well it should be client-local.cfg not client.local.cfg.  and it
>> isn’t a per machine definition, it’s a platform definition. You’d want
>> something like:
>>
>>
>>
>> [linux]
>>
>> File:/mnt/fs/test
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Root    - Engineer III
>>
>> Managed Services Systems - CenturyLink
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On
>> Behalf Of *Jamison Maxwell
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:31 PM
>> *To:* xymon at xymon.com
>> *Subject:* [Xymon] File Monitoring
>>
>>
>>
>> I am trying to monitor a file, this file is located at /mnt/fs/test,
>> however, when I configure it in client-local.cfg and analysis.cfg I still
>> get the "No Files Checked" message with a clear status.  Is there something
>> I'm missing here?
>>
>>
>>
>> analysis.cfg:
>>
>> HOST=hostname.domain.com
>>         FILE /mnt/fs/test SIZE>1 COLOR=red
>>
>>
>>
>> client.local.cfg:
>>
>> HOST=hostname.domain.com
>>         file:/mnt/fs/test
>>
>>
>>
>> I have other entries, such as LOG configured under this host, and they
>> work fine, but just this file test.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any help is appreciated,
>>
>> Jamison Maxwell
>>
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