[Xymon] Antw.: Antw.: Extra column containing an access protocol (putty, telnet, mstsc)

Mon Mar 19 11:18:02 CET 2012

Hello,

I’ve got it managed to create a workaround for our company. This contains some steps:

1)      i decided to add specific tags to the hosts.cfg file (i.e. “PT” for telnet, “PS” for ssh, “PR” for rdp, “HT” for http, “HS” for https – just my idea to identify “my” options….)

2)      i created a script which walks through the hosts.cfg, looks for those option tags and creates “per-host-specific” html files, which are placed in the server/www/notes/ directory - these files contain the protocol specific connect URL as shown in the screenshots:

a.       for PuTTY
[cid:image002.png at 01CD05C1.69825AB0]

b.      for RDP / RDP console:
[cid:image003.png at 01CD05C1.69825AB0]

c.       for https:
[cid:image004.png at 01CD05C1.69825AB0]

3)      i did that for any of “my” protocol tags; depending on “my” tags, the script creates more than one protocol entry

4)      i added the specific protocol handler to the registry and I’m using a special compiled putty version to accept a “%1” parameter in the command line

5)      Disadvantage: you cannot use another “notes” page any longer

The above sounds very confusing, but for our company it’s working.

I had no success creating an additional column per host to include an optional connect url.

Regards
Christian

Von: Gé Janssen [mailto:ge.janssen at gmail.com]
Gesendet: Montag, 19. März 2012 09:36
An: Becker Christian
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Hello Christian,

Seen your message on the xymon mailing list.

Did you had any success? I tried it, but didn't succeed:

https://home.gejanssen.com/xymon/Linux/Linux.html

The mercure server has the putty remark, but no success.

Regards

Gé Janssen
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Becker Christian <christian.becker at rhein-zeitung.net<mailto:christian.becker at rhein-zeitung.net>> wrote:

Jon,

your idea sounds very good! I'll give this a try on Monday. Think that's what I want

Thank you,
Regards
Christian

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Von: "Jon Dustin" <jdustin at usm.maine.edu<mailto:jdustin at usm.maine.edu>>
Datum: Fr., Mär. 9, 2012 23:19
Betreff: [Xymon] Antw.: Extra column containing an access protocol (putty, telnet, mstsc)
An: "xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>" <xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>>
>>> On 3/9/2012 at 3:44 PM, in message
<0020F6A9-8970-412C-8584-952204D4506F at rhein-zeitung.net<mailto:0020F6A9-8970-412C-8584-952204D4506F at rhein-zeitung.net>>, Becker Christian
<christian.becker at rhein-zeitung.net<mailto:christian.becker at rhein-zeitung.net>> wrote:
> Don,
> using a normal Windows machine I want to view the xymon monitoring pages. If
> a page contains for example Linux servers, I want to have a PuTTY column.
> Clicking on that should open PuTTY on my local Windows pc and connect to the
> selected Linux server on the xymon page. The same with telnet for Cisco
> devices and mstsc for Windows machines. That enables me to connect to nearly
> all monitored machines from one point just by clicking webpages.

How about if you use the built-in "info" button in Xymon? Look at the HOSTS.CFG manpages, specifically:

DESCR:Hosttype:Description
Define some informational text about the host. The "Hosttype" is a text describing the type of this device - "router", "switch", "hub", "server" etc. The "Description" is an informational text that will be shown on the "Info" column page; this can e.g. be used to store information about the physical location of the device, contact persons etc. If the text contain whitespace, you must enclose it in double-quotes, e.g. DESCR:"switch:4th floor Marketing switch"

You may add html code to the DESCR field, and your browser will make it "clickable".

I think you're wanting something like the following:

(hosts.cfg)
192.168.1.24    servername.co.com<http://servername.co.com>       # DESCR:"Web Server:description <a href=ssh:192.168.1.24>ssh</a>"

The above entry inside hosts.cfg would add a link of ssh:192.168.1.24 to the "info" button associated with that host in Xymon.

I hope this is clear; good luck!

--

Jon Dustin - Network Specialist
University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME  207-780-4152

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