[Xymon] Client install gone wrong

[Tim McCloskey]

David, 

The server and client are delivered in the same tarball.  When you build the client you have a choice of where the configuration is done for that client.  Local, or server.  If you choose local, then you have to configure each client machine individually.  If you choose server, then you configure your clients settings in one place on the server.  There are reasons for either method, you'll figure out how you want to do this after you've worked with it for a while.

Ryan already said this, I'm just trying to clarify it a bit for you.

Regards, 

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From: Xymon [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] on behalf of Diep, David (OCTO-Contractor) [David.Diep at dc.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 3:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [Xymon] Client install gone wrong

Ryan,

Sorry, I was confused with what you were asking. I only downloaded xymon-4.3.12.tar.gz

I did not bother with the xymon-client_4.3.12_amd64.deb… I assumed that it was meant for an amd 64 chip?  I didn’t even think to give it a try.

David Diep

From: Novosielski, Ryan [mailto:novosirj at ca.rutgers.edu]
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You are still confused.

There is the server build, you only need one. Then there are two client builds. Our theory is the only client that builds is server side. You do NOT need to run a server on every client.

Might be time to RTFM, where it's explained pretty well (or at least made sense to me).


From: Diep, David (OCTO-Contractor) [mailto:David.Diep at dc.gov]
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Subject: RE: [Xymon] Client install gone wrong

I configured it as a server, I wanted to try the “client side config”, but I just didn’t have any time today.

Maybe I’ll give it a try on another machine when I came up for air.

David Diep

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Did you configure it as a server or did you turn off "client side config"?


From: Diep, David (OCTO-Contractor) [mailto:David.Diep at dc.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 06:03 PM
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Subject: RE: [Xymon] Client install gone wrong

I’m not sure if that’s what I did, but I configured my second machine as a server. I then went to the first machine and changed the hosts.cfg and added both machines there.

It looks good… I can see both machines.  Good start… I’ll start playing with the other functions now.

Thanks for all your help!

David Diep

From: Jeremy Laidman [mailto:jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 5:55 PM
To: Novosielski, Ryan
Cc: Diep, David (OCTO-Contractor); xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Client install gone wrong

On 18 December 2013 01:12, Novosielski, Ryan <novosirj at ca.rutgers.edu<mailto:novosirj at ca.rutgers.edu>> wrote:
This new way has been the default and preferred for some time. I don't think the client-side ought to be offered and broken, but I've heard it may be.

I think the only thing that is broken is the build process (makefiles, etc).  If you make a client with server-side configuration (central mode) and then install it, you can still change it over to client-side configuration, and vice versa.

J


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