[Xymon] Step missing to get XymonPSClient working?

[Jason Richards Pagh]

I did check that, but nothing showed up there. I also did check the config
on the client and it¹s name matches the name I have in hosts.cfg. The
Xymon server is pinging the Windows client just fine, so I do have the
minimal data.

I just ran a tcpdump and I can see traffic when I run the XymonSend ping
from the Windows client. Running as Local System as a Windows service
doesn¹t seem to be sending any data, but running it directly from a
PowerShell window does seem to work. I now see data. Any thoughts there?

P.S. I used to live in Alaska and worked for Internet Alaska and then GCI
Internet back when I used Big Brother. Funny coincidence to hear back from
somebody up there!

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Jason Richards Pagh



On 11/12/13, 10:10 AM, "John Thurston" <john.thurston at alaska.gov> wrote:

>On 11/12/2013 8:54 AM, Jason Richards Pagh wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I used to run big brother, like 12 ­ 15 years ago, and now I¹m trying
>>to setup Xymon. I¹ve got the server side working (at least for pings,
>>telnet checks, etc.), but I can¹t seem to get XymonPSClient to work.
>>I¹ve downloaded the files from SF, installed the service and it¹s
>>running, but it doesn¹t seem to be sending any data to my Xymon server.
>>I can verify connectivity with XymonSend from the Windows host, but I
>>don¹t see any client logs, nor do I see any added checks on the web page.
>>
>> Am I supposed to create a local config file on the Windows host? Or do
>>I add something to hosts.cfg on the server?
>
>Do you see your host on /xymon-cgi/ghostlist.sh  ?
>
>Unlike Big Brother, Xymon does not blindly accept client messages from
>arbitrary hosts. If you don't add an entry for your client to the
>hosts.cfg, your host will be listed as a "ghost" client and messages it
>sends will not make it to the web page.
>-- 
>    Do things because you should, not just because you can.
>
>John Thurston    907-465-8591
>John.Thurston at alaska.gov
>Enterprise Technology Services
>Department of Administration
>State of Alaska
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