[Xymon] test of pultiple ports for same service on same host

[John Thurston]

On 4/2/2014 4:25 AM, Christian wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I would like to monitor the same TCP service, on the same host, but
> running on 2 different ports. In fact, I run an MX server and it should be
> opened on port 25 (of course), and also on port 587 (for local network
> authenticated submissions).
>
> So I would like to monitor, on the same host, SMTP on port 25 and on port
> 587.
>
> If I write "0.0.0.0 myhost # smtp smtp:587" in "bb-hosts", it does not
> work and only the last directive ("smtp:587") is taken into account.
>
> What should I do? Create a new service in file "bb-services" called maybe
> "smtp-submission", cloning the "smtp" one and adding the 587 port? Or does
> somebody have another solution in mind?

I create an alias to the test name in protocols.cfg like this:
   [ftp]  ==>  [ftp|ftp1|ftp2|ftp3]

Then I can use a line in hosts.cfg like this:
   0.0.0.0  foo.bar.com  # ftp ftp1:2211 ftp2:2212

This reuses all/any of the ftp send/response strings in protocols.cfg 
which is nicer than copy/paste the whole section. The problem with this 
approach is updates to the Xymon application will repair protocols.cfg 
by keeping my modified definition _and_ reinserting the original.

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