[Xymon] Ntpdate deprecated

[Henrik Størner]

Den 10-01-2014 19:40, Daniel McDonald skrev:
> On 1/10/14 10:33 AM, "Henrik Størner" <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote:
>
>> Den 10-01-2014 15:49, Daniel McDonald skrev:
>>> Running xymon 4.3.13 on SuSe ES 11 SP 3, the ntp test isn¹t working:
>>> Command: ntpdate -u -q -p 2 10.1.9.51 2>&1
>>>
>>>          !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> The ntpdate program is deprecated and should not be used any more.
>>
>> I have given up on ntpdate, sntp, "ntpd -q" etc ... each sub-version of
>> the ntp package appears to have a new set of commands and options.
>>
>> In version 5, the NTP check is built into the network test tool, so it
>> doesn't rely on any external programs.
>
> That doesn't seem to be implemented yet on beta.xymon.com:
>
> Fri Jan 10 19:29:02 2014 ntp ok
>
>
> Service ntp on blixen.hswn.dk is OK (up)
>
>
> Command: ntpdate -u -q -p 2 192.168.1.1 2>&1

Don't let that fool you :-) The "blixen" server is on an internal 
network, so it cannot be reached from beta.xymon.com - the data you see 
here comes from a Xymon network probe running version 4.

I've added another ntp check for the "strauss" server, so have a look at 
http://beta.xymon.com/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=strauss.hswn.dk&SERVICE=ntp 
:

    Service ntp on strauss.hswn.dk is OK (up)

    Target : 78.46.170.167 port 123

    Seconds: 0.001

But .. you ask: Where is all of the NTP data? It's in the client data:
http://beta.xymon.com/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?CLIENT=strauss.hswn.dk&section=ntp

[ntp]
Handler: ntp
StartTime: 1389391314
EndTime: 1389391314
TargetHostname: strauss.hswn.dk
TargetIP: 78.46.170.167
TargetPort: 123
Location: hetzner
Protocol: UDP
SSL: NO
Status: OK
TestID: 20
ElapsedMS: 0.237
DNSMS: 0.42
TimeoutMS: 30000
IntervalMS: 300000
BytesRead: 0
BytesWritten: 0
NTPstratum: 3
NTPoffset:    -0.000005


Regards,
Henrik