[Xymon] client-local.cfg

[Ralph Mitchell]

I too wish the wildcard would work in client-local.cfg, or maybe the
"include" directive.  I'm adding about 2000 systems this year..

Ralph Mitchell
On Jan 27, 2014 11:13 AM, "Galen Johnson" <Galen.Johnson at sas.com> wrote:

> 1) Well...poo!  That's unfortunate as we have several dozen of similarly
> named servers we need to run some specific file checks on and it's going to
> be a bit annoying to have to add each one individually.
>
> 2) I'm concerned about having to use a command to find certain files..."If
> you want to check multiple files using a wildcard, you must use a command
> to generate the filenames. Putting wildcards directly into the file: entry
> will not work."  Which would imply that if I want to check for a files
> using a wild card, I would need to have a line in client-local.cfg like:
>
> file:`ls /path/to/<pattern>`
>
> =G=
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:35 AM
> To: Galen Johnson
> Cc: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] client-local.cfg
>
> > Hey,
> >
> > I have a couple of questions regarding the client-local.cfg file.
> >
> > 1) can it handle reg-ex for hostnames like other cfg files?  For example,
> >  [%(myhost1|myhost2).*]
> >
> > 2) According to the man page for client-local.cfg, "When clients connect
> > to the Xymon server to send in their client data, they will receive part
> > of this file back from the Xymon server." What if you are using
> > xymonfetch?  Would I need to create a local client-local.cfg file within
> > the .../xymon/client/etc folder?
>
> 1) Already ran through this (even asked on this list)...no...no regexp for
> the hosts in client-local.cfg.
>
> 2) Use the client-local.cfg file on the server in $XYMONHOME/etc (or, if
> you installed via rpm, /etc/xymon. I do have a couple of systems where I'm
> using xymonfetch, and it's pulling data, including log info and such,
> without any issues.
>
> --
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