[Xymon] xymon server "could not load hostdata" issue

[J.C. Cleaver]

It seems like both xymonnet and the svcstatus.sh CGI are having problems
communicating back with xymond.

First step, can you verify that xymond is in fact up and running OK? Is
there any error output in xymond.log?

Based on the logs below, it seems 10.106.50.129 the server's own
XYMONSERVER IP address? If so, can you connect locally on port 1984 to it?
Or run 'xymon 10.106.50.129 ping' from the command line?

For svcstatus.sh, do you see any possible SELinux errors in
/var/log/audit/audit.log indicated blocks?


HTH,

-jc


On Fri, June 27, 2014 2:06 am, mania bogdan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm facing an issue with the xymon server. 
>
> I have setup a fresh installation of xymon 4.3.17 on a RHEL 6 box. I have
> only the server defined in hosts.cfg. The main page displays ok, but when
> I click on a "smiley" it just shows "Cannot load host configuration". In
> the xymonnet.log I get the following:
>
> 2014-06-27 04:24:51 ->  Could not connect to Xymon
> daemon at 10.106.50.129:1984 (Connection refused)
> 2014-06-27 04:24:51 ->  Recipient '10.106.50.129', timeout 15
> 2014-06-27 04:24:51 ->  1st line: 'extcombo 2000 2291 2617'
>
> I also get this in the Apache error_log:
>
> [Fri Jun 27 05:01:01 2014] [error] [client 10.106.0.214] 2014-06-27
> 05:01:01 , referer:
> http://watchdog.stage.ppaws.net/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=watchdog.stage.ppaws.net&SERVICE=conn
> [Fri Jun 27 05:01:01 2014] [error] [client 10.106.0.214] ->  connect to
> Xymon daemon at 10.106.50.129:1984 failed (Permission denied), referer:
> http://watchdog.stage.ppaws.net/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=watchdog.stage.ppaws.net&SERVICE=conn
>
> [Fri Jun 27 05:03:31 2014] [error] [client 10.106.0.214] 2014-06-27
> 05:03:31 , referer:
> http://watchdog.stage.ppaws.net/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=watchdog.stage.ppaws.net&SERVICE=conn
> [Fri Jun 27 05:03:31 2014] [error] [client 10.106.0.214] ->  Recipient
> '10.106.50.129', timeout 15, referer:
> http://watchdog.stage.ppaws.net/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=watchdog.stage.ppaws.net&SERVICE=conn
> [Fri Jun 27 05:03:31 2014] [error] [client 10.106.0.214] 2014-06-27
> 05:03:31 , referer:
> http://watchdog.stage.ppaws.net/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=watchdog.stage.ppaws.net&SERVICE=conn
> [Fri Jun 27 05:03:31 2014] [error] [client 10.106.0.214] ->  1st line:
> 'hostinfo clone=watchdog.stage.ppaws.net', referer:
> http://watchdog.stage.ppaws.net/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=watchdog.stage.ppaws.net&SERVICE=conn
> [Fri Jun 27 05:03:31 2014] [error] [client 10.106.0.214] 2014-06-27
> 05:03:31 , referer:
> http://watchdog.stage.ppaws.net/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST=watchdog.stage.ppaws.net&SERVICE=conn
>
>
> I have setup the host in /etc/hosts file, the name is resolvable, the 1984
> port is opened and accepting connections. The only solution I could find
> online was to restart the server but that didn't help.
>
> I'm fairly new to xymon, so if I missed something and if any additional
> info is required I'll be happy to provide.
>
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