[Xymon] Xymon Setup

[Steve Coile]

I'd guess an Apache configuration issue, yes.  Of course, you should also
check the permission on the *xymon.html* file to ensure it's readable by
whatever user your Apache *httpd* process is running as.


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*Steve Coile*Senior Network and Systems Engineer, McClatchy Interactive
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Andre Beyleveldt <Andreb at paym8.co.za>
wrote:

>  Hi Guys
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> I’m down to having this error.  I know it’s due to a permission either on
> a folder or config file.
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> You don't have permission to access /xymon/xymon.html on this server.
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> Am I correct in saying that Apache wants to hit the xymon web page but it
> has not access hence the error.?
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> *Regards*
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>
> *Andre Beyleveldt*
>
> *System Engineer*
>
> *Phone:* +27 11 564 2480
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> *Mobile*: +27 82 686 5828
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> *Email:* andreb at paym8.co.za
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> *From:* Steve Coile [mailto:scoile at mcclatchyinteractive.com]
> *Sent:* 19 September 2014 02:54 AM
> *To:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Cc:* Andre Beyleveldt
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Xymon Setup
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> Looks to me like (the *xymonserver.cfg* variable) *$XYMON* isn't defined
> with an absolute path, and (the environment variable) *$PATH* does not
> include *~xymon/server/bin*.
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> --
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>
> *Steve Coile *Senior Network and Systems Engineer, McClatchy Interactive
> <http://www.mcclatchyinteractive.com/>
>
> Office: 919-861-1247 | Mobile: 919-622-5369 | Fax: 919-861-1300
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> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Jeremy Laidman <jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au>
> wrote:
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>  That's weird.  The error message says that it's trying to load the task
> defined in tasks.cfg section [xymon].  My tasks.cfg has no [xymon].  The
> nearest match is [xymond].  Similarly, the command 'xymon' would have been
> defined in a "CMD" line, and my tasks.cfg has no such line.
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> You should check your tasks.cfg (and tasks.d directory contents) for
> invalid entries.  A useful diagnostic is to dump the tasks like so:
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> xymoncmd sh -c '$XYMONHOME/bin/xymonlaunch
> --config=$XYMONHOME/etc/tasks.cfg --dump'
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> This will show you the tasks configuration after being parsed by
> xymonlaunch, which includes slurping in include files, stripping comments,
> de-duplicating entries, and dropping unrecognised keywords.
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> J
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> On 19 September 2014 04:12, Andre Beyleveldt <Andreb at paym8.co.za> wrote:
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>  Hi Guys
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> I need some assistance with regards to setting up Xymon, I have seen it
> once or twice but the actual config itself I have never done.
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> I used the man pages etc. but I can’t get my Xymon url to show the page,
> checked the log and I am getting the following.
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> Then the error just repeats over and over.
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> Does anyone perhaps have an example of what needs to be setup that I can
> use to reference to mine to see what I did wrong.
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> Kind regards,
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> *Andre Beyleveldt*
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