[Xymon] Xymon Yellow alerts not working

[Japheth Cleaver]

Interesting. A yellow should at least be sent down the channel. 

What are the values of the ALERTCOLORS and OKCOLORS variables in xymonserver.cfg? If not present, yellow might need to be added to the ALERTCOLORS line.

-jc 

> On Oct 28, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Bruno Deschamps <bruno at redix.com.br> wrote:
> 
> Hi JC,
> 
> Thanks for de quickly reply
> 
> I run the dump config, i have a lot of alerts but look good:
> 
> 2069   HOST=%.* COLOR=yellow
>        SCRIPT /usr/lib/xymon/server/analisador_de_carga.sh xxx at xxx FORMAT=SCRIPT REPEAT=30 SERVICE=uptime,cpu,disk DURATION>1
>        SCRIPT /usr/lib/xymon/server/analisador_de_carga.sh xxx at xxx FORMAT=SCRIPT REPEAT=1440 SERVICE=ssh,conn,disk,procs,svcs,sonicwall,zextras,zimbra,vmio,tomcat,rhds,raid,mysql,conni,bacula,apache,wb,sqlbkp,mssql,hvrepl,dhcp,dfsr,whois TIME=W:0730:1830 DURATION>60
> 
> 2074   HOST=%.* COLOR=red
>        SCRIPT /usr/lib/xymon/server/analisador_de_carga.sh xxx at xxx FORMAT=SCRIPT REPEAT=1440 SERVICE=bkp,fbbkp,fwcluster,netstat,ntbkp,orabkp,orastb,ssh,standby,uptime,conn,conni,disk,drbd,eth,procs,svcs,vm,kvm,mysql,raid,rdp,rhds,tomcat,bnu,sbkp,snet,mssql,hvrepl,dhcp,dfsr TIME=W:0730:1830 DURATION>6
> 
> 
> When i run xymond_alert in debug mode, there is no trigger for the item "uptime" that i have tested. In the test i just reboot my machine and the item goes yellow, but no entries on alerts.log
> 
> I have attach the log on the email.
> 
> There is anything that i could do before upgrade xymon?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> De: J.C. Cleaver <cleaver at terabithia.org>
> Enviado: quarta-feira, 28 de outubro de 2015 12:37
> Para: Bruno Deschamps
> Cc: Xymon Mailing List
> Assunto: Re: [Xymon] Xymon Yellow alerts not working
> 
> Hi Bruno,
> 
> The syntax looks correct at first glance; though typically the SERVICE
> lines are specified on the initial header line, I believe that's still
> valid. Can you run "xymoncmd xymond_alert --dump-config" and post the
> output? That should show how xymond_alert is interpreting it.
> 
> If everything looks good, can you enable debug mode on xymond_alert (send
> its PID a -USR2 signal) and trigger a "yellow" notification? We might see
> a reason in the output.
> 
> Finally, it might be time to upgrade. A number of minor have bug fixes
> have gone through since 4.3.11 around parsing generally.
> 
> HTH,
> -jc
> 
> 
> 
>> On Wed, October 28, 2015 4:25 am, Bruno Deschamps wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 
>> I have many alerts on my xymon working fine with the color red.
>> 
>> I have configured some yellow color alerts, but they are not working. I
>> check the notifications.log file and it does not show anything for yellow
>> alerts.
>> 
>> Im using xymon 4.3.11
>> 
>> 
>> Here ir my alerts.cfg file:
>> 
>> 
>> HOST=%.* COLOR=yellow
>>        SCRIPT $ANALISADOR_BIN xxx at xxx DURATION>1m SERVICE=uptime,cpu,disk
>>        SCRIPT $ANALISADOR_BIN xxx at xxx REPEAT=1d TIME=$HORARIO_COMERCIAL
>> DURATION>1h
>> SERVICE=ssh,conn,disk,procs,svcs,sonicwall,zextras,zimbra,vmio,tomcat,rhds,raid,mysql,conni,bacula,apache,wb,sqlbkp,mssql,hvrepl,dhcp,dfsr,whois
>> 
>> 
>> HOST=%.* COLOR=red
>>        SCRIPT $ANALISADOR_BIN xxx at xxx REPEAT=1d TIME=$HORARIO_COMERCIAL
>> DURATION>6m
>> SERVICE=bkp,fbbkp,fwcluster,netstat,ntbkp,orabkp,orastb,ssh,standby,uptime,conn,conni,disk,drbd,eth,procs,svcs,vm,kvm,mysql,raid,rdp,rhds,tomcat,bnu,sbkp,snet,mssql,hvrepl,dhcp,dfsr
>> 
>> 
>> There is something wrong in my cfg file?
>> Anyone has the same problem?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
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