[Xymon] combostatus

[Walter Rutherford]

PS Now I either have all red or all purple status for redundant tests. I've
tried the
known trick to get rid of a test column but it's hasn't worked. Instead I'm
getting
xymond multi-source status errors for hosts primary IP and 127.0.0.1. I'd
have
manually removed the expired tests but I haven't been able to find the
directory
where they're stored.

I finally had to add tests for ssh, ssh1, and ssh2 just so the xymon webpage
didn't look like the Apocalypse had arrived.

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Walter Rutherford <wlrutherford at alaska.edu>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to setup a test to check that my systems are running ssh2 but
> NOT ssh1.
> Ideally I just want a single column, ssh, that reports ssh2 and only ssh2
> is running.
> I thought I'd have to use a combo test but all of the examples I see
> appear to be for
> a specific system rather than a column test for all of my monitored
> systems.
>
> I was trying things like:
>     (!ssh1 && ssh2)
> or
>    sshtest = (( ssh1 != 1) && (ssh2 == 1))
>
> But all I got for my trouble was red ssh1 indicators. Apparently even when
> ssh1 is
> disabled ssh returns a status line like:
>      Protocol major versions differ: 1 vs. 2
>
> which xymon reads as a positive result rather than a negative. I then
> tried matching
> the status message by modifying the test in protocols.cfg but, since I
> have to also
> match positive results, that didn't work either.
>
> I'm sure I used to do this with Big Brother but at that time I'm pretty
> sure ssh1 just
> failed instead of returning a status so I could test for !ssh1.
>
>   Walter R.
>
>
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