[Xymon] How Xymon invokes an SSH connection to the Client?

[Adam Goryachev]

On 14/03/16 07:54, Agege Information Systems, Inc. wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Please what kind of code or internal scripts Xymon runs to invoke an 
> SSH connection to the client and what runs the Xymon client scripts.
>
> In order words, please could you enlighten me with the actual commands 
> or codes or scripts that Xymon uses for the SSH connection and any 
> Xymon codes running on each Client.

In the standard installation method, the server doesn't use ssh to 
connect to the client and collect information. The only connections the 
server initiates are the "network" tests, eg, ping, smtp, http, etc... 
The client runs it's own client installation package, which will collect 
all the local information (disk space, processes running, network ports, 
etc) and then send those to the server using the Xymon protocol 
(extended from the original Big Brother protocol, but still backwards 
compatible).

There are numerous options available for altering that method, including 
having the server use ssh to connect to the client and collect the data 
at regular intervals.

Also, all source code is available, so feel free to peruse that for the 
ultimate finer details.

Regards,
Adam

-- 
Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au
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