[Xymon] Page level conn status Purple, test level status Green

[Boldt, David]

hosts.cfg entry (updated with "testip"):

130.11.9.89     natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov        #
CLIENT:igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov testip

forward lookup:

% dig +noall +answer natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov
natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov. 43200 IN      CNAME   igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov.
igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov. 300 IN     A       130.11.9.89

reverse lookup

% dig +noall +answer -x 130.11.9.89
89.9.11.130.in-addr.arpa. 300   IN      PTR     igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov.


The test does seem to be occurring since the conn page shows green.
But this is not being reflected on the parent page; where a purple
icon is displayed.


On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 5:46 PM, John Thurston <john.thurston at alaska.gov> wrote:
> On 10/13/2016 1:36 PM, Boldt, David wrote:
>>
>> On the Display page we have a server where the conn test is persistently
>> Purple,
>> but if one clicks on the status, the detailed Status page shows Green.
>>
>> The DNS configuration may be causing issues:
>>
>>   % dig +noall +answer natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov
>>   natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov. 43200 IN      CNAME
>> igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov.
>>   igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov. 300 IN     A       130.11.9.89
>>
>>   % dig +noall +answer -x 130.11.9.96
>>   96.9.11.130.in-addr.arpa. 43200 IN      PTR
>> natwebvaii04.er.usgs.gov.
>
>
> I don't understand what the PTR record for 130.11.9.96 has to do with the A
> or CNAME resolving to 130.11.9.89
>
>> Hoped to be able to address this with hosts.cfg entry:
>>
>>   130.11.9.89     natwebvaii01.er.usgs.gov        #
>> CLIENT:igsaaahigsvaii1.er.usgs.gov
>
>
> If you want to use the IP address you've specified, you either need to tag
> the line with "testip" or run xymonnet with the appropriate option to
> disregard DNS resolution.
>
> I don't think
>   0.0.0.0  foo.bar.com #
> behaves any differently than
>   1.2.3.4  foo.bar.com #
> until the tag "testip" is appended
>   1.2.3.4  foo.bar.com # testip
>
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>
> John Thurston    907-465-8591
> John.Thurston at alaska.gov
> Enterprise Technology Services
> Department of Administration
> State of Alaska
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                                            <dboldt at usgs.gov>


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