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

[Boldt, David]

I might be able to help debug the problem myself if I knew how xymon
determines the alert levels for each test so that it can set icons
appropriately on the summary pages.


On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Boldt, David <dboldt at usgs.gov> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > --
> >    Do things because you should, not just because you can.
> >
> > John Thurston    907-465-8591
> > John.Thurston at alaska.gov
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>
>
> --
>                                          -- David Boldt
>                                             <dboldt at usgs.gov>
>
>
>   "To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler
> it would be if men died for ideas that were true!"
>     --H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
>



-- 
                                         -- David Boldt
                                            <dboldt at usgs.gov>


  "To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it
would be if men died for ideas that were true!"
    --H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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