[Xymon] ext script does not run on client restart

[Iain M Conochie]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2017, Root, Paul T wrote:

> Did you look in your $XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/hobbit-patch.sh log file? Probably should rename that .log.

Nothing in there at all, as the task is never run :(

>
> Also, you could just do a $XYMONCLIENTHOME/bin/xymoncmd $XYMONCLIENT/HOME/ext/hobbit-patch.sh to get it to run.
Ah - now this may be a good idea. Let me try and get back to you!

Thanks Paul

Iain
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Iain M Conochie
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 3:09 PM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: [Xymon] ext script does not run on client restart
>
> Hi
>
>   I have an ext script to check for the status of available patches on
> my hosts. Once I have updated the patches, I restart the xymon-client so
> that the test will go green again. Occasionally the ext script will not
> run on restart. Is there a way I can debug what the xymon client is
> choosing to run? How does xymon track the interval after a restart? My
> clientlaunch fragment looks like:
>
> [patches]
>         ENVFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg
>         CMD $XYMONCLIENTHOME/ext/hobbit-patch.sh
>         LOGFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/hobbit-patch.sh
>         INTERVAL 6h
>
> Client version:
>
> ii  xymon-client                   4.3.17-6+deb8u1          amd64
> client for the Xymon network monitor
>
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
> Iain
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