[Xymon] ext script does not run on client restart

[Iain M Conochie]

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017, Phil Crooker wrote:

> It may be running but fails and doesn't send an update to the server. Try setting:

Nope - definitely does _not_ run - I can log in to the server in quesiton 
and check the process listing - I never see hobbit-patch.sh process in the 
listing.

I think I will try using xymoncmd to start the script and see if that 
helps.


Thanks!

Iain
>
>    #! /bin/bash -x
>
> on the first line of the script and then look at the log file. And do rename the logfile to hobbit-patch.log...
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> on behalf of Iain M Conochie <iain at shihad.org>
> Sent: Sunday, 5 March 2017 7:39 AM
> 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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