[Xymon] Configuring alerts

[Jonathan Trott]

HOST=myhostname(the same as in hosts.cfg NAME:myhostname SERVICE=procs
MAIL john at testlab.local DURATION>10 COLOR=red

The SERVICE refers to the column header that you want to alert on.
You can't alert on a specific process or service name, only on a column 
colour change.
If you have two different procs you want different alerts on, you will 
need a custom alert script that sorts that out, or make the second process 
check a custom extension script on the client end with a corresponding 
different column name.

Thanks,
JT



From:   Even Hauge Juberg <even.juberg at artsdatabanken.no>
To:     "xymon at xymon.com" <xymon at xymon.com>
Date:   20/02/18 07:59
Subject:        [Xymon] Configuring alerts
Sent by:        "Xymon" <xymon-bounces at xymon.com>



Hi!
 
I’ve been trying a few things to get the correct alerts to the correct 
staff-member, but for some reason I cannot get it to work. In order to 
find out if I’m doing something wrong within the configuration of Xymon, 
or if I have to search somewhere else, I’m reaching out here to see if 
anyone can give me any pointers.
 
The scenario is that I have one particular host, that should be running a 
specific process. Let’s say this process is “notepad.exe” – if 
“notepad.exe” is not running, John should get an email. 
 
What I have done so far is this:
1.       Edited the configuration file on my host as follows in the “procs 
section”: <setting name="notepad.exe" rule="=1" comment="Notepad" 
alarmcolor="red" />
a.       My goal here is to check if there is one instance of notepad.exe 
running – if not, give a “red alert”. 
b.       This seems to be working.  The host in the web-view of Xymon 
turns red in the procs column, and notepad.exe is shown as running -1 
instance if there is not one running. So far so good!
2.       Now I want John to be alerted if notepad is not running so I have 
edited the alert.cfg in the following way:
a.       HOST=myhostname(the same as in hosts.cfg NAME:myhostname) 
SERVICE=notepad.exe MAIL john at testlab.local DURATION>10 COLOR=red
b.       As “notepad.exe is not a service, but a process this is not 
working. AS “procs” is not a valid argument(at least not listed in the 
documentation, SERVICE was the closest thing that came to mind. So my 
question is simply, is there a way to filter alerts by the procs column or 
will I have to attack this in another way? 
c.       I would like to avoid John getting nagged by any other red-alerts 
from this host, as his responsibility is notepad. J
 
Any pointers would be highly appreciated! 
 
Sicnerely,
Even Hauge Juberg
Senior Engineer
Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre
 
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