[Xymon] Advanced xymondboard query

[SebA]

Yes, if you look in xymonserver.cfg you will see this:
TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,inode,qtree,memory,$PINGCOLUMN=tcp,http=tcp,dns=tcp,dig=tcp,time=ntpstat,vmstat,iostat,netstat,temperature,apache,bind,sendmail,mailq,nmailq=mailq,socks,bea,iishealth,citrix,bbgen,bbtest,bbproxy,hobbitd,files,procs=processes,ports,clock,lines,deltalines,ops,stats,cifs,JVM,JMS,HitCache,Session,JDBCConn,ExecQueue,JTA,TblSpace,RollBack,MemReq,InvObj,snapmirr,snaplist,snapshot,if_load=devmon,temp=devmon,paging,mdc,mdchitpct,cics,dsa,getvis,maxuser,nparts,xymongen,xymonnet,xymonproxy,xymond"
It looks like if there is no = sign then it will use a graph by the same
name as the status / test and if not it will use what is after the = sign.
And then you can look in graphs.cfg - that will tell you which graph looks
at which rrd file and so you can infer the reverse - which rrd file is used
for which graph, and if you combine the 2 mappings you get which rrd files
are used for each status / test.

Kind regards,

SebA



On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 21:30, Enzo Medina <davidenzomedina at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, thanks for your reply.
> I understand now that xymondboard is no meant to present performance data.
> So I will have to read the values from RRD files.
>
> Is there a way to have a list that matches services with their associated
> rrd files?
> For example:
> linux04;cpu=/home/xymon/data/rrd/linux04/la.rrd
>
> linux04;memory=/home/xymon/data/rrd/linux04/memory.actual.rrd,/home/xymon/data/rrd/linux04/memory.real.rrd,/home/xymon/data/rrd/linux04/memory.swap.rrd
> checkmk;conn=/home/xymon/data/rrd/checkmk/tcp.conn.rrd
> ...
>
> Is that information spread in some cfg files?
>
> Kind regards
> Enzo
>
> El jue., 31 ene. 2019 a las 16:00, SebA (<spah at syntec.co.uk>) escribió:
>
>> Actually, I should add, you don't necessarily need the source code to the
>> service to add ncv collection as that reference suggests - merely a way of
>> extracting performance data from it.  You can then write a simple script to
>> reformat that as ncv.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> SebA
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 18:52, SebA <spah at syntec.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> xymondboard is meant for getting summary information suitable for a
>>> custom dashboard.  Performance data is not summary information.  To extract
>>> data from Xymon it needs to be logged to Xymon in the first place.
>>> Services tend to have different ways of extracting performance data (when
>>> there is a way), so yes, it is pretty much dependent on each service.
>>> However, a lot of services are network server services, so a tcp query may
>>> be able to make the service do some work, and the time to respond to that
>>> query may infer how quickly the service is able to respond to other
>>> queries.  TCP response times are in the rrd files available on the trends
>>> status page.  But every service is different, so you are best off checking
>>> what is available, or can be built into, or can be monitored via an add-on
>>> script, for the specific services you are hoping to see performance data
>>> for.  If you can add features to the service (you have the source code),
>>> you could make it write ncv to a text file and get those sent to Xymon, or
>>> send the data directly from the service.  Ref:
>>> http://xymon.sourceforge.net/xymon/help/howtograph.html
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> SebA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 15:15, Enzo Medina <davidenzomedina at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello! I am new to Xymon and I am trying to extract xymon's data from
>>>> command line.
>>>>
>>>> What I need: extract from Xymon list of services with the following
>>>> fields:
>>>> Host;ServiceName;ServiceStatus,ServicePerfValue(if
>>>> applicable);ServiceOutputText
>>>> For example:
>>>> localhost;bbd;green;;OK - bbd is ok.
>>>> localhost;cpu;green;0.23;OK - cpu is ok.
>>>> localhost;memory;yellow;0.85;WARNING - memory is 85%.
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> So far, I found xymon command and xymondboard subcommand:
>>>> # /home/xymon/server/bin/xymon 127.0.0.1 "xymondboard
>>>> fields=hostname,testname,color,line1"
>>>> checkmk|trends|green|
>>>> checkmk|info|green|
>>>> checkmk|http|green|green Thu Jan 31 12:09:41 2019: OK
>>>> linux04|trends|green|
>>>> linux04|info|green|
>>>> linux04|clientlog|green|
>>>> linux04|memory|green|green Thu Jan 31 12:09:41 -03 2019 - Memory OK
>>>>
>>>> My problem: I cannot find a way to extract performance data from
>>>> services. I tried reading RRD files, but I cannot find a general
>>>> association rule between services and rrd files. It seems it is pretty much
>>>> dependent of each service.
>>>>
>>>> How is the best way to do this?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>> Enzo
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