[Xymon] hostname change on Xymon server
Kim Johansen
hobbit at weiser.dk
Tue Feb 19 09:55:39 CET 2019
Thanks Christian that was the problem, I didn't think about that, because
doing the configure I entered the hostname.
Regards,
Kim Johansen
> Hello,
> just to make sure - did you also reflect your changes in
xymonserver.cfg??
> I remember that if one recompiles an existing Xymon server config
without
> deleting the target directory, I think it could keep old config files -
but I'm not sure by hundred percent.
> Regards
> Christian Becker
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> Im Auftrag von hobbit at weiser.dk
Gesendet: Montag, 18. Februar 2019 14:59
> An: xymon at xymon.com
> Betreff: [Xymon] hostname change on Xymon server
> Hi,
> I have changed the name on my server hosting Xymon server, a Ubuntu 16.04.
> But Xymon server do seem to still use the old hostname:
> The old name was "mail1":
> - I get ghost report: "127.0.0.1 mail1 mail 0:38", I have shutdown Xymon
client, to isolate that it is coming from the Xymon server.
> - the link in alert mails is "http://mail1/xymon-cgi...."
> - A "ps" is showing: "sh -c vmstat 300 2
> 1>/home/xymon/client/tmp/xymon_vmstat.mail1.7997 2>&1; mv
> /home/xymon/client/tmp/xymon_vmstat.mail1.7997
> /home/xymon/client/tmp/xymon_vmstat.mail1"
> Here is what I have done:
> - Used hostnamectl to change hostname, but have also being over
> /etc/hostname and hosts.
> - Changed the host in hosts.cfg in Xymon server.
> - Used the 'xymon 127.0.0.1 "rename OLDHOSTNAME NEWHOSTNAME"'
> - I have deleted the old make file and run make clean, and configured,
build, and installed all over again.
> - I have search for mail1 string in Xymon folder, and found nothing. My
gold is to have the right URL in the alert mails. But it is also
annoying me what I have done wrong...
> Regards,
> Kim Johansen
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