[Xymon] ports check for a VIP...

[Christoph Zechner]

On 04/10/2021 14:15, Ian Diddams wrote:
> actually, Ive possibly  found a solution.
> 
> analysis.cfg
> 
> HOST=wp-vldyn-estrela
>          PORT "LOCAL=%([.:]3306)$" state=LISTEN min=1 color=clear TEXT=MySQL
> 
> HOST=wp-vldyn-rafeiro
>          PORT "LOCAL=%([.:]3306)$" state=LISTEN min=1 color=clear TEXT=MySQL
> 
> 
> and now estrela's port check shows a shite unhappy face, and rafeiro's 
> port check shows green
> 
> 
> and combo.cfg
> 
> mysqldHA.ports = ("wp-vldyn-estrela".ports) || ("wp-vldyn-rafeiro".ports)
> 
> which seems to do the trick  - the mysqldHA ports check shows green
> 
> intrigiingly the actual output on that combo check shows
> 
> 
> 
> (wp-vldyn-estrela.ports)||(wp-vldyn-rafeiro.ports) = (0-0-1)||(0-0-1) = 1
> clear wp
> clear vldyn
> clear estrela.ports
> clear wp
> clear vldyn
> clear rafeiro.ports
> 
> 
> 
> i.e. its all showing clear for the individual lines which are also 
> separated where the hostname includes a hyphen...  is that all correct ?

Interesting... I'd say this looks correct, yes.


Christoph

> 
> ian
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday, 4 October 2021, 09:38:21 BST, Christoph Zechner 
> <zechner at vrvis.at> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/10/2021 10:25, Ian Diddams wrote:
>  >  >It will not spawn any reports or alarm, as long as one of them is 
> green,
>  >  >everything is fine. So in your case, there would be three statuses:
>  >
>  >  >1) overall status of this check: green if one is green
>  >  >2) system A red or green
>  >  >3) system B reg or green
>  >
>  >  >There are no alarms as long as one of them is green.
>  >
>  > well having set it up, the combo test is green indeed - but the two
>  > servfers that make up the combo test are shwoing
>  >
>  > * one green (as the port check is green as mysqld is runnoing on that
>  > system)
>  > * one red (as the port check is red as mysqld is runnoing on that system)
>  >
>  > So  we do get a red showing that the monitoring team will respond to. I
>  > cant make it "clear" as there are other procs and ports being checked
>  > that do need a red if alerting.
> 
> Oh, I see. That is the way it should work, but I did not anticipate your
> team responding to the sub-status as well, sorry, my mistake, I could
> have worded that more clearly... :-/
> 
>  >
>  > so unfortunately it doesnt seem to be the solution - but I do appreciate
>  > the attem[pt to help :-)
> 
> No worries, thanks for trying!
> 
> Cheers
> Christoph
> 
> 
>  >
>  > cheers
>  >
>  > ian
>  >
>  >
>  >