[Xymon] journalctl support for RHEL/Alma Linux 9

[Colin Coe]

https://terabithia.org/rpms/xymon/testing/el9/

Have you tried these?

On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 06:14, Lists <lists at benjamindsmith.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>
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> I've been introducing a few AlmaLinux 9 hosts into my monitored network.
> I'm happy to share my build notes, so far, but specifically am wondering
> about "msgs" monitoring - it does not seem that journalctl is supported?
>
> Ben
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> EL9 install notes below
>
>  COMPILING: EL9 (CLIENT ONLY)
> 1) yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
>  yum install pcre-devel
>  useradd xymon
> 2) cd /usr/src
> 3) ./configure --client
>  DON'T FORGET TO PUT IN THE RIGHT SERVER IP!!
> 4) ./make
> 5) tar -zcf xymon.client.not.installed.el9.tgz
> 6) scp xymon.client.not.installed.el9.tgz root at monitor:/var/www/html/.
>
>
> INSTALLING CREATED CLIENT
> 1) Verify the hostname matches xymon server config
> hostname # set as necessary:
> hostnamectl set-hostname $HOSTNAME
>
> 2) Run the following
> cd /usr/src # NOTE THE VERSION!!
> wget
> http://monitor.effortlessis.com/xymon.client.not.installed.elVERSION.tgz
> tar -zxvf xymon.client.not.installed.tgz
> useradd xymon
> yum install libtirpc libtirpc-devel
> yum groupinstall "Development Tools" (if needed)
> cd xymon-4.3.30
> make install
>
> 3) Verify it works
> su - xymon
> xymon --debug # make sure it runs ok - WHAT DOES THIS DO?
>
> 4) yum groupremove "Development Tools" (if installed just for this)
>
> ./runclient.sh start # wait a few minutes
> # see it on the server:
> http://monitor.effortlessis.com/xymon/
>
> run xymon directly to see it works. As user xymon on client
>
> Useful
> https://xymon.sourceforge.io/xymon/help/manpages/man1/xymon.1.html
>
> 4) Make it work via init.
> cp -av /root/repo/xymon/xymond /etc/rc.d/init.d/xymond4)
> ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xymond /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S99xymond;
> cd /etc/rc.d/init.d;
> chcon --reference=functions xymond
> systemctl enable xymond;
> systemctl start xymond;
>
> 4a) Make it work via systemctl ## not done yet
>
>
> 5) Common issues:
> A) /var/log/messages
>  chown root.xymon /var/log/messages;
>  chmod g+r /var/log/messages
> B) on xymon server, edit procs
> C) SELinux error on start xymond via systemctl  ( ??? WTF IS THIS? )
>
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