[Xymon] Is this thing on?
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Mon Aug 14 19:25:49 CEST 2023
I've been using this product since the late 90's when it was called
BigBrother, got sold to Quest, was rewritten as Hobbit, had to change
it's name, and finally became Xymon. On one hand it's core tools just
work and easily do what I need them to do. On the other hand there's
additional features that it doesn't handle easily that we need in modern
environments. In my opinion the competing products have gone overboard
with 'additional features' and have bloated products that are missing
basic things for the core tools. I have noticed Xymon getting stale for
years now and had the idea in the back of my mind for my company to
start maintaining it, but that seems like a large undertaking for an
Open Source product I didn't create, and currently don't have the staff
to do it justice. I love the product and the community, but if no one
will take on this challenge, it will sadly die.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xymon/
What happened to JC and Henrik? Life gets in the way I guess.
Thank You,
Kris Springer
Systems Admin
I/O Network Administration
support at ionetworkadmin.com
https://www.ionetworkadmin.com
On 8/14/23 10:58, Bruno Manzoni wrote:
> Hellor Xymon Lovers I'm not a coder either, but I see there's quite a
> bit of brains out there (and I think if there are enough of us we can
> try to maintain and improve it). Perhaps the current officials could
> first tell us what their plans are and how we could help them. On our
> side, we can perhaps encourage them: it would be good to list what we
> can bring to the project, as some have done! - I try to maintain
> "devmon" (on the github repo) and some other xymon tool (I did try to
> understand how devmon is integrate to xymon, but I am not an expert in
> Xymon code) - I am a telecom engineer - I can give some some time - I
> am an independent and I have some infra to play with - Usually I speak
> swiss-french (so sorry for all my mistakes) Bruno
> On 14.08.2023 18:36, James Louis wrote:
>> Is the Terabithia RPM also dead?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 10:03 AM Scot Kreienkamp
>> <Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com> wrote:
>>
>> I would be OK with contributing some as well…. But that’s not
>> what Xymon needs. Xymon needs caretaker(s) to keep it relevant.
>> That means code updates to fix bugs, adapt it to new OS versions,
>> etc. Otherwise it will fade away to obscurity like many other
>> open source projects. I’m not a coder either, or I would gladly
>> give some time to it.
>>
>> *Scot Kreienkamp | Senior Linux Systems Engineer | La-Z-Boy
>> Corporate*
>> One La-Z-Boy Drive | Monroe, Michigan 48162 | ( (734) 384-6403 |
>> | ) 1-734-915-1444 | Email: Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com
>>
>> *From:* Rod <rodbass63 at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 14, 2023 10:56 AM
>> *To:* Ralph M <ralphmitchell at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* Scot Kreienkamp <Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com>; xymon >>
>> xymon at xymon.com <xymon at xymon.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Is this thing on?
>>
>> I would like to continue the legacy. I'm not a developer but I'm
>> willing to pay for hosting space and the domain name to keep it
>> going for as long as I'm alive. Its kept me employed for a long time.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 10:32 AM Ralph M
>> <ralphmitchell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've been using Xymon at several different employers since it
>> was BigBrother owned by a couple of guys in Canada. My
>> current Senior VP wants Xymon to go away. He hasn't actually
>> told me that directly, but I've heard it via another
>> channel. We have SolarWinds on some machines, but I've never
>> even seen the GUI for that. We're also distributing Oracle
>> Enterprise Manager (OEM) to a bunch of machines. I don't
>> know for sure, but I suspect a contracting company is
>> whispering in my SVP's ear to sell support for OEM. In the
>> meantime, my Xymon server has 878 days uptime and they're
>> still trying to figure out how to install and configure the
>> OEM agents. It's going to be tons of fun watching them try
>> to replace all the little scripts I've written with OEM
>> equivalents.
>>
>> @Cristoph - I don't know if I can use stunnel. It's a
>> military-related company and there are all kinds of
>> restrictions that sometimes even make sense.
>>
>> Ralph Mitchell
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 9:41 AM Scot Kreienkamp
>> <Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com> wrote:
>>
>> No new release since 2019, no activity on the mailing
>> list, I think it’s safe to say it’s flatlined. Sad to
>> see it fade, I’ve been using it for a decade or more.
>>
>> *Scot Kreienkamp | Senior Linux Systems Engineer |
>> La-Z-Boy Corporate*
>> One La-Z-Boy Drive | Monroe, Michigan 48162|((734)
>> 384-6403 | | )1-734-915-1444| *Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com
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>> *From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> *On Behalf Of
>> *Neil Simmonds
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 14, 2023 5:29 AM
>> *To:* xymon >> xymon at xymon.com <xymon at xymon.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Is this thing on?
>>
>> Is Xymon dying? No new release since 2019, There was a
>> roadmap in 2015 that mention Versions 4.4 up to 5 but
>> nothing seems to have moved on that.
>>
>> It feels like Xymon has become a static project that’s
>> going to fade away. That would be a shame as I for one
>> think it’s a great tool.
>>
>> *From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> *On Behalf Of
>> *Galen Johnson
>> *Sent:* Sunday, August 13, 2023 3:01 AM
>> *To:* xymon >> xymon at xymon.com <xymon at xymon.com>
>> *Subject:* [Xymon] Is this thing on?
>>
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