[Xymon] Is this thing on?

Mon Aug 14 19:42:24 CEST 2023

I have also used Xymon and Big Brother for decades.  I contributed to it
several times, including several add-on monitors.  I am now retired, but I
still use Xymon at home to monitor my home network, running it on a Rocky
Linux 8.8 install on a small computer.  For my home network, I have created
some custom monitors for my ASUS mesh router, HP printers, Foscam security
cameras, and SolarEdge solar panels.  I am a coder so I am willing to help
keep Xymon alive.  I am willing to share my custom monitors as well to
anyone that is interested.

Tom Schmidt

On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 11:07 AM Bruno Manzoni <bruno.manzoni at ubi-network.ch>
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
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> On 14.08.2023 18:36, James Louis wrote:
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> Is the Terabithia RPM also dead?
>
> Jim
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> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 10:03 AM Scot Kreienkamp <
> Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
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>> *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
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>> *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?
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>> 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.
>>
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>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 10:32 AM Ralph M <ralphmitchell at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
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>>
>> @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.
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>> Ralph Mitchell
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>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 9:41 AM Scot Kreienkamp <
>> Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com> wrote:
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>> 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?
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>>
>>
>> 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.
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>> 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.
>>
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>> *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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