Re: [hobbit] Location of the Linux / Unix client software

[Josh Luthman <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>]

Reference this:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Administration_Guide/Compiling_on_CentOS

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On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Greg Hubbard <glh.forums (at) gmail.com> wrote:

> Xymon is distributed as source code that you compile.  Some of the Linux
> distributions have packages available to save you from the config/compile
> step, but usually these are older versions.  The server requires a number of
> other things (fping, rrdtool, etc.), but the client needs are much simpler.
>
> If your client system is a similar architecture to your server, you can
> copy the client directory to your client, though you will still need to
> integrate it with startup/shutdown, etc.  Beware of what is in your log and
> tmp directories (under client) when you copy this stuff.
>
> You can compile just the client by following the instructions in the
> documentation.
>
> GLH
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:10 PM, <d.tom.schmitt (at) l-3com.com> wrote:
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>>  I know this is a trivial question, but I cannot find the Linux client
>> code.
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>> Server is Xymon-4.3.0-0.beta2 on CentOS 5.3.
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>> I am running the Linux client on a test system currently.
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>> I cannot find the link to the location of the software on any site.
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>> Is there a different software for UNIX vs. Linux?
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>> Is it just source or is it compiled?
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>> I have the directories on the server but don’t want to copy them over to
>> another system.
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>> I could not find any links under Help on the web page nor on Sourceforge –
>> must be looking for the wrong thing.
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>> I know that the Windows client BBWin has its own site.
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>> *Thanks,*
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>> * *
>>
>> *Tom Schmitt*
>>
>> *Senior IT Staff - R&D*
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>> *D.Tom.Schmitt (at) L-3Com.com*
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