[xymon] Making a custom graph

[Root, Paul]

-----Original Message-----
> From: Buchan Milne [mailto:bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 4:07 AM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Cc: Root, Paul
> Subject: Re: [xymon] Making a custom graph

> On Thursday, 17 February 2011 22:58:41 Root, Paul wrote:
> > Hi,
> >         I have a simple script that counts the number of connects we have
> > for a certain port. Specifically, the ssh proxy port for HP NA.
> >
> > My output looks like this:
> >
> > Concurrent SSH Sessions
> >
> >
> >
> > Sessions : 17
> >
> > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
> > tcp 0 0 :::8022 :::* LISTEN
> > tcp 0 0 ::ffff:199.168.33.8:8022 ::ffff:10.1.193.70:1810 ESTABLISHED
> >
> > I see that I have issues as there are a bunch of colons. I want to graph
> > just the number of sessions for each interval.
> >

> Is there any reason you aren't using the built-in PORTS feature, e.g.

> # hobbit-clients.cfg
> HOST=xxx
>       PORT LOCAL=*:8022 0 STATE=ESTABLISHED TRACK=hpna COL=green

> That would give you a graph with name hpna of established to the local 8022
> port.



The one problem is that we had a situation where a number of connections was stuck in CLOSE-WAIT. I'm guessing this isn't going to track that. Or is it?

Can I set STATE to CLOSE-WAIT? The man page suggests not.





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