[Xymon] Configuring Devmon for the first time

[David Baldwin]

Josh,
> That probably makes more sense then to use Lynx, good idea.
>
> What's with the "x" in the variable?
>
If for some reason $COL is the null string, the test doesn't work. Add
an "x" in front to be sure.
> Would you mind telling me what values you used for date?
>
It's just adding a timestamp to the log file. See "man date"

$ date "+%x %X restarting purple devmon"
31/05/2011 16:16:04 restarting purple devmon

David.
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> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:53 AM, David Baldwin
> <david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au <mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au>>
> wrote:
>
>     On 31/05/11 11:24 AM, kconnell at ryerson.ca
>     <mailto:kconnell at ryerson.ca> wrote:
>     > I've had issues with devmon not updating the bb-display and
>     everything going purple.
>     > I've had this issue since day one (which is over two years now).
>     >
>     > I created a "devmon watchdog" script that's runs every 5 min
>     using lynx (txt base html browser) which checks if the status of
>     devmon (shows as dm test) on bb-monitor. If its purple then I kill
>     the devmon process and start it up again....band-aid solution, but
>     it does the trick.
>     >
>     > I no script expert, but can share the bash script if you want/need.
>     >
>     Here's mine (replace xymonserver with your hostname):
>
>     #!/bin/sh
>     COL=`bb xymonserver "hobbitdboard xymonserver.dm
>     <http://xymonserver.dm> fields=color"`
>     if [ "x$COL" == "xpurple"  ] ; then
>      (date "+%x %X restarting purple devmon"
>      /etc/init.d/devmon restart) | tee /var/log/devmon-restart.log | mail
>     -s "Restarting devmon" xymonadmin
>     fi
>
>     --
>     David Baldwin - IT Unit
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>     david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au <mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au>
>              Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617
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David Baldwin - IT Unit
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