[Xymon] extend http timeout

[Kris Springer]

Found it.  I read about the --timeout option but I didn't know where to 
put it.  I add it to the [xymonnet] section in tasks.cfg
Signature - Kris

Thank you.

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Kris Springer


On 8/8/2014 10:30 AM, John Thurston wrote:
> On 8/8/2014 9:09 AM, Kris Springer wrote:
>> Where and how do I adjust the http timeout?  I have some content tests
>> that take a while to respond and I need to extend the time to around 30
>
> I think it was discussed here recently that this is a server-wide 
> setting. See the xymonnet help file and look for the --timeout option.
>
>> Determines the timeout (in seconds) for each service that is tested. 
>> For TCP tests (those from XYMONNETSVCS), if the connection to the 
>> service does not succeed within N seconds, the service is reported as 
>> being down. For HTTP tests, this is the absolute limit for the entire 
>> request to the webserver (the time needed to connect to the server, 
>> plus the time it takes the server to respond to the request). 
>> Default: 10 seconds
>
> <unsolicited observation>
> In my environment, if someone asked to repeatedly test an HTTP 
> resource which regularly required 30 seconds to respond, I'd ask them 
> to reconsider. Xymon should be monitoring a simple, important 
> resource. It is going to be requesting it frequently (5-minute 
> interval in my case). If their server can't deliver a simple, 
> important, frequently-requested resource in less than 30-seconds they 
> have problem.
>
> If you _do_ extend the timeout, you should also examine the re-try 
> interval as part of XYMONNET-AGAIN.SH   It would be unfortunate if you 
> start thrashing your servers by setting your timeout longer than the 
> retry interval.
> </unsolicited observation>
>

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