[Xymon] Error when starting recently installed client

[Chris Short]

Resolved.

Needed to specify the hostname in xymon-client file because of some odd
things being done with hostnames on the systems involved.

After dropping the clients and re-adding them all is well. Thanks for the
help!

Thanks,

Chris Short
http://chrisshort.net
Public PGP Key: http://cshort.co/pub_key



On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org>wrote:

> On 2014-05-15 1:36 pm, Chris Short wrote:
>
>> Both "configured" clients show up in my Ghost Clients list.
>>
>> From hosts.cfg:
>>
>> 10.1.5.179   host1.example.com [6]
>> 10.1.5.178   host2.example.com [7]
>>
>> From Ghost Clients:
>>
>> host1 10.1.5.179 host1.example.com [6] 1:40
>> host2 10.1.5.178 host2.example.com [7] 0:00
>>
>>
>> I have tried both short and fqdn in hosts.cfg. Doesn't seem to matter,
>> clients always appear as ghosts.
>>
>>  Thanks,
>>
>> Chris Short
>> http://chrisshort.net [3]
>> Public PGP Key: http://cshort.co/pub_key [4]
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Mike Burger
>> <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> wrote:
>>
>>  On 2014-05-14 3:01 pm, Chris Short wrote:
>>>
>>> Of course. That's not having any effect though. Very unusual.
>>>
>>> I do see that the client is trying to communicate with the xymon
>>> server though:
>>>
>>> # netstat -tupan | grep 1984
>>> tcp 0 0 10.1.5.178:56627 [1] [4]
>>> 10.1.5.219:1984 [2]
>>>
>>> [5] TIME_WAIT -
>>>
>>> Are there any communication tests I can run from the server or
>>> client
>>> to test functions?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chris Short
>>>
>>> http://chrisshort.net [3] [1]
>>> Public PGP Key: http://cshort.co/pub_key [4] [2]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Mike Burger
>>> <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2014-05-13 4:25 pm, Chris Short wrote:
>>>
>>> Interestingly enough that's not working either. I removed the old
>>> package, installed the terabithia rpm, and started the
>>> xymon-client.
>>> It did not complain about XYMONSERVERS not being set so something
>>> isn't right here. Let me try a different box.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chris Short
>>> http://chrisshort.net [3] [1] [1]
>>> Public PGP Key: http://cshort.co/pub_key [4] [2] [2]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Mike Burger
>>> <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2014-05-13 1:48 pm, Chris Short wrote:
>>>
>>> Built the rpm using the makerpm.sh script and installed with yum.
>>> Directory is not present on the box.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chris Short
>>> http://chrisshort.net [3] [1] [1] [2]
>>> Public PGP Key: http://cshort.co/pub_key [4] [2] [2] [3]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Mike Burger
>>> <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2014-05-13 11:52 am, Chris Short wrote:
>>>
>>> I have xymon-client running on a handful of RHEL6 servers. But,
>>> other
>>> RHEL6 servers where I am rolling out the client throw up this
>>> unusual
>>> error:
>>>
>>> # service xymon-client restart
>>> Restarting xymon-client: su: warning: cannot change directory to
>>> /usr/share/xymon-client: No such file or directory
>>> This account is currently not available.
>>>
>>> Any ideas why /usr/share/xymon-client isn't being built?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> What method did you use to install the client? If you installed via
>>> RPM, the directory should exist with ownership root:root and
>>> permissions 755.
>>>
>>> Interesting. I've been using the RPMs from terabithia.org [5] [3]
>>>
>>> [3],
>>>
>>> which
>>>
>>> have installed, properly. My suggestion would be to grab them and
>>> try
>>> again.
>>>
>>> You'll want to edit /etc/sysconfig/xymon-client and fill in the
>>> XYMON-SERVERS variable.
>>>
>>
>>  Does anything show up in your Ghost Clients list?
>>
>
> Since the xymon-client is reporting to the server via short name (as you
> can see in the ghost client list), I'm pretty sure you'll need to specify
> the hosts via short name in the hosts.cfg.
>
> After that, it will take a while for the data to start populating the the
> columns on the page where you've specified the hosts to appear...it's not
> instantaneous and, if my understanding is correct, the server does not
> accept any data (messages, RRD data, etc) until the host has been properly
> added to the hosts.cfg.
>
> Unless I've missed something, then as long as you've got the IP, hostname,
> OS and columns specified, you should start seeing within 15-30 minutes. In
> the meantime, you'll still see them in the ghost client list...but, in my
> experience, the hostname being displayed in the ghost list should match the
> link for the page for that host.
>
>
> --
> Mike Burger
> http://www.bubbanfriends.org
>
> "It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just
> stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1
>
>
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