[Xymon] hostname change on Xymon server

[Christoph Knaf]

Hi there, 

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Chris 


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----- Am 19. Feb 2019 um 9:55 schrieb Kim Johansen <hobbit at weiser.dk>: 

Thanks Christian that was the problem, I didn't think about that, because 
doing the configure I entered the hostname. 

Regards, 
Kim Johansen 

> Hello, 
> just to make sure - did you also reflect your changes in 
xymonserver.cfg?? 
> I remember that if one recompiles an existing Xymon server config 
without 
> deleting the target directory, I think it could keep old config files - 
but I'm not sure by hundred percent. 
> Regards 
> Christian Becker 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- 
> Von: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> Im Auftrag von hobbit at weiser.dk 
Gesendet: Montag, 18. Februar 2019 14:59 
> An: xymon at xymon.com 
> Betreff: [Xymon] hostname change on Xymon server 
> Hi, 
> I have changed the name on my server hosting Xymon server, a Ubuntu 16.04. 
> But Xymon server do seem to still use the old hostname: 
> The old name was "mail1": 
> - I get ghost report: "127.0.0.1 mail1 mail 0:38", I have shutdown Xymon 
client, to isolate that it is coming from the Xymon server. 
> - the link in alert mails is "http://mail1/xymon-cgi...." 
> - A "ps" is showing: "sh -c vmstat 300 2 
> 1>/home/xymon/client/tmp/xymon_vmstat.mail1.7997 2>&1; mv 
> /home/xymon/client/tmp/xymon_vmstat.mail1.7997 
> /home/xymon/client/tmp/xymon_vmstat.mail1" 
> Here is what I have done: 
> - Used hostnamectl to change hostname, but have also being over 
> /etc/hostname and hosts. 
> - Changed the host in hosts.cfg in Xymon server. 
> - Used the 'xymon 127.0.0.1 "rename OLDHOSTNAME NEWHOSTNAME"' 
> - I have deleted the old make file and run make clean, and configured, 
build, and installed all over again. 
> - I have search for mail1 string in Xymon folder, and found nothing. My 
gold is to have the right URL in the alert mails. But it is also 
annoying me what I have done wrong... 
> Regards, 
> Kim Johansen 
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