[Xymon] Configuring the debian xymon client

[John Thurston]

On 1/16/2019 2:23 PM, Adam Thorn wrote:
> On 16/01/2019 22:44, John Thurston wrote:
>> With my inability to make the client work in 'local-mode' (see my note 
>> to the list of Jan 3), I'm trying to make it work in its default mode.
. . .
>> How do I trim this client's behavior down to size?
> 
> The way xymon works is that in the default "central" mode, a script runs 
> periodically on the client which sends data to the "central" server 
> where it's then parsed to generate the various test results. The message 
> sent to the server contains the output of e.g.
> 
> /usr/lib/xymon/client/bin/xymonclient-linux.sh
> 
> or more generally whichever OS-specific script in that directory is 
> executed by xymonclient.sh. So in terms of "pumping [data] across the 
> network": your client sends whatever that script outputs.

I'm quite comfortable adjusting what tests results are displayed. I was 
hoping there was some way to configure what the client sends, as I don't 
want all that stuff collected (nor sent plaintext across my network).

It looks like I'll need to hack the script, and see how the parser on 
the xymon server reacts.


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