[Xymon] [External] Xymon configs

Tue Apr 14 16:27:38 CEST 2020

Jean, based on your answers it sounds like you could have multiple 
issues going on.  For the moment we'll assume your Server is setup 
correctly.  Here's what I would check.

- Xymon Clients send their data to the Xymon Server on port 1984. Are 
you sure that port is open through your network firewalls between the 
Client and the Server?  I like to use *nmap* for testing ports.  Here's 
the command you'd run on the Client to see if it can see the Server.  
Obviously change the IP to your Server's IP or hostname.  If the Client 
sees port 1984 open on the Server then we can rule out a network 
blockage.  It may say port 1984 is associated with bigbrother, which is 
normal.
*nmap -PNp 1984 192.168.1.5*

- The Server's name or IP must be configured on each Client config so 
the Client knows where to send it's data.   On your Ubuntu Client check 
*/etc/default/xymon-client*  (this is the config file that defines the 
Server IP or name. You can also define any Client hostname you want so 
that it matches what you have defined in the Server’s hosts.cfg file)  
Also check */var/run/xymon/bbdisp-runtime.cfg* (this is the currently 
running setting the client is using. if the Server IP or name is wrong 
then fix it)

Thank You,
Systems Admin
I/O Network Administration
support at ionetworkadmin.com
https://www.ionetworkadmin.com

On 4/14/20 6:39 AM, Hyppolite, Jean wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> The answers to the questions you asked are below. Thank you for your 
> response. Please let me know if you need any more information
>
> *Issue 2.*  First we need to determine what sort of issue it is.  
> Server, Client, or Network.
>
> - Does the Server successfully receive any other Client's data? It 
> looks like clienlog, conn, info and trends data is received. Other 
> columns don’t exist
> - Are the Client systems remote or local on the Server's IP network? 
> Local. But different subnets and Remote
> - What OS are the new Client systems? CENTOS 6.9 and Ubuntu 16.04LTS
> - How did you install the 'xymon-client' on the new Client systems? 
> Using yum install -y xymon-client.x86_64 and apt-get install xymon-client
> - When you installed the 'xymon-client' were you at a console, SSH'd 
> in, or in a GUI? SSH
>
> Thanks
>
> Jean
>
> *From:*IO Support <support at ionetworkadmin.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2020 4:54 PM
> *To:* Hyppolite, Jean <Jean.Hyppolite at umm.edu>; xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] [External] Xymon configs
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> *Issue 1.*  Credentials for Xymon Server's administrative web pages is 
> controlled by the web server software that's running on your Xymon 
> Server box.  I use Apache.  To accomplish your requirement you first 
> need to configure your web server to look for .htaccess and .htpasswd 
> files.  If those files exist then it requires a user/pass to be 
> entered in order for the folder to be accessible.  Creating those 
> files is easy, and defining the credentials is also easy if you just 
> need to make it private for yourself with a single user/pass.  But if 
> you want to do more than a few users you're gonna want to step up to a 
> more dynamic method of controlling the credentials because it can 
> quickly get out of hand.  The result is that you can make some content 
> 'public' and some 'private' because the content lives in password 
> protected folders on your server.
>
> Email me privately and I can assist you if you want.
>
>
> *Issue 2.*  First we need to determine what sort of issue it is.  
> Server, Client, or Network.
>
> - Does the Server successfully receive any other Client's data?
> - Are the Client systems remote or local on the Server's IP network?
> - What OS are the new Client systems?
> - How did you install the 'xymon-client' on the new Client systems?
> - When you installed the 'xymon-client' were you at a console, SSH'd 
> in, or in a GUI?
>
> Your answers to these questions will point us to a resolution.
>
>
> Thank You,
> Systems Admin
> I/O Network Administration
> support at ionetworkadmin.com  <mailto:support at ionetworkadmin.com>
> https://www.ionetworkadmin.com
>
> On 4/13/20 2:20 PM, Hyppolite, Jean wrote:
>
>     I looked in the Ghost Clients page and there's nothing there(empty). The hostname on the client and server match. Any idea what else may be happening?
>
>     thanks
>
>     Jean
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>
>     From: Scott Birl<scott.birl at temple.edu>  <mailto:scott.birl at temple.edu>
>
>     Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 10:38 AM
>
>     To:xymon at xymon.com  <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
>
>     Subject: RE: [External] [Xymon] Xymon configs
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>          From: Xymon<xymon-bounces at xymon.com>  <mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>  On Behalf Of Jean Hyppolite
>
>          Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 09:32 AM
>
>          To:xymon at xymon.com  <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
>
>          Subject: [External] [Xymon] Xymon configs
>
>          Hello,
>
>          1. How can I configure a username and password for the administrative section of xymon. Eg. Having a username and password required to enable/disable alerts?
>
>          2. Currently only clientlog, conn,info and trends are showing as monitored for my linux clients. How can I have cpu,memory and disk show in the columns?
>
>          Can you assist
>
>     ----
>
>     [1] Configuring a user/pass for a website is part of the webserver's job, and has nothing to do with Xymon.
>
>     [2] Assuming that you have the Xymon client installed on those machines that you wish to monitor, are configured correctly, they should be sending data back.
>
>          One area you can check on your Xymon website is the "Ghost Clients" page ( /xymon-cgi/ghostlist.sh ) to see if the clients are reporting back with a short hostname -vs- FQDN.
>
>     HTH
>
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