[Xymon] Removing Columns and http monitoring 401 error

[Christoph Zechner]

Hi,

On 16/07/2021 17:15, Cory Fiala wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I somehow created 2 new columns in the dashboard while I was trying to 
> fix a http monitor. I’ve removed my changes and the columns still show 
> up. How do you remove them from the dashboard?

On your xymon server, run the following command:

/usr/lib/xymon/server/bin/xymon 127.0.0.1 "drop <CLIENT> <COLUMN>"

to remove the column.

> 
> My second issue is I’m wanting to monitor a URL and am only wanting to 
> know if its alive. Since it requires authentication I’m getting HTTP 
> status 401 error. How can I only monitor if it’s up or down? Here is the 
> last thing I’ve tried:
> 
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    fs1     # 
>      httpstatus=http;https://workfolders.somesite.k12.or.us;200

this works on my machine with http auth:

sni httpstatus;https://xymon.example.com;^([23]..|4013);^(40[02456789]|5..)

This allows status code 401 and 403 for example among others. See also:

https://xymon.sourceforge.io/xymon/help/manpages/man5/hosts.cfg.5.html

under "httpstatus"

Cheers
Christoph


> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Cory
> 
> 
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