Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of howto/SetupXymonServer


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    1010Xymon is a tool for monitoring servers, applications and networks. It collects information about the health of your computers, the applications running on them, and the network connectivity between them. All of this information is presented in a set of simple, intuitive webpages that are updated frequently to reflect changes in the status of your systems.
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     12The Xymon client software (port name "xymon") is collecting information on the host you want to monitor. It gathers everything into a report and sends it towards the Xymon server (port name "xymon-server") over TCP. The destination port to connect to the Xymon server is 1984 in reference to big brother http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four).
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    1214== Installation ==
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    14 Install dovecot:
     16Install Xymon server:
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    1618{{{
     
    5860So the following commands should do it:
    5961{{{
    60 $ sudo mv /opt/local/lib/xymon/server/etc/hobbit-apache.conf /etc/apache2/sites/
     62$ sudo mv /opt/local/lib/xymon/server/etc/hobbit-apache.conf /etc/apache2/(other|sites)/
    6163$ sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart
    6264}}}
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    64 === Step 3: ''Make user _xymon part of the admin group'' ===
     66The apache2 configuration directory should be /etc/apache2/other/ on __Mac OS X__ and /etc/apache2/sites/ on __Mac OS X Server__.
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     68=== Step 3: ''Make Xymon user part of the admin group'' ===
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    6670We achieve this with the Directory Service command line utility:
     
    6872$ sudo dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership _xymon
    6973}}}
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     75Note: on old Mac OS the Xymon user should be "xymon"
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    7177=== Step 4: ''Start Xymon server'' ===
     
    7783}}}
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     85=== Step 5: ''Allow incoming connections on Xymon port 1984'' ===
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    7987If your Mac OSX firewall is enabled, you'll be asked to allow xymon -> accept.
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    8189On Mac OSX Server, make sure your ipfw rules will allow incoming TCP connections to port 1984.
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    83 === Step 5: ''Check the status of your Xymon server'' ===
     91=== Step 6: ''Check the status of your Xymon server'' ===
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    85 To view the Xymon webpages, go to http://localhost/xymon
     93To view the Xymon webpages, wait 5 minutes to give Xymon time to generate the index page, open your web browser and go to http://localhost/xymon/
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