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Xymon

  1. Overview
  2. Role Variables
  3. Example Playbook
  4. Configuration
  5. Plugins
  6. Development
  7. License
  8. Author Information

Overview

Manage Xymon (client) installation and configuration.

Role Variables

  • xymon_cli_manage : If xymon-client should be managed with this role [default : true].
  • xymon_cli_pkg_state : State of new xymon-client package(s) [default : installed].
  • xymon_cli_default_conf_path : Configuration file for xymon-client [default : /etc/default/xymon-client].
  • xymon_cli_default_conf_tpl : Template used to generate the previous config file [default : etc/default/xymon-client.j2].
  • xymon_cli_hostname : Allow to override default value of CLIENTHOSTNAME var [default : {{ ansible_fqdn }}].
  • xymon_user_groups : List of 'xymon' user's groups [default : xymon].
  • xymon_cli_service_manage : If xymon-client service should be managed with this role [default : true].
  • xymon_cli_service_name : xymon-client service name [default : xymon-client].
  • xymon_cli_service_enabled : Set xymon-client service available at startup [default : true].
  • xymon_srv_list : The list of Xymon servers (you must give an hostname, IP,… reachable from any clients) [defaults : monitoring.{{ ansible_domain }}].
  • xymon_plug_manage : If this role should manage plugins configuration [default : true].
  • xymon_plug_apt_state : The state of plugin apt [default : true].
  • xymon_plug_apt_package : The packages to install to provide apt plugin [default : [ 'libtimedate-perl' ]].
  • xymon_plug_apt_path : Configuration file for the apt plugin [default : /etc/xymon/clientlaunch.d/apt.cfg].
  • xymon_plug_apt_tpl : Template used to generate the previous config file [default : etc/xymon/clientlaunch.d/apt.cfg.j2].
  • xymon_plug_mq_state : The state of plugin mq [default : true].
  • xymon_plug_mq_package : The packages to install to provide mq plugin [default : [ 'libtimedate-perl' ]].
  • xymon_plug_mq_path : Configuration file for the mq plugin [default : /etc/xymon/clientlaunch.d/mq.cfg].
  • xymon_plug_mq_tpl : Template used to generate the previous config file [default : etc/xymon/clientlaunch.d/mq.cfg.j2].
  • xymon_plug_libs_state : The state of plugin libs [default : true].
  • xymon_plug_libs_package : The packages to install to provide libs plugin [default : [ 'binutils', 'lsof', 'libyaml-tiny-perl', 'libsort-naturally-perl' ]].
  • xymon_plug_libs_path : Configuration file for the libs plugin [default : /etc/xymon/clientlaunch.d/libs.cfg].
  • xymon_plug_libs_tpl : Template used to generate the previous config file [default : etc/xymon/clientlaunch.d/libs.cfg.j2].
  • xymon_plug_libs_default_whitelist : Default whitelist of processes that should not be monitored with libs plugin.
  • xymon_plug_libs_whitelist : All hosts whitelist of processes that should not be monitored with libs plugin.
  • xymon_plug_libs_group_whitelist : Group whitelist of processes that should not be monitored with libs plugin.
  • xymon_plug_libs_host_whitelist : Host whitelist of processes that should not be monitored with libs plugin.

OS Specific Variables

Please see default value by Operating System file in vars directory.

  • xymon_cli_pkg_list : The list of packages to install to provide xymon-client.

Example Playbook

  • Use defaults vars :
- hosts: serverXYZ
  roles:
    - role: ipr-cnrs.xymon

Configuration

This role will :

  • Install needed packages to provide xymon-client.
  • Manage xymon-client configuration and service.
  • Add 'xymon' user to new groups.

Plugins

Some plugins and options can be managed with this role :

  • apt : Check state of packages and repositories.
  • libs : Check for running processes with upgraded libraries.
  • mq : Check mail queue.

Development

This source code comes from our Gogs instance and the Github repo exist just to be able to send the role to Ansible Galaxy…

But feel free to send issue/PR here :)

Thanks to this hook, Github automatically got updates from our Gogs instance :)

License

WTFPL

Author Information

Jérémy Gardais