CDIST-TYPE__XYMON_CLIENT

NAME

cdist-type__xymon_client - Install the Xymon client

DESCRIPTION

This cdist type installs the Xymon client and configures it to report with FQDN.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

state

'present', 'absent', defaults to 'present'.

servers

One or more IP addresses (space separated) of the Xymon server(s) to report to. While DNS-names are ok it is discouraged, defaults to 127.0.0.1.

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

msgcache

Enable xymon msgcache. Note: XYMONSERVER has to be 127.0.0.1 for using msgcache (see msgcache (8) of the xymon documentation for details).

EXAMPLES

# minimal, report to 127.0.0.1
__xymon_client

# specify server:
__xymon_client --servers "192.168.1.1"

# activate `msgcache` for passive client:
__xymon_client --msgcache

SEE ALSO

cdist__xymon_server(7), xymon(7), msgcache(8)

AUTHORS

Thomas Eckert <tom--@--it-eckert.de>

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

COPYRIGHT

ungleich GmbH 2021