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Dynamic Hostname Notes

Author Jeremy Laidman
Compatibility Xymon 4.x
Requirements none
Download None
Last Update 2015-09-29

Description

A standard Xymon feature allows the creation of a “notes” file under $XYMONVAR/www/notes/ with the filename <hostname>.html. This causes Xymon to hotlink the hostname, so that clicking on it displays the file's contents.

This addon is a hostname “notes” template file, that uses Javascript to auto-generate various aspects of the file's contents. Because the content is auto-generated, the file can be copied unchanged (or symlinked) to other filenames, to cover as many hosts as required.

Installation

To install:

  1. copy the file somewhere on your server, perhaps in $XYMONVAR/www/notes/
  2. edit the file to add schemes other than ssh:, if required
  3. symlink the file to match a hostname, for example:
    ln -s dynamic-host-notes.html server1.html
  4. repeat for all required hosts

Source

notes-template.html

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notes-template.html
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Connecting to servername</TITLE>
<!--
   *** Clicking on a hostname shows this page, if named <hostname>.html ***
   This file is located in server/www/notes/
  -->
 
<!-- Styles for the Xymon body  -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/xymon/gifs/xymonbody.css">
 
<!-- Styles for the menu bar -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/xymon/menu/xymonmenu-blue.css">
 
<!-- The favicon image -->
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/xymon/gifs/favicon-blue.ico">
 
</HEAD>
<BODY class="blue">
 
<div id="menue">
    <div class="outer">
      <span class="menutag">Views<span class="invis">: </span></span>
        <a class="inner-1" href="/xymon/xymon.html">Main view</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/nongreen.html">All non-green view</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-cgi/criticalview.sh">Critical systems</a>
    </div>
    <div class="outer">
      <span class="menutag">Reports<span class="invis">: </span></span>
        <a class="inner-1" href="/xymon-cgi/eventlog.sh">Event log Report</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-cgi/topchanges.sh">Top Changes</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-cgi/report.sh">Availability Report</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-cgi/snapshot.sh">Snapshot Report</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-cgi/confreport.sh">Config Report</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-cgi/confreport-critical.sh">Config Report (Critical)</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-cgi/hostgraphs.sh">Metrics Report</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-cgi/ghostlist.sh">Ghost Clients</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-cgi/notifications.sh">Notification Report</a>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/periodic/">Periodic Reports</a>
    </div>
    <div class="outer">
      <span class="menutag">Administration<span class="invis">: </span></span>
        <a class="inner-1" href="/xymon-cgi/findhost.sh">Find host</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-seccgi/acknowledge.sh">Acknowledge alert</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-seccgi/enadis.sh">Enable/disable</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon-seccgi/criticaleditor.sh">Edit critical systems</a>
    </div>
    <div class="outer">
      <span class="menutag">Help<span class="invis">: </span></span>
        <a class="inner-1" href="/xymon/help/about.html">About Xymon</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/help/install.html">Installing Xymon</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/help/xymon-config.html">Configuring Monitoring</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/help/xymon-alerts.html">Configuring Alerts</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/help/criticalsystems.html">Critical systems</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/help/known-issues.html">Known problems</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/help/xymon-tips.html">Tips and Tricks</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/help/howtograph.html">Custom graphs</a><span class="invis"> | </span>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/help/manpages/">Xymon man-pages</a>
        <a class="inner" href="/xymon/help/devmon.html">Devmon documentation</a>
    </div>
</div>
 
<TABLE SUMMARY="Topline" WIDTH="100%">
<TR><TD HEIGHT=16>&nbsp;</TD></TR>  <!-- For the menu bar -->
</TABLE>
 
 
 
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT TYPE="TEXT/JAVASCRIPT">
<!--
servername=location.href.match(/([^\/]+)\.html/)[1];
if (servername.match("-ilo")) {
        // a server name containing "-ilo" is an iLO
        iloname=servername;
} else if (servername.match("lx.*\.in\.")) {
        // a server name named "lx*.in.bla" has an iLO in
        // in the same domain called "X-ilo.in.bla"
        iloname=servername.replace(".in.","-ilo.in.");
} else {
        iloname="";
}
document.title=document.title.replace("servername",servername);
xymurl=location.href.match(/^([^\/]*:\/\/[^\/]+)/)[0];
 
document.write('<H2>Server: '+servername+'</H2>');
if (iloname != servername) {
        document.write('Connect using SSH: <a href="ssh://'+servername+'">ssh://'+servername+'</a> (may not work in IE8)<BR>');
}
 
if (iloname.length > 0) {
        document.write('Connect to iLO: <a href="https://'+iloname+'" target="_blank">https://'+iloname+'</a> or <a href="ssh://'+iloname+'">ssh://'+iloname+'</a><BR>');
}
 
document.write('View <a href="'+xymurl+'/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST='+servername+'&SERVICE=info">Info</a><BR>');
document.write('View <a href="'+xymurl+'/xymon-cgi/svcstatus.sh?HOST='+servername+'&SERVICE=trends">Trends</a><BR>');
 
document.write('View <a href="'+xymurl+'/xymon-cgi/eventlog.sh?HOSTMATCH='+servername+
        '&MAXTIME=86400&MAXCOUNT=100&Send=View+log'+
        '">Event Log</a> for the last 24 hours<BR>');
 
d=new Date();
start_year=d.getFullYear();
start_mon=d.getMonth()+1;
start_day=d.getDate();
document.write('View <a href="'+xymurl+'/xymon-cgi/hostgraphs.sh'+
        '?start-mon='+start_mon+'&start-day='+start_day+'&start-yr='+start_year+
        '&end-mon='+start_mon+'&end-day='+start_day+'&end-yr='+start_year+
        '&hostname='+servername+
        '&testname=ALL'+
        '&DoReport=Generate+Report'+
        '">Metrics Report</a> for today (CPU/disk/memory/conn)<BR>');
 
document.write('<a href="'+xymurl+'/xymon-cgi/findhost.sh?HOST='+servername+'&jump">Find</a> this host in Xymon pages<BR>');
-->
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>

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