16.163. cdist-type__xymon_client(7)¶

16.163.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__xymon_client - Install the Xymon client

16.163.2. DESCRIPTION¶

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

16.163.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

None.

16.163.4. 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.

16.163.5. 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).

16.163.6. 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

16.163.7. SEE ALSO¶

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

16.163.8. AUTHORS¶

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

16.163.9. 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.