Installing | |
1. I get all sort of permission denied errors from the cgi program, how should I have permission set on the various items in the datadir?
The datadir and auth file and control socket need to be writable by the
www user (or whatever user/group your web server runs as). | |
Configuring | |
2.
How can I monitor HTTP on a particular host on port 80/tcp and also HTTP on
the same host on port 8080/tcp?
It doesn't work because Argus requires objects to have unique names,
so it can tell them apart. In the above example both objects will
have the name HTTP_jeremy-03.example.com. | |
3. I want argus to notify me about DOWN events, but not about UP events. Is there some syntax I can use to do this?
If you set the messageup or messagedn
parameter to the empty string, then that message will not be sent.
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4. I am trying to monitor a djbdns server using UDP/DNS and it always shows as down. It appears to work when I test it manually. What to do? The UDP/DNS test sends a DNS 'status' query, which is ignored by djbdns. Use the UDP/DNSQ test or a UDP/Domain test instead. | |
5. How can I monitor my DHCP server?
The DHCP protocol is a real bugger. Currently, Argus cannot
monitor it directly. Some Argus users have had success setting
Arus up to run the program 'dhcping': | |
Other | |
6. I keep seeing: Sep 11 06:18:26 pluto.example.com sendmail[2665]: NOQUEUE: pluto.example.com [10.0.0.1] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA in my sendmail log. What is this?
New versions of sendmail log every connection that does not issue valid
mail transfer commands. The author recommends that you ignore the message. | |
7. Can I get on a mailing list to learn about new versions of the software
There is not currently a mailing list, but to find out about
software updates, add the following to your config:
Or, you can configure freshmeat to notify you of updates, by subscribing to the Argus Freshmeat Project. Read the freshmeat instructions to learn how. If you are interested in a mailing list, let the author know. If he sees enough interest, he may create one. | |
8.
Another monitoring application includes a feature that lets
me get a random quotation by clicking a button, such as:
Why on earth do you want a monitoring application to provide random quotations? |