NAME

       combostatus - Xymon combination test tool

SYNOPSIS

       combostatus --help
       combostatus --version
       combostatus [--debug] [--quiet]

DESCRIPTION

       combostatus is a Xymon extension script that runs on the Xymon server.  It combines the results of one or
       more of the normal Xymon test results into a combined test result, using standard arithmetic  og  logical
       operators.

       The  resulting  tests  are  sent  to the Xymon display server as any normal test - so all of the standard
       Xymon functions (history, statistics etc.) are available for the combined tests.

       The tool was born from the need to monitor systems with built-in redundancy and automatic failover - e.g.
       load-balanced web servers.  But other uses are possible.

OPTIONS

       --error-colors=COLOR[,COLOR]
              Specify  which  colors  trigger an error status. By default only a "red" status counts as an error
              color - all other colors, including yellow, will count as "green"  when  evaluating  the  combined
              status. COLOR is "red", "yellow", "blue", "purple" or "clear".

       --quiet
              Normally,  the  test  status  sent  by  combostatus includes information about the underlying test
              results used to determine the current value  of  the  combined  test.  "--quiet"  eliminates  this
              information from the test status page.

       --debug
              Provide debugging output for use in troubleshooting problems with combostatus.

       --no-update
              Don't send any status messages - instead, the result of the combotests is simply dumped to stdout.
              Useful for debugging.

FILES

       $XYMONHOME/etc/combo.cfg
              Configuration file for combostatus, where the combined tests are defined

       $XYMONHOME/etc/tasks.cfg
              Configuration file controlling when combostatus is run.

SEE ALSO

       combo.cfg(5), hosts.cfg(5), xymonserver.cfg(5), tasks.cfg(5)