[pc-allstar] Supermon and PC based Allstar

[gm4upx at gb7jd.co.uk]

On 2018-09-18 15:26, Mr. Possum (Bill) wrote:
> Good job!
> 
> I did an install on an old HP Proliant server I picked up at ham fest.
>  I used the distro they had up on allstarlink.org.  I copied my
> supermon stuff over from one of My Pi's and it sorta worked!  I didn't
> do an "install" from the library - I just copied stuff over and edited
> the config files, etc...  Which probably wasn't the right thing to
> do...  But it worked!  Sorta...  :)
> 
> http://n5mbm.net:97/supermon/link.php?nodes=46902,46682,45634,43033,29503,43773
> 
> But how did you get it to load up the nodelist?  All of the connected
> nodes on my supermon screens say "someones private node".
> 
> And when I am logged into it, the line up top that usually has a lot
> of useful info isn't populated - like this:
> 
> [ ] [ WAN IP: ] [ AstP: ; NOTE: bindport must be specified BEFORE ] [
> MgrP:5038 ] [ SShP: ]
> [ Tuesday, September 18, 2018 CDT ]
> 
> Do I need to find a proper "install" tutorial?  I know there is some
> stuff I probably need to go edit to make it work but I don't have much
> of an idea where to look or what config files to edit...
> 
> Other than that, my nodes can connect and disconnect to this HP
> Proliant with no problems....  It's been up a few months in the shack
> without a single hiccup OR even a reboot!
> 
> I "wanted" to put this server at a remote site with a FAST internet
> connection to give my main "hub node" a bit more horsepower than a
> Raspberry Pi.  Although the pi's have been running great, loading it
> up with a bunch of different hub nodes and a lot of connections seems
> to tax the capabilities of the Pi.  But until I can get stuff like
> Supermon working on it, like I like it (fully functional), I hesitate
> to deploy it at a remote site that is a pain to get to in order to do
> maintenance "locally".  I want it 100% working before I put it out
> there!
> 
> Any help or advice would be MUCH appreciated!
> 
> Bill - N5MBM
> 
> -------------------------

Bill,

Like you I copied my existing supermon over and found it didn't quite do 
what I was expecting, anyway, I made adjustments until I reached the 
stage I'm at now.

My PC based webserver ran from /var/www/html so I changed that to 
/srv/http/ with directories for supermon and allmon2. ( To keep changes 
to supermon at a minimum )

To cut to the chase you need to have the allmon2 directory as supermon 
looks there for some things, at least in my copy it does !

If you run astdb.php from within allmon2 that should get your nodes 
reading correctly.

Regards,
Ian..