CRITICALEDITOR.CGI(1)

📦 version 4.3.30, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

ok so bestie, meet criticaleditor.cgi — it's the Xymon Critical Systems View Editor CGI ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

criticaleditor.cgi

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no args, no flags, just run it 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: criticaleditor.cgi gets invoked as a CGI script, and it gets there through the criticaleditor.sh CGI wrapper. that's the pipeline, no cap 🫶

what does it actually do tho? it's a web-based editor for the critical.cfg(5) file — which is the file that configures the Xymon "Critical Systems" view. so you're editing the config for your critical systems view, but from the browser, like a main character 🌸

and if you want the full tutorial on how to actually use the editor? that's all in the Xymon Web documentation, and you get to it from the "Help" -> "Critical Systems" link on the Xymon website. go read it, it's giving ✨instructions✨ 📖

🔒 SECURITY 🔒

bestie. LISTEN. 🙈

Access to this CGI script should be restricted through access controls in your webserver. fr fr. because editing the Critical Systems View configuration will impact the monitoring of your site — like, actually impact it. so lock it down, don't leave it open for just anyone, that's not the vibe. 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --config=FILENAME — tells it the name of the Critical Systems View configuration file. the default? critical.cfg living in the $XYMONHOME/etc/ directory 🏠
  • --env=FILENAME — loads up the environment defined in FILENAME before it goes and executes the CGI script 🌱
  • --area=NAME — loads environment variables for one specific area. NB: if you're gonna use this one, it must appear before any --env=FILENAME option. order matters, bestie, don't play yourself 👑
  • --debug — turns on debugging output 🐛✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those too, they're all part of the same little family 🫶

and that's the whole page!! this lovely little manual is from Xymon, Version 4.3.30, dated 4 Sep 2019 📅 — tysm for reading, ily, now go restrict that CGI access 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅

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