# XYMON-XMH

Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: Version 4.3.30: 25 Jan 2026
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## NAME

Xymon-XMH-variables - Configuration items available online

## DESCRIPTION

The hosts.cfg(5) file is the most important configuration file for all of the Xymon programs. This file contains the full list of all the systems monitored by Xymon, including the set of tests and other configuration items stored for each host.

Although the file is in text format and can be searched using tools like xymongrep(1) it can be difficult to pick out specific fields from the configuration due to quoting and other text parsing issues. So Xymon allows for querying this information directly from the xymond daemon via the "xymondboard" command. So the information can be provided together with the current status of a host and/or test. This is done by adding a "fields" definition to the "xymondboard" command.

## XMH items

Except where specified below, all items return the text of a particular setting from the hosts.cfg file, or an empty string if the setting has not been set for the host that is queried.

XMH_ALLPAGEPATHS
  List of all pages where the host is found, using the filename hierarchy page path.

XMH_BROWSER
  Value of the "browser" tag.

XMH_CLASS
  The host "class" (if reported by a Xymon client), or the value of the CLASS tag.

XMH_CLIENTALIAS
  Value of the CLIENT tag.

XMH_COMMENT
  Value of the COMMENT tag.

XMH_COMPACT
  Value of the COMPACT tag.

XMH_DEPENDS
  Value of the DEPENDS tag.

XMH_DESCRIPTION
  Value of the DESCR tag.

XMH_DGNAME
  The text string from the hosts.cfg "group" definition (group, group-only, group-except) in which the host is defined.

XMH_DISPLAYNAME
  Value of the NAME tag.

XMH_DOCURL
  Value of the DOC tag.

XMH_DOWNTIME
  Value of the DOWNTIME tag.

XMH_PULLDATA
  Value of the PULLDATA tag (including IP:PORT, if any)

XMH_FLAG_DIALUP
  Value of the "dialup" tag.

XMH_FLAG_HIDEHTTP
  Value of the HIDEHTTP tag.

XMH_FLAG_LDAPFAILYELLOW
  Value of the "ldapyellowfail" tag.

XMH_FLAG_MULTIHOMED
  Value of the MULTIHOMED tag.

XMH_FLAG_NOBB2
  Value of the "nobb2" tag (deprecated, use NONONGREEN instead).

XMH_FLAG_NOCLEAR
  Value of the NOCLEAR tag.

XMH_FLAG_NOCLIENT
  Value of the "noclient" tag.

XMH_FLAG_NOCONN
  Value of the "noconn" tag.

XMH_FLAG_NODISP
  Value of the "nodisp" tag.

XMH_FLAG_NOINFO
  Value of the "noinfo" atg.

XMH_FLAG_NONONGREEN
  Value of the "nonongreen" tag.

XMH_FLAG_NOPING
  Value of the "noping" tag.

XMH_FLAG_NOSSLCERT
  Value of the "nosslcert" tag.

XMH_FLAG_NOTRACE
  Value of the "notrace" tag.

XMH_FLAG_NOTRENDS
  Value of the "notrends" tag.

XMH_FLAG_PREFER
  Value of the "prefer" tag.

XMH_FLAG_TESTIP
  Value of the "testip" tag.

XMH_FLAG_TRACE
  Value of the "trace" tag.

XMH_GROUPID
  Number of the group where the host is listed - first group is 0. If a host is present on multiple pages, this is the number of the group for the first page where the host is found.

XMH_HOLIDAYS
  Value of the "holidays" tag.

XMH_HOSTNAME
  The name of the host.

XMH_HTTPHEADERS
  Value of the "httphdr" tag.

XMH_IP
  The IP-address of the host (as specified in hosts.cfg).

XMH_LDAPLOGIN
  Value of the "ldaplogin" tag.

XMH_NET
  Value of the NET tag.

XMH_NK
  Value of the NK tag (deprecated).

XMH_NKTIME
  Value of the NKTIME tag (deprecated).

XMH_NOCOLUMNS
  Value of the NOCOLUMNS tag.

XMH_NOPROP
  Value of the NOPROP tag.

XMH_NOPROPACK
  Value of the NOPROPACK tag.

XMH_NOPROPPURPLE
  Value of the NOPROPPURPLE tag.

XMH_NOPROPRED
  Value of the NOPROPRED tag.

XMH_NOPROPYELLOW
  Value of the NOPROPYELLOW tag.

XMH_NOTAFTER
  Value of the NOTAFTER tag.

XMH_NOTBEFORE
  Value of the NOTBEFORE tag.

XMH_OS
  The host operating system (if reported by a Xymon client), or the value of the OS tag.

XMH_PAGEINDEX
  Index of the host on the page where it is shown, first host has index 0.

XMH_PAGENAME
  Name of the page where the host is shown (see also XMH_PAGEPATH).

XMH_PAGEPATH
  File path to the page where the host is shown.

XMH_PAGEPATHTITLE
  Title of the full path to the page where the host is shown.

XMH_PAGETITLE
  Title of the page where the host is shown.

XMH_RAW
  All configuration settings for the host. Settings are separated by a pipe-sign.

XMH_REPORTTIME
  Value of the REPORTTIME tag.

XMH_SSLDAYS
  Value of the "ssldays" tag.

XMH_SSLMINBITS
  Value of the "sslbits" tag.

XMH_TRENDS
  Value of the TRENDS tag.

XMH_WARNPCT
  Value of the WARNPCT tag.

XMH_WARNSTOPS
  Value of the WARNSTOPS tag.

XMH_WML
  Value of the WML tag.

## SEE ALSO

xymon(1), hosts.cfg(5), xymongrep(1)

## Index

NAME
DESCRIPTION
XMH items
SEE ALSO

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