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A combo message of questions
by jonescr＠cisco.com 23 Jan '05

23 Jan '05

I have several questions, so I'm just going to ask them all at once :) 1. Is there any way to define the amount of space put between displayed groups? When I use several group-compress sections in bb-hosts, hobbit renders the page with a rather large amount (seems like 6+ lines) of blank space between them. I have lots of hosts and want to get as many of them on the page as I can. 2. It would be nice to be able to use regular expressions in the "expect" option of bb-services. For instance I want to check the status of several IRC servers, and they all have different output in response to telnetting to them, but they all have the word "NOTICE", I would like to be able to do something like: expect ".*NOTICE.*", so that I could use one check for multiple servers. 3. Whenever I use the "apache" keyword in bb-hosts, it crashes hobbit, and subsequently everything turns purple. I made sure the host I had specified had the server-status option configured and enabled. I would happily provide dumps and do any troubleshooting you need, as I would really like to have the apache performance graphs. 4. Is there any way to put a header OVER a displayed group-compress? Any text you specify next to group-compress gets put in the column over the hostnames, Is it possible to have an option to have that text go centered over the entire group (over the column headers)? 5. What rules does hobbit follow for looking up hostnames? I put the IP of a host in bb-hosts, along with a "fake" hostname.domainname. Hobbit insisted on trying to ping (and other tests) on the DNS looked up IP of the hostname.domainname, instead of using the IP I specified in bb-hosts. Basically I have a host with IP 1.2.3.4, so in bb-hosts I have "1.2.3.4 foo.bar.com # ssh smtp ftp". foo.bar.com actually resolves to some other IP, and hobbit is trying to do the network tests against that instead of the 1.2.3.4 I specified. I have temporarily resolved it by using a fake name that doesnt resolve to anything, which seems to make hobbit use the IP in bb-hosts. 6. bb-services has an option to give a service multiple names. It would be nice to be able to define multiple ports as well, or even better by specifying them in bb-hosts. For example if I want to check an IRC server, it is easy to create an irc service in bb-services, but if I want to check multiple ports of the same service on the same hosts, I would have to make multiple service definitions. How about being able to define a service, and have some keyword for port that indicates the port(s) are passed from bb-hosts, and then in bb-hosts you would specify the port, ie. "1.2.3.4 irc.bar.com # conn irc:6667 irc:6668 irc:6669" 7. Do you accept donations via PayPal? I would like to send you a donation for all your hard work. :-) -Charles

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hobbit alerts
by Kevin＠ewormhole.com 23 Jan '05

23 Jan '05

Hello all, I can't seem to get any alerts to work. I have configured a very simple rule: HOST=nemesis MAIL kevin at domain.com.com <mailto:kevin at domain.com.com> I purposely made something on that host go RED and I get no alerts. Please tell me where I made my mistake? Thank you. KEvin

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[hobbit] hobbit alerts [bcc][faked-from][mx]
by Kevin＠ewormhole.com 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

It wasn't in there. It was this stupid outlook client that formatted the message like that! I will try the new stuff tomorrow. Thanks Henrik Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 5:04 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit alerts [bcc][faked-from][mx] Importance: Low On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 03:22:42PM -0500, Kevin Hanrahan wrote: > Hello all, > > I can't seem to get any alerts to work. I have configured a very > simple > rule: > HOST=nemesis > > MAIL kevin at domain.com.com <mailto:kevin at domain.com.com> Leave out the "<mailto...>" stuff, it doesn't belong in any config-file. But I have been doing some work on the alert module, so do try it out with the new version I'll release tomorrow. I still haven't decided if it's going to be "beta-6" or "release candidate 1". Alerts in the current betas are rather flaky, unless you happen to set things up just the way I do. Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] hobbit alerts [bcc][faked-from][mx][bayes]
by Kevin＠ewormhole.com 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

That is correct..damn outlook always trying to help you! The actual setup looks like this: HOST=nemesis MAIL kevin at domain.com.com -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly McKinnis [mailto:kmckinnis at macrovision.com] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 5:27 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] hobbit alerts [bcc][faked-from][mx][bayes] Importance: Low The mailto was a product of html mail. In plaintext it only shows the email. -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 2:04 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit alerts On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 03:22:42PM -0500, Kevin Hanrahan wrote: > Hello all, > > I can't seem to get any alerts to work. I have configured a very > simple > rule: > HOST=nemesis > > MAIL kevin at domain.com.com <mailto:kevin at domain.com.com> Leave out the "<mailto...>" stuff, it doesn't belong in any config-file. But I have been doing some work on the alert module, so do try it out with the new version I'll release tomorrow. I still haven't decided if it's going to be "beta-6" or "release candidate 1". Alerts in the current betas are rather flaky, unless you happen to set things up just the way I do. Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] hobbit alerts
by kmckinnis＠macrovision.com 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

The mailto was a product of html mail. In plaintext it only shows the email. -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 2:04 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] hobbit alerts On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 03:22:42PM -0500, Kevin Hanrahan wrote: > Hello all, > > I can't seem to get any alerts to work. I have configured a very > simple > rule: > HOST=nemesis > > MAIL kevin at domain.com.com <mailto:kevin at domain.com.com> Leave out the "<mailto...>" stuff, it doesn't belong in any config-file. But I have been doing some work on the alert module, so do try it out with the new version I'll release tomorrow. I still haven't decided if it's going to be "beta-6" or "release candidate 1". Alerts in the current betas are rather flaky, unless you happen to set things up just the way I do. Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit
by kmckinnis＠macrovision.com 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

I just installed it today. I thought the patch was incorporated. I shall try that. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Thiesfeld, Gordon [mailto:GThiesfeld at webmd.net] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 5:44 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit Do you have the latest patch installed? This was the behavior that mine exhibited before I recompiled w/ the patch. -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly McKinnis [mailto:kmckinnis at macrovision.com] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 7:31 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit Ok heres the specifics. I would think I did something completely wrong except that it worked for about 5 minutes. Apache is definitely running, as the page loads, but displays no machines. I didn't change anything, but I restarted it, and it's not listening on 1984 anymore it seems. netstat -anp | grep LISTEN doesn't show it. hobbit at shinkansen server $ ps -ef | grep hobbit hobbit 27148 1 0 17:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg --env=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.pid hobbit 27149 27148 99 17:01 ? 00:04:43 hobbitd --restart=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --purple-conn=conn --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=127.0.0.1 209.11.142.54 Hobbitd.log is 0 bytes. Bb-display.log tells me: 2005-01-21 12:58:17 hobbitd status-board not available 2005-01-21 12:58:17 Oops - couldnt find a newline in acklog 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Could not connect to bbd at 209.11.142.54:1984 - Connection refused 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed Bb-network.log: 2005-01-21 13:28:57 Could not connect to bbd at 209.11.142.54:1984 - Connection refused 2005-01-21 13:28:57 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed page.log/history.log/enadis.log: 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Could not get shm No such file or directory 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Channel not available -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly McKinnis Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 4:27 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit *sigh* I have angered the Hobbit diety and even stopping it and starting will not populate the page any longer. It says "Current Status" and there is no list of machines. Bb-hosts looks fine though. Not sure what else it could be. -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:19 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 02:06:23PM -0800, Kimberly McKinnis wrote: > Right :) wow, brain lapse. Thanks. I started it, the main page > populated, then I did ./starthobbit.sh restart and everything is blank > again. Is this normal behavior? It shouldn't be - restarting should just pick up where the old one left off. But: I know there is a race condition when shutting down Hobbit, so restarting could fail in beta-5; "stop", wait a few seconds, "start" does work. Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit
by GThiesfeld＠webmd.net 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

Do you have the latest patch installed? This was the behavior that mine exhibited before I recompiled w/ the patch. -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly McKinnis [mailto:kmckinnis at macrovision.com] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 7:31 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit Ok heres the specifics. I would think I did something completely wrong except that it worked for about 5 minutes. Apache is definitely running, as the page loads, but displays no machines. I didn't change anything, but I restarted it, and it's not listening on 1984 anymore it seems. netstat -anp | grep LISTEN doesn't show it. hobbit at shinkansen server $ ps -ef | grep hobbit hobbit 27148 1 0 17:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg --env=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.pid hobbit 27149 27148 99 17:01 ? 00:04:43 hobbitd --restart=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --purple-conn=conn --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=127.0.0.1 209.11.142.54 Hobbitd.log is 0 bytes. Bb-display.log tells me: 2005-01-21 12:58:17 hobbitd status-board not available 2005-01-21 12:58:17 Oops - couldnt find a newline in acklog 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Could not connect to bbd at 209.11.142.54:1984 - Connection refused 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed Bb-network.log: 2005-01-21 13:28:57 Could not connect to bbd at 209.11.142.54:1984 - Connection refused 2005-01-21 13:28:57 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed page.log/history.log/enadis.log: 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Could not get shm No such file or directory 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Channel not available -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly McKinnis Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 4:27 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit *sigh* I have angered the Hobbit diety and even stopping it and starting will not populate the page any longer. It says "Current Status" and there is no list of machines. Bb-hosts looks fine though. Not sure what else it could be. -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:19 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 02:06:23PM -0800, Kimberly McKinnis wrote: > Right :) wow, brain lapse. Thanks. I started it, the main page > populated, then I did ./starthobbit.sh restart and everything is blank > again. Is this normal behavior? It shouldn't be - restarting should just pick up where the old one left off. But: I know there is a race condition when shutting down Hobbit, so restarting could fail in beta-5; "stop", wait a few seconds, "start" does work. Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit
by kmckinnis＠macrovision.com 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

Ok heres the specifics. I would think I did something completely wrong except that it worked for about 5 minutes. Apache is definitely running, as the page loads, but displays no machines. I didn't change anything, but I restarted it, and it's not listening on 1984 anymore it seems. netstat -anp | grep LISTEN doesn't show it. hobbit at shinkansen server $ ps -ef | grep hobbit hobbit 27148 1 0 17:01 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg --env=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.pid hobbit 27149 27148 99 17:01 ? 00:04:43 hobbitd --restart=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=/usr/local/hobbit-4.0-beta5/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --purple-conn=conn --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=127.0.0.1 209.11.142.54 Hobbitd.log is 0 bytes. Bb-display.log tells me: 2005-01-21 12:58:17 hobbitd status-board not available 2005-01-21 12:58:17 Oops - couldnt find a newline in acklog 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Could not connect to bbd at 209.11.142.54:1984 - Connection refused 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed Bb-network.log: 2005-01-21 13:28:57 Could not connect to bbd at 209.11.142.54:1984 - Connection refused 2005-01-21 13:28:57 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - Connection failed page.log/history.log/enadis.log: 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Could not get shm No such file or directory 2005-01-21 13:06:18 Channel not available -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly McKinnis Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 4:27 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit *sigh* I have angered the Hobbit diety and even stopping it and starting will not populate the page any longer. It says "Current Status" and there is no list of machines. Bb-hosts looks fine though. Not sure what else it could be. -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:19 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 02:06:23PM -0800, Kimberly McKinnis wrote: > Right :) wow, brain lapse. Thanks. I started it, the main page > populated, then I did ./starthobbit.sh restart and everything is blank > again. Is this normal behavior? It shouldn't be - restarting should just pick up where the old one left off. But: I know there is a race condition when shutting down Hobbit, so restarting could fail in beta-5; "stop", wait a few seconds, "start" does work. Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] alerts and escalation
by GThiesfeld＠webmd.net 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

I did something like this. I think it will do what you're asking. HOST=Test_Server SERVICE=conn MAIL on_call_01 at youcompany.com MAIL on_call_02 at youcompany.com DURATION>20M MAIL on_call_03 at youcompany.com DURATION>40M -----Original Message----- From: Christopher T. Beers [mailto:ctbeers at syr.edu] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 6:09 PM To: Hobbit Subject: [hobbit] alerts and escalation This is either a feature request or I need some help setting it up. I am looking to figure out how to setup escalation notification within hobbit. What I mean by this is: 1. When a service goes into alarm state it pages someone (easily done in hobbit) 2. If it is not acknowledged in XX minutes, alert the next person on call 3. continue until its acknowledged. Anyone, know how to accomplish this? -- Christopher T. Beers Lead UNIX Architect - System Infrastructure Services (SIS) Syracuse University | 250 Machinery Hall | Syracuse, NY 13244 (315) 443-4103 Office | (315) 443-1621 Fax | p-ctbeers at syr.edu Pager To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit
by kmckinnis＠macrovision.com 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

*sigh* I have angered the Hobbit diety and even stopping it and starting will not populate the page any longer. It says "Current Status" and there is no list of machines. Bb-hosts looks fine though. Not sure what else it could be. -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 2:19 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 02:06:23PM -0800, Kimberly McKinnis wrote: > Right :) wow, brain lapse. Thanks. I started it, the main page > populated, then I did ./starthobbit.sh restart and everything is blank > again. Is this normal behavior? It shouldn't be - restarting should just pick up where the old one left off. But: I know there is a race condition when shutting down Hobbit, so restarting could fail in beta-5; "stop", wait a few seconds, "start" does work. Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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