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alerts and escalation
by ctbeers＠syr.edu 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

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

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beta5 on Solaris
by ctbeers＠syr.edu 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

Not sure what fixed it but its running now... Rebooted the machine and applied that patch, rebuilt the entire thing and now it is working. Thanks Henrick Chris

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building hobbit as standalone server on existing BB server
by tgeorgoulias＠nandomedia.com 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

I was considering setting up a standalone hobbit server for testing, but building that hobbit server on the same system as my BB server to ease the migration off of BB. Doing so would allow me to leverage all of my pre-built utilites like RRDtool & fping, use same userid as bb, etc., plus I can leave my old BB server in place until I'm ready to switch over. I want to make the jump from a non-bbgen BB to a full hobbit. First off, is this a good idea? I've been reading the install & migration docs and it seems like this could work, but I want to be sure my impressions are correct. I ran through the configure step using $BBHOME/hobbit as the hobbit install dir & bb as the userid and created a makefile. After the Makefile was created, I checked it out and the thing that scared me enough to post this message was the use of port 1984 by hobbit. That's going to conflict with my current BB server daemon and its normal operation, right? I've decided to hold off until I learn more. FWIW, I'm using beta5 plus the new patch. Many thanks, Tom

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[hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit
by kmckinnis＠macrovision.com 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

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? -----Original Message----- From: Thiesfeld, Gordon [mailto:GThiesfeld at webmd.net] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 1:35 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit Should be ./server/starthobbit.sh start If you run it without an argument nothing happens. -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly McKinnis [mailto:kmckinnis at macrovision.com] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 3:30 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit It's been a while since I've even installed the BB server, so I'm a little rusty. I followed the directions, ran ./configure, make install, configured Apache, put stuff in bb-hosts, and was ready to start it. I ran ./server/starthobbit.sh and nothing happened. No feedback, no hobbit processes... What did I miss? P.S. While I am running a BB server, this is on an entirely separate Gentoo machine. If I can get it to work, eventually I will make it a BBRELAY, so the BB clients can report to it. But first, I must make the standalone server work. ~Kim 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 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

Should be ./server/starthobbit.sh start If you run it without an argument nothing happens. -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly McKinnis [mailto:kmckinnis at macrovision.com] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 3:30 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Newbie question - starting hobbit It's been a while since I've even installed the BB server, so I'm a little rusty. I followed the directions, ran ./configure, make install, configured Apache, put stuff in bb-hosts, and was ready to start it. I ran ./server/starthobbit.sh and nothing happened. No feedback, no hobbit processes... What did I miss? P.S. While I am running a BB server, this is on an entirely separate Gentoo machine. If I can get it to work, eventually I will make it a BBRELAY, so the BB clients can report to it. But first, I must make the standalone server work. ~Kim To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Newbie question - starting hobbit
by kmckinnis＠macrovision.com 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

It's been a while since I've even installed the BB server, so I'm a little rusty. I followed the directions, ran ./configure, make install, configured Apache, put stuff in bb-hosts, and was ready to start it. I ran ./server/starthobbit.sh and nothing happened. No feedback, no hobbit processes... What did I miss? P.S. While I am running a BB server, this is on an entirely separate Gentoo machine. If I can get it to work, eventually I will make it a BBRELAY, so the BB clients can report to it. But first, I must make the standalone server work. ~Kim

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[hobbit] beta5 - larrd problems
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

>Strange, especially the "Permission denied". Have you tried shutting >down Hobbit completely (make sure that none of the "hobbitd" or >"hobbitd_channel" processes are running) and restarting it ? Yes, I have even rebooted the machine to ensure a "clean environment". >After starting Hobbit, what does the output from the "ipcs" command >look like (you need to be logged in as the Hobbit user for this) ? Pre Hobbit ipcs :- IPC status from /dev/mem as of Fri 21 Jan 12:09:00 2005 T ID KEY MODE OWNER GROUP Message Queues: q 0 0x4107001c -Rrw-rw---- root printq Shared Memory: m 0 0x58007083 --rw-rw-rw- root system m 1 0x010020b4 --rw-rw-rw- patrol adm m 2 0x010020a7 --rw-rw-rw- patrol adm m 131075 0x410020b5 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 4 0x410020b7 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 3407877 0x410020b6 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 131078 0x410020b8 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 7 0x410020e4 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 8 0x410020e5 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 655369 0x410020e6 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 10 0x410020e7 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 131083 0x410020e8 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 12 0x410020e3 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 131085 0x410020e2 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system Semaphores: s 262144 0x58007083 --ra-ra-ra- root system s 1 0x44007083 --ra-ra-ra- root system s 131074 0x810020a7 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 3 0x620142d0 --ra-r--r-- root system s 4 0x810020b4 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 5 0xc10020b5 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 6 0xc10020b7 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 7 0xc10020e3 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 8 0xc10020e4 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 9 0xc10020e5 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 10 0xc10020e6 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 11 0xc10020e7 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 12 0xc10020e8 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 13 0xc10020b8 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 14 0xc10020b6 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 15 0xc10020e2 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm Hobbit running ipcs :- IPC status from /dev/mem as of Fri 21 Jan 12:11:50 2005 T ID KEY MODE OWNER GROUP Message Queues: q 0 0x4107001c -Rrw-rw---- root printq Shared Memory: m 0 0x58007083 --rw-rw-rw- root system m 1 0x010020b4 --rw-rw-rw- patrol adm m 2 0x010020a7 --rw-rw-rw- patrol adm m 131075 0x410020b5 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 4 0x410020b7 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 5111813 0x410020b6 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 131078 0x410020b8 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 7 0x410020e4 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 8 0x410020e5 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 917513 0x410020e6 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 10 0x410020e7 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 131083 0x410020e8 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 12 0x410020e3 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 131085 0x410020e2 --rw-rw-rw- patrol system m 14 0xffffffff --rw------- hobbit hobbit m 15 0x0103d082 --rw------- hobbit hobbit m 16 0x0203d082 --rw------- hobbit hobbit m 17 0x0303d082 --rw------- hobbit hobbit m 18 0x0403d082 --rw------- hobbit hobbit m 19 0x0503d082 --rw------- hobbit hobbit m 20 0xffffffff ----------- hobbit hobbit m 21 0xffffffff ----------- hobbit hobbit m 22 0xffffffff ----------- hobbit hobbit m 23 0xffffffff ----------- hobbit hobbit m 24 0xffffffff ----------- hobbit hobbit m 25 0xffffffff ----------- hobbit hobbit Semaphores: s 262144 0x58007083 --ra-ra-ra- root system s 1 0x44007083 --ra-ra-ra- root system s 131074 0x810020a7 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 3 0x620142d0 --ra-r--r-- root system s 4 0x810020b4 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 5 0xc10020b5 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 6 0xc10020b7 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 7 0xc10020e3 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 8 0xc10020e4 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 9 0xc10020e5 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 10 0xc10020e6 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 11 0xc10020e7 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 12 0xc10020e8 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 13 0xc10020b8 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 14 0xc10020b6 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 15 0xc10020e2 --ra-ra-ra- patrol adm s 16 0xffffffff --ra------- hobbit hobbit s 17 0x0103d082 --ra------- hobbit hobbit s 18 0x0203d082 --ra------- hobbit hobbit s 19 0x0303d082 --ra------- hobbit hobbit s 20 0x0403d082 --ra------- hobbit hobbit s 21 0x0503d082 --ra------- hobbit hobbit Hope this helps. Chris **************************************************************************** The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by return email or call 01793 877777 and ask for the sender and then delete it immediately from your system.Please note that neither RWE npower nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). *****************************************************************************

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beta5 - larrd problems
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

Hi, I am running beta5 on aix 4.3.3 and getting the following errors in /var/log/hobbit/larrd-status.log :- 2005-01-20 17:07:37 Could not attach shm Permission denied 2005-01-20 17:07:37 Channel not available and in /var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log :- 2005-01-20 17:07:36 Task larrdstatus started with PID 27588 2005-01-20 17:07:36 Task larrdstatus terminated, status 1 Any Clues?? Chris **************************************************************************** The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the intended recipient at the email address to which it has been addressed. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender by return email or call 01793 877777 and ask for the sender and then delete it immediately from your system.Please note that neither RWE npower nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). *****************************************************************************

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[hobbit] paging setup
by GThiesfeld＠webmd.net 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

I set one up the same way you did, and I didn't get paged. I think maybe it has to be green first, then go to red to send a page. Try this. Create a virtual IP (using ifconfig) corresponding to the IP you gave testserver03 in your bb-hosts file. Let the conn icon go green. Wait 3 or 4 minutes. Remove (or change) the virtual IP. That's how I've been testing notification. -----Original Message----- From: rwaegner [mailto:rwaegner at questia.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:09 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] paging setup notifications.log is empty.... Rick On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 11:59, Thiesfeld, Gordon wrote: > Check in ~/hobbit/data/acks/notifications.log to see if hobbit tried to send > a message. It may be a problem w/ your mail server. > > -----Original Message----- > From: rwaegner [mailto:rwaegner at questia.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:53 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: [hobbit] paging setup > > Greetings, > > Here's the setup, trying to test Hobbit as a replacement for the main BB > server. As a simple test, I have created a bb-hosts entry for a > non-existing server with the following rule in the hobbit-alerts.cfg: > > HOST=testserver03.domain.com SERVICE=conn > MAIL rwaegner at questia.com REPEAT=10 RECOVERED > > Thats it...The conn icon on the Hobbit status page is red, but I never > receive a page to my email address. > > Any idea? > > Also, posted a question earlier about mail groupings, if I have more > than one recipient, are the comma separated or does that require a new > MAIL line per recipient? > > I.E. will MAIL abc at domain.com def at domain.com ghi at domain.com REPEAT=10 > RECOVERED work? > > > Regards, > > Rick > > > > 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] hosts still disappear
by blysik＠shutterfly.com 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

Correct, beta-5, plus the patch. Okay, hobbitd isn't responding at all. hobbitd.chk hasn't been updated since yesterday, and the hobbitlog command doesn't return anything. Strangely, no pid file was located in /var/log/hobbit. However, a ps grepping for hobbit showed this: bbuser 32296 32295 0 Jan18 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd --restart=/opt/bb/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=/opt/bb/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --purple-conn=conn --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=127.0.0.1 172.16.190.2 I used gdb and attached to that pid, resulting in: (gdb) attach 32296 Attaching to process 32296 Reading symbols from /opt/bb/server/bin/hobbitd...done. Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". Reading symbols from /lib/tls/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 0xb7584416 in semop () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (gdb) -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Tue 1/18/2005 10:58 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] hosts still disappear On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 03:17:51PM -0800, Bruce Lysik wrote: > > Well, I spoke too soon about hosts disappearing. I'm still seeing the same > problem. Is there anything I can do to help in debugging this? This is with the beta-5 version PLUS the patch I posted yesterday ? First, check if the hobbit daemon is still responding at all. You can see if the ~server/tmp/hobbitd.chk file is being updated - it should refresh every 10 minutes. You can also try this: If ~/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdlog some,server,name.conn" responds with a status log, then it is responding. If not, proceed: Next, I want to figure out what the hobbitd proces is doing. You'll need the gdb (GNU debugger) for that. Login as the hobbit user, Find the process ID of hobbitd - it's recorded in /var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.pid, or use "ps" - then: gdb ~/server/bin/hobbitd [gdb messages] gdb> attach <hobbitd-processid> gdb> bt Let me know what this shows. Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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