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snapshot 051013 bbgen crashes
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Hi, installed snapshot 051013. bbgen crashes. HP-UX 11.11 warning: Can't find file bbgen referenced in dld_list. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libpcre.sl.0...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.sl...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libxti.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdld.2...done. #0 0xc01ffd40 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.2 (gdb) bt #0 0xc01ffd40 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #1 0xc019b3b4 in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #2 0xc01db550 in abort_C () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #3 0xc01db5ac in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.2 #4 0x0001cdc0 in sigsegv_handler (signum=-1073741824) at sig.c:57 #5 <signal handler called> #6 0x0000cc6c in do_bb2_page (nssidebarfilename=0x0, summarytype=1) at pagegen.c:1152 #7 0x00004c0c in main (argc=6, argv=0x7f7e1520) at bbgen.c:630 Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "Never run after your own hat. Others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?" -- Mark Twain

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[hobbit] Bug with apache graph in trends
by Erwin.Furth＠Postbankmail.nl 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Maybe try 0.0.0.0 mywebserver.my.domain # ... apache=http://mywebserver.my.domain/server-status?auto ... E. Furth -----Original Message----- From: Francesco Duranti [mailto:fduranti at q8.it] Sent: donderdag 13 oktober 2005 14:57 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Bug with apache graph in trends I've done some tests to get apache statistics graph in the trends column. I use the "0.0.0.0 hostname" format in the bb-hosts file so that i can solve the address with dns and hosts file. In this situation i don't get the apache graph. Doing a bbcmd bbtest-net --debug hostname i get those lines in the output of the command and i don't get the graph URL : http://0.0.0.0/server-status?auto HTTP status : 0 HTTP headers (NULL) HTTP output (NULL) If i put the correct ip address in the bb-hosts file i get the graph and the status page in the debug output Hoping this can help. Francesco Duranti To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk ----------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: The information in this electronic mail message is private and confidential, and only intended for the addressee. Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this message is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or opening it. Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. If this message contains password-protected attachments, the files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the ING mail domain. Always scan attachments before opening them. -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Bug with apache graph in trends
by fduranti＠q8.it 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

I've done some tests to get apache statistics graph in the trends column. I use the "0.0.0.0 hostname" format in the bb-hosts file so that i can solve the address with dns and hosts file. In this situation i don't get the apache graph. Doing a bbcmd bbtest-net --debug hostname i get those lines in the output of the command and i don't get the graph URL : http://0.0.0.0/server-status?auto HTTP status : 0 HTTP headers (NULL) HTTP output (NULL) If i put the correct ip address in the bb-hosts file i get the graph and the status page in the debug output Hoping this can help. Francesco Duranti

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http monitor is reporting servers down that actually aren't
by pbliss＠techvalleycom.com 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Strangely, Hobbit is reporting that http is not functioning on several boxes that I know are functional and reachable. I've looked through the logs and can't find any indication as to why they failed. PS. This Hobbit server worked fine, until the server was accidentally cold-booted. Any suggestions from the experts? Thanks, Paul

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Confreport and .rss files for pagesets
by fduranti＠q8.it 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

First of all thanks for the real good work you're doing! Hobbit is really a great piece of software and solve many of the problem we had with BB. One of the mostly used function here is the possibility to use pagesets because I'm trying to create pagesets based on application layout so that the people responsible for the application can check the status of all the server/services they need and that the DBA can check the database without having to see all the network equipment or windows servers that they don't need to know about. I've 2 problem/request regarding to pagesets: 1) The confreport script don't work when inside a pageset. If the page in the pageset i'm in have the same name (so the same subdirectory) as one of the page in the standard bb i get the list of the host of that page. If I'm in a page that have a name different from that of the standard page I get a page with "Unable to find host information " and nothing else. 2) I don't get rss files for the pagesets. This can be really useful for me to let users get the information about service in error with a rss file reader. This is what I have in the configuration files: in the hobbitserver.cfg BBGENOPTS="--recentgifs --subpagecolumns=2 --nopropred=msgs,vmio --pagetext-headings --timing --docurl=/hobbit/admin/notes.php?host=%s --rssversion=2.0 --eventignore=uptime,event,msgs,vmio,legato --includecolumns=graph --bb2-ignorecolumns=legato --rss" in the hobbitlaunch.cfg [bbdisplay] ENVFILE /home/bb/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd GROUP generators CMD bbgen $BBGENOPTS --report LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-display.log INTERVAL 1m [bbdisplay_db] ENVFILE /home/bb/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd GROUP generators CMD bb-display.sh DB db LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-display_db.log INTERVAL 1m bb-display.sh #!/bin/sh echo "$1 $2 $BBGENOPTS">>/tmp/pippo BBWEB="/hobbit/$1"; BBMENUSKIN="$BBWEB/menu"; exec bbgen --pageset=$2 --report=bbgen-$2 --nopurple --nstab=$1/nstab.html $BBGENOPTS $BBHOME/www/$1 so i get this executed for example for the DB pagesets BBWEB="/hobbit/DB"; BBMENUSKIN="$BBWEB/menu"; exec bbgen --pageset=db --report=bbgen-db --nopurple --nstab=DB/nstab.html $BBGENOPTS $BBHOME/www/DB and i get no rss files in the pagesets. Thanks for the really good work :D Francesco

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more cpu graphing questions
by adam.scheblein＠marquette.edu 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

Greetings, I was looking through the hobbitgraph.cfg file and found that there is now an LA1 test -- is there any way to make the hobbit cpu test go off of this rather than the load. Also, what is the la-multi test, and how can I get it to show up? Thanks, Adam

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Hobbit client
by stef.coene＠docum.org 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

Hi, I installed the hobbit server and I was wondering how the local checks are sending data to the hobbit server. I found a bb executable. Is this the bb client from bb4.org ? Btw, I'm running ubunutu on my laptop and I use BigBrother at work to monitor a lot of AIX servers for more then 6 years now. But I want to use hobbit on the AIX server to avoid license problems. So I also need information about installing up hobbit on a AIX server (I have not tried to install hobbit yet on AIX, but I will try it next week). Stef

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Hobbit 4.1.2 released
by henrik＠hswn.dk 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

I'm pleased to finally announce the availability of Hobbit version 4.1.2. Sources and binaries (in .rpm and .deb format) are available from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id=140… This release fixes a number of bugs in the client- and server- code, but also includes some minor improvements. If you are upgrading, please note: - If you are upgrading from 4.1.1, you MUST change the ~hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-clients.cfg file and add a line with the text "DEFAULT" before the default settings in the file. - The 4.1.x pre-built Debian packages for the Hobbit client were built without flagging the local client configuration files as such. So upgrading a client with the .deb packages may overwrite any modifications you have made to the local client configuration (e.g. if you have added extensions to the client). Regards, Henrik Changes from 4.1.1 -> 4.1.2 (11 Oct 2005) ----------------------------------------- Post-RC1 fixes: * Linux client now runs ps with "-w" to get more of the commandline. * Disk status reports from clients are now processed with sed to make sure each mounted filesystem appears on a single line. * A missing "req." text in the "procs" status report was fixed. * Web checks now recognize status "100" as OK. * All of the build scripts using "head -1" now use the POSIX'ly correct "head -n 1" instead. * Documentation update: We do have a client now; the hobbit-clients.cfg man-page was added. Bugfixes: * The hobbit module handling client reports had several bugs in the way it interpreted the hobbit-clients.cfg file. These were fixed, but this necessitated that the default settings are explicitly flagged with a "DEFAULT" line. * When multiple recipients of an alert had different minimum duration and/or repeat-settings, they would mostly use only the settings for the first recipient. * The alert module could continue sending alerts even though the rules in hobbit-alerts.cfg that triggered the alert had been modified. * The hobbitd daemon would leak memory when responding to a "query" request. In extreme circumstances, it could also crash. * The hobbitd_alert module could leak tiny amounts of memory. * The default timeouts on the server- and client-side have been increased to allow some more time to send in status messages. Because of Hobbit's more agressive use of "combo" messages and larger amounts of data, it could timeout prematurely on busy servers. * Hosts flagged with "nobb2" no longer appear in the acknowledge log on the BB2 page. * The size of the shared-memory buffers used to pass data between the core hobbit daemon and the hobbitd_* modules has been increased, allowing for larger messages. These are now also configurable, so you can change them without having to recompile Hobbit (see the MAXMSG_* settings in hobbitserver.cfg(5)). * bbproxy: When sending to multiple servers and the connection to one server fails, continue feeding a message to the other servers instead of dropping it completely. * bbproxy: Rotating the logs will now also rotate the logfile for any debugging output. * The RSS files now escape special characters, to make sure the file has a valid RSS XML syntax. * The "cpu" status from a Hobbit client with a critical load would include texts showing both that the load was "high" and "critical". Changed to include only the most severe condition. * The "ncv" (name-colon-value) data handler could easily read past end of input, and mis-interpret the input data. Fixed by Matti Klock. Build fixes: * An "autoconf" type of script is now used to check for some of the more common build problems. This should make the client build without problems on more platforms. * The "configure" script will now recognize the "hobbit" user on systems using NIS or NIS+. * "make install" would fail to set the proper permissions for the Hobbit client directories. * The pre-built Debian- and RPM-packages failed to flag the client configuration files as such, so they would be overwritten by an upgrade. Note that this fix only takes effect AFTER you have installed the new .deb or .rpm files. * The pre-built Debian- and RPM-packages failed to set permissions on the client logs/ and tmp/ directories. * A separate "hobbit-client" package is now generated in both .rpm and .deb format. * A bug in the "merge-sects" installation utility has been fixed. This could cause the installation to abort prematurely. Server improvements: * The acknowledge log on the BB 2 page now has a configurable max number and max time of the entries listed, via the --max-ackcount and --max-acktime options for bbgen. * The eventlog script now lets you filter out events based on the hostname, testname, color, and start/stop times. Thanks to Eric Schwimmer for contributing this. * The "netstat" statistics module has been upgraded to collect byte-counter statistics for HP-UX, AIX, OSF/1 and *BSD. This might only work with the Hobbit client, not the BB/LARRD bf-netstat module. * A "group-except" definition is now supported in the bb-hosts file, to show all tests EXCEPT certain ones for a group of hosts. * A "noclear" tag has been added. This is the equivalent of defining all network test with the '~' - "always report true status" - flag. * RPC tests now only run if the ping check of the server did not fail. * The default size of the RRD graphs can be defined via the RRDHEIGHT and RRDWIDTH settings in hobbitserver.cfg. * The hobbitgraph CGI can now generate comparison graphs with e.g. the load graphs from multiple hosts. However, a front-end tool for requsting these has not yet been created. * Stale RRD files (.rrd files that haven't been updated for more than 1 day) are no longer included when generating the graphs on the status pages. They still show up if you view the graphs on the "trends" status column. * The hobbit-confreport CGI is now installed correctly, including an item in the "Reports" menu. * The "info" column now include the "uname" data from the Hobbit client, allowing you to see what operating system is running on the host. Client improvements: * The "runclient.sh" script now accepts two commandline options: "--hostname=CLIENT.HOST.NAME" lets you override the default hostname that the client uses when it reports data to Hobbit; "--os=OSNAME" lets you override the operating system name for certain Linux systems. See the README.CLIENT file. * The client is now re-locatable. I.e. you can pack up the "client" directory and move it to another box or another location for easier deployment of the client on multiple boxes running the same operating system. * Client installations on NIS-based systems should now work. * AIX is now supported - has been tested with 4.3.3 and 5.x. * OSF/1 is now supported (4.x and 5.x) * HP-UX support should work * Darwin / Mac OS X is now supported. * {Free,Net,Open}BSD-based systems failed to build the meminfo tool, so memory reporting was broken. * Solaris clients now reports all types of filesystems (notably "vxfs" filesystems were omitted before). * The client configuration now lets you check for filesystems that MUST be mounted. * The clients now switch locale to use the POSIX locale - previously the system locale was used, which could result in status messages in languages that the backend did not expect. Other: * A new utility "demotool" can be used to simulate a number of servers to Hobbit. This may be useful when demonstrating Hobbit to new users. Note: This is not included in the default build - to build it, run "make demo-build".

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Minor tweak for the HP-UX client, possibly others for df output
by Mark.Deiss＠acs-inc.com 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Some sites that have 'df" filesystem listings that span multiple lines may need to consolidate each filesystem listing onto a single line. Noticed that the Hobbit rrd entries for our HPs have some "interesting" results ... Just add the sed filter listed below to clean up the lines. Multiple lines can occur on HP-UX servers that have long volume group names, think it may also happen on some versions of Linux boxes, AIX boxes. Filter below is what is incorporated in BB. in hobbitclient-hpux.sh file: Before - echo "[df]" /usr/bin/df -Pk After - echo "[df]" /usr/bin/df -Pk | sed -e '/^[^ ][^ ]*$/{ N s/[ ]*\n[ ]*/ / }'

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adding new level 0 items
by oyama＠impress.co.jp 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Hi, I'm going to add a new "level 0" item to the menu bar, but can't. I added some lines to the ~/server/www/menu/menu_items.js file, like this, -------------------------- var MENU_ITEMS = [ ['Views', null, null, ['Main view', '/hobbit/bb.html'], ['All non-green view', '/hobbit/bb2.html'], ['NK view', '/hobbit/bbnk.html'], ], ['Reports', null, null, ['Event log Report', '/cgi-bin/hobbit/bb-eventlog.sh'], ['Availability Report', '/cgi-bin/hobbit/bb-rep.sh'], ['Snapshot Report', '/cgi-bin/hobbit/bb-snapshot.sh'], ], ['Administration', null, null, ['Find host', '/cgi-bin/hobbit/bb-findhost.sh'], ['Acknowledge alert', '/cgi-bin/hobbit/bb-ack.sh'], ['Enable/disable', '/cgi-bin/hobbit/hobbit-enadis.sh'], ], ['Help', null, null, ['About Hobbit', '/hobbit/help/about.html'], ['Installing Hobbit', '/hobbit/help/install.html'], ['Configuring Monitoring', '/hobbit/help/hobbit-config.html'], ['Configuring Alerts', '/hobbit/help/hobbit-alerts.html'], ['Known problems', '/hobbit/help/known-issues.html'], ['Tips and Tricks', '/hobbit/help/hobbit-tips.html'], ['Hobbit man-pages', '/hobbit/help/manpages/'], ], /* added */ ['Link', null, null, ['test', 'http://hoge.com/test.html'], ], /* added end */ ]; -------------------------- After that, the menu var became not to be displayed. If there are up to four "level 0" items, I can see the menu var. When I comment out one of the items, ex. 'Views', the menu var goes like bellow, [Reports ][Administration ][Help ][Link ] How can I add the new item to the defaults. Thanks in advance. Keio

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