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[hobbit] Emails & HTML Code
by Robert.Taylor＠HendrickAuto.com 10 Dec '06

10 Dec '06

If you are just trying to generate a HTML formatted email I can send you a wrapper that I use. This way Hobbit sends HTML rich emails that look like the web pages as opposed t just sending the HTML code along with the message. It is pretty easy to implement and works with everything we have here. Robert -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 5:03 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Emails & HTML Code On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:43:20AM -0600, James Wade wrote: > I have the message files being emailed to folks on alerts. > > The problem is that it has the html code in it (See below) > > Full log <a href="/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=iau070&SECTION=msgs:/ > /hobbit/client/tmp/biglog.out">/hobbit /client/tmp/biglog.out</a> > > /logs/server1/SystemOut.log:[11/28/06 22:47:36:101 GMT] 00000054 SystemOut > O J2CA00E TEST FOR BIG BROTHER ALERT Hmm, yes - this is unfortunate. > Is there a way to clean this up for better email alerting? Not something easy. You could use a script to do the alerting, and have it build your own alert messages where you filter out the HTML code. That's the only way I can think of right now. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Question regarding badTEST for custom script
by Sebastien.Masson＠amdocs.com 10 Dec '06

10 Dec '06

I want to use the badTEST for custom test but I don't know how? Does someone already implement a way to not put in red the first time we receive a red status from a custom script. I will like to get a red only after the 2nd or the 3rd red. Thanks. Sabey This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp

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Hobbit errors messages
by geoff.hallford＠gmail.com 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

I am getting the following error message in various Hobbit logs: 2006-12-04 07:59:46 Tried to down BOARDBUSY: Invalid argument Does anyone know what this is referring to or what I need to change? Thanks.

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Custom graph not showing up. Possible RRD problem?
by jhittner＠vmsinfo.com 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

Hi- I am trying to create a custom graph On the client, in /opt/hobbit/client/ext I have a "inqGraph" that has this in it: #!/bin/sh . /opt/bb/etc/bbdef.sh $BB $BBDISP "status `hostname`.inqGraph green `date` `cat /tmp/queues.txt` " exit 0 /tmp/queues has this in it: DIHM11a : 0 DRE11a : 9 MIRR11b : 5 =================== hobbitserver.cfg =================== TEST2RRD="......,inqGraph=ncv" NCV_inqGraph="DIHM11a:GAUGE,DRE11a:GAUGE,MIRR11b:GAUGE" GRAPHS="......,inqGraph" =================== hobbitgraph.cfg =================== [inqGraph] Title Queue info YAXIS Files DEF:DIHM11Ajon=inqGraph.rrd:DIHM11A:AVERAGE DEF:DRE11ajon=inqGraph.rrd:DRE11A:AVERAGE DEF:MIRR11bjon=inqGraph.rrd:MIRR11B:AVERAGE LINE2:DIHM11ajon#00CCCC:DIHM1_1a LINE2:DRE11ajon#FF0000:DRE1_1a LINE2:MIRR11bjon#FF00CC:MIRR1_1b COMMENT:\n GPRINT:DIHM11a:LAST:DIHM1_1a \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:DIHM11a:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:DIHM11a:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n GPRINT:DRE11a:LAST:DIHM1_1a \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:DRE11a:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:DRE11a:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n GPRINT:MIRR11b:LAST:DIHM1_1a \: %5.1lf%s (cur) GPRINT:MIRR11b:MAX: \: %5.1lf%s (max) GPRINT:MIRR11b:MIN: \: %5.1lf%s (avg)\n The inqGraph.rrd is being created, however it seems a little strange. ==================== inqGraph.rrd ==================== <rrd> <version> 0003 </version> <step> 300 </step>  <lastupdate> 1165329250 </lastupdate>  <ds> <name> DIHM11a </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> 0.0000000000e+00 </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> UNKN </last_ds> <value> 0.0000000000e+00 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds> <ds> <name> DRE11a </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> 0.0000000000e+00 </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> UNKN </last_ds> <value> 2.2500000000e+03 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds> <ds> <name> MIRR11b </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> 0.0000000000e+00 </min> <max> NaN </max>  <last_ds> UNKN </last_ds> <value> 1.2500000000e+03 </value> <unknown_sec> 0 </unknown_sec> </ds>  <rra> <cf> AVERAGE </cf> <pdp_per_row> 1 </pdp_per_row>  <params> <xff> 5.0000000000e-01 </xff> </params> <cdp_prep> <ds> <primary_value> 0.0000000000e+00 </primary_value> <secondary_value> 0.0000000000e+00 </secondary_value> <value> NaN </value> <unknown_datapoints> 0 </unknown_datapoints> </ds> <ds> <primary_value> 9.0000000000e+00 </primary_value> <secondary_value> 9.0000000000e+00 </secondary_value> <value> NaN </value> <unknown_datapoints> 0 </unknown_datapoints> </ds> <ds> <primary_value> 5.0000000000e+00 </primary_value> <secondary_value> 5.0000000000e+00 </secondary_value> <value> NaN </value> <unknown_datapoints> 0 </unknown_datapoints> </ds> </cdp_prep> <database>  <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v></row>  <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v></row>  <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v></row>  <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v></row> ........... </database> </rra> </rrd> Within this <database> portion, is the fishy part. I suspect this is why my graph isn't being graphed.. What's with all of these NaNs (Not a Number) ? This rrd file is fresh, created 2 minutes ago. But within this <database> portion I see stuff like:  <row><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v><v> NaN </v></row> Where is this coming from? February 14th, 2006. Full rrd file is available upon request, if it will help. Any suggestions? -------------------------------------------------------

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the all or nothing nature of hobbit
by dan.simoes＠gmail.com 09 Dec '06

09 Dec '06

I love hobbit and have been using it (and BB) for many years, so take this as constructive criticism. One of my biggest headaches with BB (and now hobbit) has been the all-or-nothing nature of alerts. By this I mean that if your main network link is down, everything goes red for network status. Something happened on my monitoring box (probably DNS) that caused a cadence of http errors. http was not truly down on all these N hosts on various networks, it was the network test that was failing on the monitoring box. I'm unaware of a solution to this issue, and I'm considering moving to another product because of it. Are there any solutions, either existing or planned? Lastly, who is maintaining the debian package for hobbit? Both the server and client packages still have the same bugs I reported months ago. Thanks. Dan

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[hobbit] Configuration database backend.
by tmelcher＠saionline.com 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (402) 399-9111 x2774 tmelcher at saionline.com > -----Original Message----- > From: PAUL WILLIAMSON [mailto:pwilliamson at mandtbank.com] > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:58 PM > To: henrik at hswn.dk; hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Configuration database backend. > > I use cfengine to distribute my host files to my different > machines. I have 8 machines. Having a database to manage > configuration would be a mistake IMHO. > > Paul Agreed, a database would be overkill in an environment that small. Ours is getting large and with the potential of 1000's of servers and 50 - 100 administrators, the hobbit-alerts.cfg file and hobbit-clients.cfg file are getting unmanageable. Ecspecialy as admins come and go, hard to figure out who entries for emails addresses and pager notifications is current. Clumping them into groups has helped but its still getting cumbersome. Trent Melcher Unix/Linux Systems Administrator Securities America Financial Corporation (402) 399-9111 x2774 tmelcher at saionline.com > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > >

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Case sensitivity in bb-hosts service name
by Richard.Burgess＠brevanhoward.com 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

We're seeing the following behaviour in Hobbit version 4.1.2p1 on OpenBSD 3.8 GENERIC.MP#298 i386: A 'service' was created on an existing host using a lower case name, eg. xyz, by sending a 'status' event to the hobbit server. Subsequent status events are being sent using upper case 'XYZ', but being assigned to the history for the lower case service, 'xyz'. When searching for Reports->Event Log Report->Tests to match=xyz, the original (lower case) and subsequent (upper case) events are shown in the resulting events with the lower case name. A dot has been added to the bb-hosts config for a page using the service name 'XYZ', but the dot does not appear. When changing the name in the bb-hosts config to be 'xyz', the dot does appear. Unfortunately, for cosmetic and consistency reasons, we would like it to be upper case. It seems the case sensitivity is not being carried through to service name parsing in the bb-hosts file. Can someone advise if this is a bug or a known 'feature'? Also, suggestions are welcome for a workaround. We've tried using server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "rename HOST xyz XYZ", also ... "drop HOST xyz", also ... "rename HOST xyz xyz-1". None of these seem to get rid of the 'xyz' service and allow us to replace it with an 'XYZ' service. thanks, Richard

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How to apply for hobbit developer ?
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

or what is the criteria to be qualify enough to have write accesses on hb project sourceforge.net ? I am interested to become one. my sourceforge id is "tjyang". My main interested so far is to have hb source tree under GNU auto tool, this was a promise I made a while back but never got a chance to work on it. Now the interest is back. T.J. Yang R1: http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/autobook/autobook_toc.html _________________________________________________________________ All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC.� Get a free 90-day trial! http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwlo0050000002msn/direct/01/?href=http://cl…

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Installed hobbit-client on Solaris 10 for x86
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

Yesterday I downloaded Solaris 10 for x86 (I had an old HP Netserver LC3, on which I first thought of installing some Linux). After some installing of the OS, I downloaded Hobbit 4.2.0 an run configure, had to download pcre and then the makes worked. Then I tried to start the client. After 2 tries it started. I had to add some LD_LIBRARY_PATH's. I applied the allinone patch In total it was done in a couple of hours. Now I get: Failed to get a message, terminating Every fifth minute. I have seen this in a lot of mails in mailinglist, but did not find any solution Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain

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Emails & HTML Code
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 08 Dec '06

08 Dec '06

I have the message files being emailed to folks on alerts. The problem is that it has the html code in it (See below) Is there a way to clean this up for better email alerting? Thanks.James Doesn't look bad here, but when you get a lot of files with all the &, href, etc.. in it. It's not readable. Full log <a href="/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=iau070&SECTION=msgs:/ /hobbit/client/tmp/biglog.out">/hobbit /client/tmp/biglog.out</a> /logs/server1/SystemOut.log:[11/28/06 22:47:36:101 GMT] 00000054 SystemOut O J2CA00E TEST FOR BIG BROTHER ALERT

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