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[hobbit] Estimate for 4.2 release?
by jboone＠columbia.com 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

The March timeframe works great for me. I have a bunch of new servers going into production in May and that will give a month or more to work out any issues with 4.2 Thanks again for all the work. A tool like hobbit makes our jobs much easier and makes us look like we know what we are doing! - Jim -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 7:51 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Estimate for 4.2 release? On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 04:17:47PM +0100, Frédéric Mangeant wrote: > Henrik Stoerner a écrit : > >I don't have a time for it. I expect that it will be sometime in March, > >but no promises. > > > > this is very good news, as I'm waiting for 4.2 to migrate from BB client > to Hobbit client on my Unix hosts (for client-based thresholds and > DOWNTIME applied to individual tests). > Do you plan to add new features, or is it feature freezed ? It's mostly frozen by now. My intention is to get log-file monitoring into the 4.2 release, so that the client side functionality is complete (or at least on level with the BB client). It would be nice to celebrate Hobbit's 1 year anniversary with a release including this. There will also be the new "Critical systems" view which is in the current snapshots. You can set DOWNTIME for individual tests, not just the whole server. This is already in the snapshots as well. Plus the bugs that have been reported must be looked at, so I think that will keep me busy. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Hobbit Sensitivity lowered?
by chrisw＠supranet.net 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

Hello, I switched from BB to hobbit about a month ago and have been generally happy. One thing that's "different" is that Hobbit seems to be more sensitive to services timing out, such as during an http check. I don't see anything in bb-services related to this, is there any global setting somwhere to permit me to allow a check to take a few more ms to respond before it's considered "red"? My bb2.html file is frequently red due to this, although it only lasts a few seconds. Is there an appropriate way to do this without hacking code and finding the timeout period? Thanks, --Chris

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[hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ...
by neil.camp＠deca.mil 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

I have tried running it from the command line with no go. And now I am convinced that it is not apache. I can run a whole lot of other cgi's like the avail report and the event log report, but just not the bb-hostsvc.sh. It just makes no sense that mostly everything else works, but that... --neil ManTech DeCA Operations Systems Administrator (804) 734-8353 neil.camp at deca.mil -----Original Message----- From: lars ebeling [mailto:lars.ebeling at leopg9.no-ip.org] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:19 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ... Have you done the changes in Apache configfile according to hobbit installation? I have some other stuff in my configfile, but if you want I could send it directly to you. Lars ----- Original Message ----- From: "Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR" <neil.camp at deca.mil> To: <hobbit at hswn.dk> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 6:53 PM Subject: RE: [hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ... I have narrowed down the problem to the fact that the webserver will not run exec /home/bb/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS I put in some echos before it and an exit and it worked. Once the echo and exit came after that line, the error 500 returned. I am not too familiar with apache, but it seems to be configured correctly. Is someone willing to pass on their config of apache for comparison? I have used the generic config file that HP has with its version of apache. --neil ManTech DeCA Operations Systems Administrator (804) 734-8353 neil.camp at deca.mil -----Original Message----- From: Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:16 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ... I have even done a fresh install using a snapshot from last night. The webpage shows general status of my hosts, but when I drill down, still get the same message, arggg, any ideas? --neil ManTech DeCA Operations Systems Administrator (804) 734-8353 neil.camp at deca.mil -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:12 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ... On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 08:53:33AM -0500, Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR wrote: > The files are world readable, and just for good measure, I su'd to www > and opened bb-hosts file to be sure. I must have missed something really > simple. There are more config files than just bb-hosts - hobbitserver.cfg, hobbitgraph.cfg etc. What about all of the directories leading to the Hobbit etc directory ? Are they all mode 755 ? Or at least they must have world-execute permission set. If all else fails, go to the hobbit cgi-bin directory, and modify the bb-hostsvc.sh file so the last line reads exec /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS --debug 2>&1 1>/tmp/cgi.log This will cause the application to write all output - including debug output - to the file /tmp/cgi.log Regards, 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] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ...
by neil.camp＠deca.mil 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

This is what I have for output from /tmp/cgi.log when I click on a few objects... 2006-02-09 13:38:06 CGI: Request method='GET', data='HOST=odin&SERVICE=disk' 2006-02-09 13:38:22 load_all_links() 2006-02-09 13:38:22 load_links(/home/bb/server/www/notes, /hobbit/notes) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(., /hobbit/notes) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(.., /hobbit/notes) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 load_links(/home/bb/server/www/help, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(., /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(.., /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(manpages, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(about.html, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(bb-to-hobbit.html, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(hobbit-alerts.html, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(hobbit-config.html, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(hobbit-mrtg.html, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(hobbit-tips.html, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(install.html, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(known-issues.html, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(configure.txt, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(hobbit-apacheconf.txt, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(hobbit-bbhosts.png, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(hobbit-clients.png, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(hobbitmain.png, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 init_link(hobbitprocs.png, /hobbit/help) 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Transport setup is: 2006-02-09 13:38:22 bbdportnumber = 1984 2006-02-09 13:38:22 bbdispproxyhost = NONE 2006-02-09 13:38:22 bbdispproxyport = 0 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Recipient listed as '172.16.225.84' 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Standard BB protocol on port 1984 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Will connect to address 172.16.225.84 port 1984 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Connect status is 0 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Sent 70 bytes 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Read 213 bytes 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Closing connection 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Recipient listed as '172.16.225.84' 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Standard BB protocol on port 1984 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Will connect to address 172.16.225.84 port 1984 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Connect status is 0 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Sent 8 bytes 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Closing connection 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Recipient listed as '172.16.225.84' 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Standard BB protocol on port 1984 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Will connect to address 172.16.225.84 port 1984 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Connect status is 0 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Sent 28 bytes 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Read 64 bytes 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Closing connection 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Found no first matching rule Content-type: text/html 2006-02-09 13:38:22 Trying header/footer file '/home/bb/server/web/info_header' --neil ManTech DeCA Operations Systems Administrator (804) 734-8353 neil.camp at deca.mil -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:12 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ... On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 08:53:33AM -0500, Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR wrote: > The files are world readable, and just for good measure, I su'd to www > and opened bb-hosts file to be sure. I must have missed something really > simple. There are more config files than just bb-hosts - hobbitserver.cfg, hobbitgraph.cfg etc. What about all of the directories leading to the Hobbit etc directory ? Are they all mode 755 ? Or at least they must have world-execute permission set. If all else fails, go to the hobbit cgi-bin directory, and modify the bb-hostsvc.sh file so the last line reads exec /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS --debug 2>&1 1>/tmp/cgi.log This will cause the application to write all output - including debug output - to the file /tmp/cgi.log Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ...
by neil.camp＠deca.mil 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

I have narrowed down the problem to the fact that the webserver will not run exec /home/bb/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS I put in some echos before it and an exit and it worked. Once the echo and exit came after that line, the error 500 returned. I am not too familiar with apache, but it seems to be configured correctly. Is someone willing to pass on their config of apache for comparison? I have used the generic config file that HP has with its version of apache. --neil ManTech DeCA Operations Systems Administrator (804) 734-8353 neil.camp at deca.mil -----Original Message----- From: Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:16 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ... I have even done a fresh install using a snapshot from last night. The webpage shows general status of my hosts, but when I drill down, still get the same message, arggg, any ideas? --neil ManTech DeCA Operations Systems Administrator (804) 734-8353 neil.camp at deca.mil -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:12 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ... On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 08:53:33AM -0500, Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR wrote: > The files are world readable, and just for good measure, I su'd to www > and opened bb-hosts file to be sure. I must have missed something really > simple. There are more config files than just bb-hosts - hobbitserver.cfg, hobbitgraph.cfg etc. What about all of the directories leading to the Hobbit etc directory ? Are they all mode 755 ? Or at least they must have world-execute permission set. If all else fails, go to the hobbit cgi-bin directory, and modify the bb-hostsvc.sh file so the last line reads exec /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS --debug 2>&1 1>/tmp/cgi.log This will cause the application to write all output - including debug output - to the file /tmp/cgi.log Regards, 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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hobbitd_client.c bug
by CHRIS.MORRIS＠RWEnpower.com 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Henrik, There is a small error crept into hobbitd_client.c at lines 327 and 334 where the Filesystem check message has lost the percentage sign on the usage value. Regards, 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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Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ...
by neil.camp＠deca.mil 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Hello all. I finally got everything compiled and installed on an HP-UX server. I have added the recommended lines to my httpd.conf, but now every time I try to drill down on any of the tests I get and error 500 page and the following error in my webserver log... Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: https://odin...... It seems like only a few times this has popped up in the past due to a bug. I was wondering if anyone could give me some pointers since I have probably mis-configured something. --neil ManTech DeCA Operations Systems Administrator (804) 734-8353 neil.camp at deca.mil -----Original Message----- From: Chris Wopat [mailto:chrisw at supranet.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:21 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit Sensitivity lowered? Hello, I switched from BB to hobbit about a month ago and have been generally happy. One thing that's "different" is that Hobbit seems to be more sensitive to services timing out, such as during an http check. I don't see anything in bb-services related to this, is there any global setting somwhere to permit me to allow a check to take a few more ms to respond before it's considered "red"? My bb2.html file is frequently red due to this, although it only lasts a few seconds. Is there an appropriate way to do this without hacking code and finding the timeout period? Thanks, --Chris To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ...
by neil.camp＠deca.mil 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

I have even done a fresh install using a snapshot from last night. The webpage shows general status of my hosts, but when I drill down, still get the same message, arggg, any ideas? --neil ManTech DeCA Operations Systems Administrator (804) 734-8353 neil.camp at deca.mil -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:12 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: ... On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 08:53:33AM -0500, Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR wrote: > The files are world readable, and just for good measure, I su'd to www > and opened bb-hosts file to be sure. I must have missed something really > simple. There are more config files than just bb-hosts - hobbitserver.cfg, hobbitgraph.cfg etc. What about all of the directories leading to the Hobbit etc directory ? Are they all mode 755 ? Or at least they must have world-execute permission set. If all else fails, go to the hobbit cgi-bin directory, and modify the bb-hostsvc.sh file so the last line reads exec /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS --debug 2>&1 1>/tmp/cgi.log This will cause the application to write all output - including debug output - to the file /tmp/cgi.log Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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2 hobbit programs, 1 server
by mlowery＠alliedtechgroup.com 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Is it possible to run 2 hobbit installations on 1 server? Thanks, Michael

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Alert Problem
by mlowery＠alliedtechgroup.com 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

I have a rule that says: HOST=* SERVICE=* EXSERVICE=msgs TIME=W:0750:1710 COLOR=yellow,red,purple MAIL me at myemail DURATION>10 REPEAT=1h I have another rule that says HOST=* SERVICE=msgs TIME=W:0750:1710 COLOR=red,purple MAIL me at myemail DURATION>25 REPEAT=2h The problem is that on the info page for a host, it shows both of theses rules for msgs: Msgs me at myemail 10m - 1h purple,yellow,red me at myemail 25m - 2h purple,red How can I properly use the EXSERVICE tag to get what I'm wanting? Thanks, Michael

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