May 2006 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

[hobbit] client updates, alfa version?
by David.Gore＠verizonbusiness.com 25 May '06

25 May '06

Henrik, It looks like you may be working on an auto-updating client? Would it be safe to update all our clients to the current alfa version? Or wait until the actual full release, non-alfa version? ~David

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Problem with links in alert emails?
by Daniel.Streefkerk＠syd.fh.com.au 25 May '06

25 May '06

Hi, Thanks for all your work on Hobbit. It's a great product. I recently installed 4.2-alfa-20060423 on a new box to replace our current monitoring box (running 4.1.2). Once I switched over, I noticed that if I clicked on a link in an email, I got the message "Invalid Request". I then went and checked what the proper URL was meant to be, and noticed the difference: Real/Working Link: http://linux/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=printsrv.domain.local&SERVICE =msgs Link in Email: http://linux/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=printsrv.domain.local&SER VICE=msgs Is there any way to fix this quickly myself?, or do I have to wait until the next release? Thanks in advance, Daniel Streefkerk ________________________________ DANIEL STREEFKERK IT Systems Administrator Ferrier Hodgson Level 17, 2 Market St Sydney, NSW 2000 Email: Daniel.Streefkerk at syd.fh.com.au <mailto:Daniel.Streefkerk at syd.fh.com.au> Phone: (02) 9286 9999 Fax: (02) 9286 9888 Website: www.fh.com.au <http://www.fh.com.au/> ________________________________ This email (including any attachments) is intended only to be read or used by the addressee. It contains information that may be confidential and legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, or you have received this email by mistake, you must not disclose, copy or distribute it or use the information contained in it (or any attachments) in any way. If you have received this message in error please notify Ferrier Hodgson by return email and then delete this message and any copies of it. Please also contact us if you have any doubts about the authenticity of this email. If you have received this email as a result of subscribing to a particular distribution list and no longer wish to be included in this or any other list(s), please send an email to webmaster at syd.fh.com.au with 'Unsubscribe' in the subject field and details of the list(s) from which you wish to unsubscribe. This email (including any attachments) may contain computer viruses or other defects. It is your responsibility to check this email and its attachments for viruses and defects before opening or forwarding them, and Ferrier Hodgson is not liable for any loss or damage that may be caused by any such viruses or defects.

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hobbit-confreport.sh not working
by michael.nemeth＠lmco.com 25 May '06

25 May '06

Hobbit Monitor 4.2-alfa-20060502 sunos 5.9 geting Interal Server Error and apache log shows premature end of script headers. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | _p_ Mike Nemeth | ___| |_____ email(w) michael.nemeth at lmco.com Work: 856 359-1425 |><___________) | Home Page:http://www.geocities.com/mjnemeth/ | Work Page:http://faraday.motown.lmco.com:3000/~nemethm/ | Work Page:http://ortfsb/~mnemeth/ |++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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[hobbit] ALERTS time of day problem
by PNIXON＠ci.somerville.ma.us 25 May '06

25 May '06

Mike, Without really thinking about it, I know there's a way to test the alert setup using a command (I think hobbitd_alert, I'm sure someone will chime in soon). It will allow you to set the date, time, host, service, and color for the test, which is detailed in the man page. Here's an example from an email last month. 'bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test whq-sapcon-1 telnet DURATION=361' --Pat ________________________________ From: Mike Rowell [mailto:Mike.Rowell at Rightmove.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:07 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] ALERTS time of day problem Morning All (UK Time) I've got an issue with the TIME function in hobbit-alerts which is causing us a few problems. Hobbit has been running fine and we've starting making finer grained control on the alerts so that we don't get paged out of hours for stuff that we don't need to deal with. Below is the hobbit-alerts entries. The problem is that last night at 03:30am we were called out for an alert on the aq service which according to how the alert is setup should only be paging us between 0900 and 1700 weekdays. This is on 4.2PRE, we have newer snapshots running in test but I don't want to upgrade this platform unless I have to as it is running completely stable except for this TIME problem. Any ideas? Mike Rowell ALERTS------ PAGE=test MAIL=systems FORMAT=PLAIN TIME=W:0900:1800 COLOR=red,yellow STOP HOST=%^switches.* MAIL=systems COLOR=red,yellow REPEAT=1h FORMAT=PLAIN MAIL=pager SERVICE=cpu COLOR=RED FORMAT=SMS DURATION>15 REPEAT=1h TIME=*:0800:2200 STOP HOST=* MAIL=systems SERVICE=mrtg COLOR=red,yellow FORMAT=PLAIN STOP MAIL=systems SERVICE=repli,prtdiag FORMAT=PLAIN REPEAT=1h COLOR=red,yellow STOP MAIL=systems COLOR=red,yellow REPEAT=1h FORMAT=PLAIN MAIL=pager SERVICE=cpu COLOR=RED FORMAT=SMS DURATION>15 REPEAT=1h STOP MAIL=pager SERVICE=aq COLOR=RED FORMAT=SMS DURATION>5 REPEAT=1h TIME=W:0900:1700 STOP MAIL=pager COLOR=RED FORMAT=SMS DURATION>5 REPEAT=1h ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs service. ________________________________________________________________________

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[hobbit] Error Dropping Conn test from hosts
by CMatlock＠ADMWorld.com 24 May '06

24 May '06

Well, yes as a matter of fact it does look like I changed that line. Once I changed it back everything works GREAT. I'll try not to play with any more values that I don't understand. Thank you very much for the quick response and the great advise. Regards, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:40 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Error Dropping Conn test from hosts On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 03:27:09PM -0500, Matlock, Chris wrote: > Now I'm getting purple on the hobbit screen. I have typed the command > ~/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "drop HOSTNAME conn" where HOSTNAME was the > actual name of the host I wanted to drop the conn test for. The > command completes without any feedback. When I look in the > hobbitd.log I see the following: > 2006-05-24 11:33:06 Refused message from 127.0.0.1: drop HOSTNAME conn > (where HOSTNAME) is the actual name of the host) You must be running hobbitd with the "--admin-senders" option set to something other than the default. This option restricts the IP-adresses that the Hobbit server allows to send it administrative commands such as the "drop" command; the default is to allow these only from the loopback address (127.0.0.1) and the Hobbit server itself. Check the "--admin-senders" option in ~hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg, and make sure you send the command from one of the hosts listed in that option. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email reply.

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Error Dropping Conn test from hosts
by CMatlock＠ADMWorld.com 24 May '06

24 May '06

I'm new to hobbit so please forgive me if I'm missing something obvious, but I'm having problems dropping the conn test from hosts. I have specified noconn in the bb-hosts file and that stopped the conn tests. Now I'm getting purple on the hobbit screen. I have typed the command ~/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "drop HOSTNAME conn" where HOSTNAME was the actual name of the host I wanted to drop the conn test for. The command completes without any feedback. When I look in the hobbitd.log I see the following: 2006-05-24 11:33:06 Refused message from 127.0.0.1: drop HOSTNAME conn (where HOSTNAME) is the actual name of the host) Any suggestions? Chris CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email reply. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email reply.

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[hobbit] FILE help?
by David.Gore＠verizonbusiness.com 24 May '06

24 May '06

Since there has not been much response to my cries for help, here is some more info, although I do appreciate Rich S. for taking a stab at it: Here is the config: [hobbit at hobbit2 server]$ cat etc/hobbit-clients.cfg|grep -v '^#' HOST=hobbit FILE /var/tmp/testfile1 yellow mtime>300 ^------------------------------------- PROC /usr/sbin/cron 1 -1 yellow PROC sshd 1 20 yellow PROC hobbitlaunch 1 2 yellow DISK /backups 95 98 DISK /export/home 95 98 Here is what I believe to be the root of the problem: [hobbit at hobbit2 server]$ ./bin/bbcmd --env=etc/hobbitserver.cfg hobbitd_client --dump-config FILE /var/tmp/testfile1 yellow mtime>0 HOST=hobbit (line: 139) ^------------------------------------------ PROC /usr/sbin/cron 1 -1 yellow HOST=hobbit (line: 140) PROC sshd 1 20 yellow HOST=hobbit (line: 141) PROC hobbitlaunch 1 2 yellow HOST=hobbit (line: 142) DISK /backups 95% 98% 0 -1 red HOST=hobbit (line: 143) DISK /export/home 95% 98% 0 -1 red HOST=hobbit (line: 144) Yeah I know, too bad I didn't dump config at the beginning, but you probably know how it is if you work support. You have to know a lot a about a lot and you only have so much brain power (specifically memory). Regardless as you can see my 'mtime' value is being lost. Which was hinted at in my previous emails when I said the output from the web page appeared wrong 'Should be <0'. Henrik, could I please get some feed back, even if just to acknowledge it's my fault and I have obviously messed up the configs some where? ~David

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mysql graphing ---it should not be this hard
by tomg＠mcclatchyinteractive.com 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi, I've been attempting to get the bb-mysqlstat.sh script from deadcat.net to collect mysql status data from a DB client, using the Hobbit NCV module, and I'm stuck. I can't believe how hard such a seemingly simple task ended up being, and I'm still don't have it working right. I'm using Hobbit 4.1.2p1, and upgrading to the alpha release or a snapshot isn't an real option right now since this is my production Hobbit server. - I have added the appropriate configs to hobbitserver.cfg to allow NCV to handle mysql data, per Henrik's old post: http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2005/06/msg00261.html - I have the bb-mysqlstat.sh script running on the client and the status reports are being displayed under the "mysql" column. No graphs yet, just a link for one named "hobbit graph ncv:mysql" Here's an example status report from a devel db: Wed May 24 11:28:41 EDT 2006 - Mysql OK Uptime: 687291 Threads: 69 Questions: 9182886 Slow queries: 11762 Opens: 16846 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 1757 Queries per second avg: 13.361 - I've added YAXIS entries (YAXIS #) for both mysqlslow and mysqlthread to hobbitgraphs.cfg. I took these entries from the hobbitgraphs.cfg included in the today's Hobbit snapshot. - I've added "mysql:mysqlslow,mysqlthread: to my GRAPHS:* entry in bb-hosts. - Data is being collected in a mysql.rrd file, but this step does not appear to be working correctly. Using "rrdtool fetch mysql.rrd AVERAGE" to inspect the rrd file contents, I see that it only contains "Threads, Questions, Slowqueries, Opens, Flushtables, and Opentables". localhost $ rrdtool fetch mysql.rrd AVERAGE | head -1 timestamp Threads Questions Slowqueries Opens Flushtables Opentables The NCV_mysql="Uptime:NONE,Queriespersecondavg:GAUGE" instructs hobbit to drop the uptime value, which it does, but I'm also missing Queriespersecondavg. In addition, it appears that the data in the rrd file for each of the variables is incorrect. If I had to guess, I suspect the NCV module is either mangling it because of the data format, or that the status report is sent in by the bb-mysqlstat.sh script is on a single line (instead of using newline characters after each value). I've search the mailing list archives and no one has mentioned changing the script output format. Only one of the charts, mysqlslow, shows up in the trends column. If I create a URL to look at the mysqlthread chart, Hobbit will display one, but it doesn't show up automatically. My questions: 1. Why isn't Queriespersecondavg being collected, and why is the rest of the data in the rrd file seem incorrect? 2. How do I get the chart to show up in the mysql column? THanks for any help with this. Tom

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Hobbit and the security file...
by Stewart_Larsen＠doh.state.fl.us 24 May '06

24 May '06

Does hobbit use this like bb did?

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pageset and multiple host definition
by Dominique.Frise＠unil.ch 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi, Using snapshot of 15 mai. ---bb-hosts example--- hktitle Unil Services hkpage unilServDNS DNS hkgroup-only conn|dns|info Unil DNS hkpage unilServAAL AAI, AD, LDAP ... ... 1.2.3.4 test1 # prefer COMMENT:"Prim. DNS" HK:unilServDNS dhcp dns smtp ... ... 1.2.3.4 test1 # noconn ----------------------- After generation of the pageset (BBWEB="/hk" $BBHOME/bin/bbgen --pageset=hk $BBHOME/www-hk), the host test1 appears TWICE on the /hk/unilServDNS/unilServDNS.html page :-( "nodisp" cannot be used on the second definition because it has to be part of the default pageset. Anything that we are missing? Dominique UNIL - University of Lausanne

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