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update and menu_*.js files
by Dominique.Frise＠unil.ch 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hi, Updating Hobbit does not update the $(INSTALLWWWDIR)/menu files. Could it be possible to include the same installation handling as for etcfiles? (Merging files, not just overwriting ;-)) Dominique UNIL - University of Lausanne

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[bug?] expect in bb-services should set banner automagically
by cgoyard＠cvf.fr 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hi Henrik, I just lost 2 hours because I failed to set the "banner" option when expecting a response from an ajp13 service in tomcat. Won't it be nice to have an "auto banner ON" when expecting some feedback from the server ? By the way, here is the protocol to test AJP 1.3 : [ajp13] send "\x12\x34\x00\x01\x0a" expect "\x41\x42\x00\x01\x09" options banner port 8009 (sends a PING command) Regards, -- Charles

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TCP/IP stats (bits/s) limited to 100M
by ndo＠unikservice.com 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hi, I have data suspicious with TCP/IP stats on Solaris and AIX. Graphs told me that my hosts don't send/receive more than ~110 Mbits/ s . This raise an alert on the backup server which is installed with a GigEth interface and need to eat many backups flow simulteanously. So, I'm checking other GigEth equipped host. I have some solaris hosts with GigEth. Graphs are inconsistent between interfaces details and TCP/IP general graphs. Take a look : http://www.unikservice.com/frp/tcpip.png http://www.unikservice.com/frp/i1.png http://www.unikservice.com/frp/i2.png So, I'm suspecting an issue with collect or graphs. Could somebody tell me where I should start to debug ? Nicolas

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[patch] bb-findhost.cgi redirects to the page when only one host matches
by cgoyard＠cvf.fr 09 Jul '06

09 Jul '06

hi, I made a small modification to bb-findhost.c so that when a search yields only one results, you get transported to that page. Since we only know there's one result after a full scan of the bb-hosts file, and don't want to scan the file twice, I use an ugly way to do it: a javascript redirect held in a <img> tag. This works for 4.1.2p1, but the patch applies in 4.2-beta-20060605 too (not tested live, thought). Regards, -- Charles Goyard rediscovering C

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ghost clients reporting
by stephane.caminade＠ias.u-psud.fr 09 Jul '06

09 Jul '06

Hi, I've just added the BBGHOST=2 setting to my hobbitserver.cfg file (running Hobbit Monitor 4.2-beta-20060605), and I was wondering if it is possible to create a warning in the hobbitd test when a ghost is detected ? As I understand it, BBGHOST=1 will discard the message, and BBGHOST=2 will add a line to the hobbitd page (something like : Ghost reports: 129.175.65.105 reported host inf-stephane.ias.u-psud.fr) I would like to be notified if someone sets up a hobbit client and 'forgets' to tell me. By the way, what does the BBGHOST=0 option do ? BBGHOSTS="0" # How to handle status messages from unknown hosts. # 0=accept message, 1=discard message, 2=discard message and log the event If I use the setting 0, does the message get added somewhere (and if so, where ...) ? Thanks, Stephane -- _____________________________________________________________________________ Stephane Caminade Administrateur Systèmes et Réseau \ <Stephane.Caminade at medoc-ias.u-psud.fr> Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale / tel : (33) (1) 69 85 87 03 Batiment 121, Universite Paris XI \ fax : (33) (1) 69 85 86 75 F-91405 ORSAY Cedex / www : http://www.medoc-ias.u-psud.fr/ _____________________________________________________________________________

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testing pulldata in hobbit
by adam.scheblein＠marquette.edu 09 Jul '06

09 Jul '06

Greetings, I have been testing the new pulldata option in the snapshot from June 29, 2006, however I have run into a problem. Basically, hobbit has decided to not pull data from 2 of my 5 clients that I am testing this on. This is in a trucluster 5 environment and its cluster mate is also having the same problems. When I installed I made sure to completely wipe out the client directory (just in case - plus I had not made any customizations). I am not sure where to look because I have look through the logs and can't find anything referencing this host. Any ideas?? Thanks, Adam

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bbcmd on clients does not set MACHINE and MACHINEDOTS
by Dominique.Frise＠unil.ch 09 Jul '06

09 Jul '06

Hi, We noticed a problem when using bbcmd on clients for testing extension scripts: the variables exported in runclient.sh are not set. At least MACHINE and MACHINEDOTS should be set for beeing able to test any client-side extension script (Big Brother style or Hobbit style). Dominique UNIL - University of Lausanne

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Hobbit alerts with qmail failing
by vadud3＠gmail.com 09 Jul '06

09 Jul '06

Hi All Anyone running qmail on hobbit server? I am not receiving alerts but web page get updated fine. Here are the related info on my setup MAIL="sendmail -f user at host.com" HOST=%jump(.*)|rusty(.*) MAIL pager at host.com 1.2.0.195 rusty.host.com # ssh echo this is a test email | sendmail -f user at host.com (works). /var/log/qmail/current shows the email too. The following command does not generate an email bb 127.0.0.1 "status rusty.home.com.conn red `date` this is a test alert" I see the web page got updated with red alert. But /var/log/qmail/current does not show any email generated either. Is the "MAIL" variable defined wrong then? -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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iostat graphs?
by Dominique.Frise＠unil.ch 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

Hi, This question is for Henrik ;-) SunOS and Irix clients collect iostat data but this is not yet exploited on the server. When are the iostat graphs to be expected and how about other OS support like Linux and Darwin? Thanks, Dominique UNIL - University of Lausanne

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hobbitd_alert --test color matching
by Dominique.Frise＠unil.ch 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

Hi, We cannot test our rules with other color than red: the matching messages always show same results for the "red" color: [bb at iris bin]$ ./hobbitd_alert --test bilbo msgs red | egrep "Match with|Mail alert|Script alert" 00017141 2006-07-06 11:05:04 *** Match with 'PAGE=%^$ *** 00017141 2006-07-06 11:05:04 *** Match with '$MAIL_DH' *** 00017141 2006-07-06 11:05:04 Mail alert with command 'mail -s "Hobbit [12345] bilbo:msgs CRITICAL (RED)" xxx.yyy at sample.com' 00017141 2006-07-06 11:05:04 *** Match with 'HOST=$ADMIN_HOSTS' *** 00017141 2006-07-06 11:05:04 *** Match with '$SMS_DH' *** 00017141 2006-07-06 11:05:04 Script alert with command '/soft/pub/BB/hobbit/server/bin/sendsms' and recipient 0123456789 00017141 2006-07-06 11:05:04 *** Match with 'HOST=*' *** 00017141 2006-07-06 11:05:04 *** Match with '$MAIL_ROOT UNMATCHED' *** [bb at iris bin]$ ./hobbitd_alert --test bilbo msgs yellow | egrep "Match with|Mail alert|Script alert" 00017239 2006-07-06 11:05:56 *** Match with 'PAGE=%^$ *** 00017239 2006-07-06 11:05:56 *** Match with '$MAIL_DH' *** 00017239 2006-07-06 11:05:56 Mail alert with command 'mail -s "Hobbit [12345] bilbo:msgs CRITICAL (RED)" xxx.yyy at sample.com' 00017239 2006-07-06 11:05:56 *** Match with 'HOST=$ADMIN_HOSTS' *** 00017239 2006-07-06 11:05:56 *** Match with '$SMS_DH' *** 00017239 2006-07-06 11:05:56 Script alert with command '/soft/pub/BB/hobbit/server/bin/sendsms' and recipient 0123456789 00017239 2006-07-06 11:05:56 *** Match with 'HOST=*' *** 00017239 2006-07-06 11:05:56 *** Match with '$MAIL_ROOT UNMATCHED' *** Same results with "purple" color. PS: this is 4.2-beta-10060601 Any ideas? Dominique UNIL - University of Lausanne

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