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[hobbit] Custom graphs with multiple data sources
by sigurdur＠raforninn.is 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Hi. There is a fourth option, which I took as updating to snapshot caused my hobbit to break for some reason, and seeing that it is a system I must have up 99% of the day, I just backported. Well, that was not the option anyways :) My suggestion is that you make a custom script to parse your information and create the RRD's (actually the hobbit server manages creating the RRD's .. You just have to parse the information and send it in the proper format to hobbit). That way you can have your multi-file RRD's (one per balancer or some) and you don't have to update to snapshot. I wrote my script in perl (my very first perl script .. How I hate the language ;) and it works very well. You will not find it in the Shire, mainly because I haven't posted it there yet. If you need info on how the information is, and how to parse it, just drop me a line. With regards, ------------------------------ Sigurður Guðbrandsson Raförninn ehf. Suðurhlíð 35 105 Reykjavik | Iceland sigurdur at raforninn.is | www.raforninn.is Office: +(354) 552 2070 Mobile: +(354) 867 3573 ------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Charles Goyard [mailto:charles.goyard at orange-ftgroup.com] Sent: 10. október 2007 06:50 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Custom graphs with multiple data sources Hi, Alan Sparks wrote : > However, with this, I am only able to manage one graph, and one data > source, per device. I would like to graph all the session values. > I would also like to use multiple RRD files. My experience with the > single-file, multiple-DS approach is that, if I add another virtual, > graphing will break (updates error out, probably since the RRD was not > created with this new data source defined). > [...] Check the september 2007 mail archives, there's a discussion about it. There's three solutions : - apply a patch I posted on the list (does split-ncv on a testname basis). My patch has a memory leak, so beware (I kill my hobbitd_rrd every 24h). - send "data" messages with a body like "foo.rrd:mydsname:GAUGE:500 (Sorry, no pointers for that one, and it needs a recent snapshot). - take a snapshot or a least the hobbitd/rrd directory from the source, it includes the split-ncv feature without the memory leak (thank Henrik). -- Charles Goyard - charles.goyard at orange-ftgroup.com - (+33) 1 45 38 01 31 Orange Business Services - online multimedia // ingénierie To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Alerts
by NMaharaj＠tcta.co.za 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Hi guys, In my alert rules, HOST=* MAIL webadmin at foo.com SERVICE=http FORMAT=PLAIN My question is, can I add another email address to MAIL? Can I also add another service ? will this be using a comma to separate them Like MAIL webadmin at foo.com, goofy at disney.com SERVICE=http,disk,cpu Thanks

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Custom graphs with multiple data sources
by asparks＠doublesparks.net 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

I am monitoring a set of load balancers (Alteons) which each have at least 1, but possibly/usually more, virtual addresses configured (for server load balancing groups). At the moment, I use a custom script to poll each device via SNMP and send a single status message per device to Hobbit, based on the session loads on those "virts." I am using NCV for graphing. However, with this, I am only able to manage one graph, and one data source, per device. I would like to graph all the session values. I would also like to use multiple RRD files. My experience with the single-file, multiple-DS approach is that, if I add another virtual, graphing will break (updates error out, probably since the RRD was not created with this new data source defined). I am amenable to changing the scripts to use the data channel approach (using the --extra-script method). I am hoping that I could use the hobbitgraph RRDFN/RRDIDX/RRDPARAM keywords to create the graphs. But, the documentation for custom graphing implies that only a single filename for the incoming data can be specified, so I see no way to split the data into multiple files, single DS per RRD. Short of creating a separate test column for each virtual I am monitoring, is there a better way to collect/plot this information? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. -Alan -- Alan Sparks, UNIX/Linux Systems Integration and Administration <asparks at doublesparks.net>

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Project Status
by chris4136＠gmail.com 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Hello, My name is Chris. I manage around 50 clients for my company which are being monitored by the free version of Big Brother currently. I would like to move my monitoring over to the GPL Hobbit version. Before I do so, I wanted to obtain a status of the release. I noticed that CVS has been inactive on sourceforge lately. Is this project currently being developed? Is there a release plan anywhere on the site? Thank You very much for any information. -cs -- Chris Strzelczyk GCS Real Estate Real Estate Investment and Management (586) 770-9544 (248) 204-6215 chris at gcsrealestate.com

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[hobbit] Trend Graphs Stopped Showing Data
by mlivensp＠sonoma-county.org 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Yes, that is correct. The only way we start the server or the clients is using the scripts created during installation. Mike >>> josh at imaginenetworksllc.com 10/9/2007 1:57:08 PM >>> Just be certain, you are using the hobbit.sh script created upon installation - correct? Josh On 10/9/07, Mike Livenspargar < mlivensp at sonoma-county.org> wrote:Yes, at least a couple of times before the reboot, to no avail. And the boot startup scripts start the server with the server/hobbit.sh script. Mike >>> josh at imaginenetworksllc.com 10/9/2007 1:27:21 PM >>> Did you try restarting the hobbit server with the provided script in ~/server/hobbit.sh ? On 10/9/07, Mike Livenspargar < mlivensp at sonoma-county.org > wrote: Well, the trend graphs are showing data again. The server machine was rebooted but it appears the graphs were showing data prior to the reboot. If I had to guess I'd think that some process running on the client caused the data parsing on the server to go awry and once that process ended things started working again. Is there any hobbit-saved data I can examine that might help me figure this out? I'll keep my eye on this to see what happens next. Mike >>> henrik at hswn.dk 10/8/2007 9:01:02 AM >>> On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 08:38:50AM -0700, Mike Livenspargar wrote: > We are a new installation of Hobbit 4.2.0, running on SuSE > Linux ES 10 SP1 machines. All has been working fine for a > couple of months until yesterday when the CPU load and Users > and Processes trend graphs for a particular machine stopped > showing data. All other trend graphs for that machine appear > to be working correctly. The graphs appear on the Trends > page, but the last 16 hours or so show no data for those two > graphs. Is the CPU status for that host showing a purple status ? If yes, then for some reason the cpu status is not being updated, and this affects the graph updates. There's also been one report that the hobbitd_rrd module crashed on a specific status message, which could also explain it. In that case, you should have a core file in the ~hobbit/data/tmp/ directory, and some log-entries in hobbitlaunch.cfg. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer

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[hobbit] Trend Graphs Stopped Showing Data
by mlivensp＠sonoma-county.org 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Yes, at least a couple of times before the reboot, to no avail. And the boot startup scripts start the server with the server/hobbit.sh script. Mike >>> josh at imaginenetworksllc.com 10/9/2007 1:27:21 PM >>> Did you try restarting the hobbit server with the provided script in ~/server/hobbit.sh ? On 10/9/07, Mike Livenspargar < mlivensp at sonoma-county.org> wrote:Well, the trend graphs are showing data again. The server machine was rebooted but it appears the graphs were showing data prior to the reboot. If I had to guess I'd think that some process running on the client caused the data parsing on the server to go awry and once that process ended things started working again. Is there any hobbit-saved data I can examine that might help me figure this out? I'll keep my eye on this to see what happens next. Mike >>> henrik at hswn.dk 10/8/2007 9:01:02 AM >>> On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 08:38:50AM -0700, Mike Livenspargar wrote: > We are a new installation of Hobbit 4.2.0, running on SuSE > Linux ES 10 SP1 machines. All has been working fine for a > couple of months until yesterday when the CPU load and Users > and Processes trend graphs for a particular machine stopped > showing data. All other trend graphs for that machine appear > to be working correctly. The graphs appear on the Trends > page, but the last 16 hours or so show no data for those two > graphs. Is the CPU status for that host showing a purple status ? If yes, then for some reason the cpu status is not being updated, and this affects the graph updates. There's also been one report that the hobbitd_rrd module crashed on a specific status message, which could also explain it. In that case, you should have a core file in the ~hobbit/data/tmp/ directory, and some log-entries in hobbitlaunch.cfg. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer

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[hobbit] Trend Graphs Stopped Showing Data
by mlivensp＠sonoma-county.org 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Well, the trend graphs are showing data again. The server machine was rebooted but it appears the graphs were showing data prior to the reboot. If I had to guess I'd think that some process running on the client caused the data parsing on the server to go awry and once that process ended things started working again. Is there any hobbit-saved data I can examine that might help me figure this out? I'll keep my eye on this to see what happens next. Mike >>> henrik at hswn.dk 10/8/2007 9:01:02 AM >>> On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 08:38:50AM -0700, Mike Livenspargar wrote: > We are a new installation of Hobbit 4.2.0, running on SuSE > Linux ES 10 SP1 machines. All has been working fine for a > couple of months until yesterday when the CPU load and Users > and Processes trend graphs for a particular machine stopped > showing data. All other trend graphs for that machine appear > to be working correctly. The graphs appear on the Trends > page, but the last 16 hours or so show no data for those two > graphs. Is the CPU status for that host showing a purple status ? If yes, then for some reason the cpu status is not being updated, and this affects the graph updates. There's also been one report that the hobbitd_rrd module crashed on a specific status message, which could also explain it. In that case, you should have a core file in the ~hobbit/data/tmp/ directory, and some log-entries in hobbitlaunch.cfg. Regards, Henrik To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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[hobbit] Web Interface
by dunne＠AccuWeather.com 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Greetings, You might also want to have a look at bb-hosts.cgi on deadcat.net. It is a simple, effective script for editing bb-host files. You can use it to modify other files as well by tweaking a few variables in the script. Mike >________________________________ > >From: Chris Strzelczyk [mailto:chris4136 at gmail.com] >Sent: Dienstag, 9. Oktober 2007 16:16 >To: hobbit at hswn.dk >Subject: [hobbit] Web Interface > > > >Hello everyone, > >I'm looking for a one stop web interface that will allow me to edit >hobbit's alert file, bb-hosts and maybe event the hobbit-clients file. >I saw a couple cgi addons on Deadcat that will allow me to do bb-hosts. >Does anyone know if anything like this exists for all the files. > >Thank you for your reply in advance. > >-- >Chris Strzelczyk >GCS Real Estate >Real Estate Investment and Management >(586) 770-9544 >(248) 204-6215 >chris at gcsrealestate.com > > >

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Web Interface
by chris4136＠gmail.com 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a one stop web interface that will allow me to edit hobbit's alert file, bb-hosts and maybe event the hobbit-clients file. I saw a couple cgi addons on Deadcat that will allow me to do bb-hosts. Does anyone know if anything like this exists for all the files. Thank you for your reply in advance. -- Chris Strzelczyk GCS Real Estate Real Estate Investment and Management (586) 770-9544 (248) 204-6215 chris at gcsrealestate.com

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Hobbit http check - strange behaviour!?
by peter.welter＠gmail.com 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

There is one host that is checked by our Hobbit server (4.2.0-with patches) and now and then the http-check for that host fails. However, on the monitor server the output turns up to be YELLOW although each of the 5 tested URL's have a failed condition (status RED): [snip] Wed Sep 26 13:47:46 2007: Server timeout ; Server timeout ; Server timeout ; Server timeout ; Server timeout http://some.url/ - Server timeout Seconds: 10.74 http://some.url/ - Server timeout Seconds: 10.74 http://some.url/ - Server timeout Seconds: 10.74 http://some.url/ - Server timeout Seconds: 10.74 http://some.url/ - Server timeout Seconds: 10.74 [snip] Now I guess it might has something to do with the checked client, but I do not understand Hobbit's respones?! Could it be Apache in the midst of dying, but somehow still alive? Or...? Any hints? Thanks, Peter

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