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Summary/Total data from several hosts
by Darren.Cotton＠ses-astra.com 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

I have 5 hosts on which I have script monitoring connected users. This is then sent to hobbit and as a result I have 5 separate entries which I then want to total on the server. Currently I am parsing the tmp file to get the number of users as follows: DSLGWS="server1 server2 server3 server4 server5" SERVICE=Total-Users BBPROG=bb-pusers.sh; export BBPROG RESULT=0 COLOR="clear" BBTMP="/usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp" for USERS in $DSLGWS do if [ -f $BBTMP/hobbitd.chk ]; then NBUSERS=`cat $BBTMP/hobbitd.chk | grep pusers | grep $USERS | sed 's/.*: //g' | tr -d '\\' | sed 's/n.*//g' | bc` RESULT=`echo "$RESULT+$NBUSERS" | bc` else echo "Unable to find "$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk" Sending 0 total users" RESULT=0 fi done MACHINE=$SERVICE $BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.pusers $COLOR `date` Connected_Users : $RESULT " Now this works but I think it is an ugly way of going about it - Is there another simpler/better way of going about this that I cant see. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail.

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hi
by ansiimire＠africaonline.co.ug 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

hi all, am trying to add network tests on my hobbit...such as smtp, cpu, memory, files, procs etc but am failing to find out how they are added...Anyone to help out? Thanks. Alyn

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[hobbit] RE: hi
by Chris.Morris＠RWEsystemsUK.com 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

The hobbit server install will also install the client on the same machine and the hobbit server start script will, by default, start the client. Why the first install doesn't behave in this way could be down to the way you configured it! You are asking a lot of random questions without giving any detail - I would suggest you read the doucmentation (online help and man pages) before posting here. > -----Original Message----- > From: ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug [SMTP:ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug] > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 2:41 PM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] RE: hi > > Hey Rob, > I had installed the server hobbit on two boxes...just for testing. but on > one box i get only network tests and on the other i get..all the > tests..including the cpu, memory, etc...so then how comes i am able to get > these other tests on the second box and not on the first yet i have not > installed any client hobbit yet as well. > Thanks alot really. > Alyn > > On 10/3/07, ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug <ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug> > > wrote: > >> Hi David, > >> i see the fields but it shows red and at times purple..i wonder why it > >> cannot be green. > > > > Have a look at what the test is reporting. > > > > On 10/3/07, ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug <ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug> > > wrote: > >> thanks for that. no i hadn't installed it yet but do i have to install > >> it > >> on the same box i installed the hobbit server? > > > > You install the client on the remote hosts, not the server > > > >>..plus some of these devices > >> i wanted to monitor are like routers..so how do i install the client on > >> a > >> router?? > > > > You don't - you're limited to the remote tests. > > > > -- > > Please keep list traffic on the list. > > > > Rob MacGregor > > Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he > > doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche > > > > 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 > ********************************************************************** This e-mail including any attachments is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute advice except to the addressee if expressly stated in this email. For the avoidance of doubt the contents of this email and any attachments are subject to contract and are not intended to and will not constitute a legally binding contract or any part of a legally binding contract. The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential. It 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, distribution or copying of the message or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify postmaster at RWEsystemsUK.com and permanently delete the email and any attachments immediately from your system. You should not retain, copy or use this email or any attachment for any purpose, nor disclose all or any part of the contents to any other person. Thank you for your co-operation. Neither RWE Systems UK Ltd nor any of the other companies in the RWE Group from whom this e-mail originates accept any responsibility for losses or damage as a result of any viruses and it is your responsibility to check attachments (if any) for viruses. RWE Systems UK Ltd Registered office: Mistral, Westlea Campus, Chelmsford Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 7EZ. Registered in England and Wales: company number 6052966. *******************************************

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hobbit_snmpcollect
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Hi, I want to learn about snmp, so I downloaded the source to net-snmp 5.4.1 and installed it. Now I want to test hobbit_snmpcollect. How is it run and what do I expect to see. I configured hobbit_snmpcollect.cfg like this: (copied from Henriks mail) [localhost] version=1 community=public mrtg=2 IF-MIB::ifInOctets.2 IF-MIB::ifOutOctets.2 Main IO # ifmib=2 LAN # ifmib=(eth0) LAN # ifmib=[0:e:a6:ce:d6:85] LAN ifmib={leopg9.no-ip.org} LAN This is what I get when I run hobbit_snmpcollect from commandline: [Main IO] ds1 = 2908625400 ds2 = 2908625400 -- 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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hi
by pkc_mls＠yahoo.fr 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug a écrit : > Hey, what command would you use to check for the status of hobbit?..i mean > whether it is up and running and also wht wld u use to enable it to run? > Thanks. > Alyn the hobbit server has a built-in test to check for status. the client status will be sent to the server. so if the cpu is up for example, the client is running. please post all questions directly to the list.

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hi
by ansiimire＠africaonline.co.ug 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

hi Stewart, thanks for that. no i hadn't installed it yet but do i have to install it on the same box i installed the hobbit server?..plus some of these devices i wanted to monitor are like routers..so how do i install the client on a router?? Thank you Alyn >Have you installed the hobbit client? > > The client does the cpu, mem, etc tests > -- > Stewart > > -----Original Message----- > From: ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug > > Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 15:42:33 > To:hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: RE: [hobbit] hi > > Hi David, > Thanks for that msg but i have tried adding like that but those tests are > not shown on the hobbit application..or web pages. > How about adding from the bb-services, do you think it would help?? > Thanks. > Alyn >> >> You would add them to the BBHOSTS file. Example: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >> host.foo.com # SMTP NTP..... >> >> The other machine specific tests would be handled by installing the >> client >> on the box to monitor. If you are not receiving information from the >> client on the hobbit pages then check the Ghost Reports. You might have >> a >> incorrect host name. >> >> David >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug >> [mailto:ansiimire at africaonline.co.ug] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:28 AM >> To: hobbit at hswn.dk >> Subject: [hobbit] hi >> >> hi all, >> >> am trying to add network tests on my hobbit...such as smtp, cpu, >> memory, >> files, procs etc but am failing to find out how they are added...Anyone >> to >> help out? >> Thanks. >> Alyn >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to >> hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk >> >> >> >> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >> intended >> solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are >> addressed. >> If you have received this email in error please notify the system >> manager. >> This message contains confidential information and is intended only for >> the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not >> disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. >> >> 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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Can I do macro in hobbit-client.cfg like hobbit-alerts.cfg ?
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

I am looking for following MACRO(R1) syntax to work in hobbit-client.cfg beside hobbit-alerts.cfg $A=a.com|b.com PROC sendmail 1 -1 red $B=b1.com|b2.com PROC syslog 1 -1 red $ALL=$A|$B PROC cron 1 -1 red So all 4 machines will have cron process monitored beside group A have sendmail and group B have syslog processes monitored. Is above syntax supported in hobbit-client.cfg ? R1: http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit/help/manpages/man5/hobbit-alerts.cfg.5.html T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctW…

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adding a view for disabled (blue) systems, similiar to the non-green view
by tomg＠mcclatchyinteractive.com 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Was asked to add a new option to the view pull down menu called "Disabled Systems", which would be exactly the same as the Non-green view except show all of the systems with blue instead of red & yellow. I know this data is generated by the cgi-bin/hobbit-nongreen.sh script, so I created another one called hobbit-blue.sh and had it filter on blue colors. It grabs the correct host data, but I guess I need it to be run through bbgen for the webpage to be rendered properly and to produce something like a bb2.html. Is there an easier way to accomplish this w/o having to patch the hobbit source code (bbgen.c, process.c)? Thanks, Tom

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Problem using bbwinupdate
by m.hofstra＠detamboer.nl 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Hello, I have a problem with a bbwin client not updating its configuration as I'd like it to. In the tmp folder on the client, only an empty file (1 byte) appears and accordingly, the configuration stored on the server is not applied. I am using Debian etch with Hobbit 4.2.0. The BBWin docs say I have to put the files in $HOBBITHOME/server/etc, which I reckon to be $BBHOME/server/etc. This folder contains a 'bbwinupdate' folder with the 2 configuration files for the server, and the server contains the following section: <bbwinupdate> <setting name="filename" value="bbwinupdate/default.cfg" /> <setting name="filename" value="bbwinupdate/tamboernas01.cfg" /> </bbwinupdate> The rest of the cfg was copied out of the BBWin manual, adjusting only the "bbdisplay" value to point at the server. All the graphs are updating nicely. Oddly enough, I don't see the "default.cfg" file in the tmp folder on the client. "default.cfg" file contains the configuration example from the manual save for the bbwin section, and the "tamboernas01.cfg" contains: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii" ?> <configuration> <disk> <setting name="C" warnlevel="80" paniclevel="95%" /> <setting name="E" warnlevel="95%" paniclevel="98%" /> </disk> </configuration> What am I missing? There are no signs of errors in the logfiles :( Best regards, Marijn Hofstra

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[hobbit] Securing hobbit
by akincaid＠beckautogroup.com 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

I did as suggested using an .htaccess file, but nothing happens. Is there some way to test? I know that this is really an Apache question more so than a Hobbit question, but if there is anyone trying to do this, please help. I followed Henrik's instruction and I can't see what I could possibly be doing wrong. Aaron Kincaid From: Aaron Kincaid Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 9:42 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Securing hobbit Hi, we have been setting up hobbit for our company over the last couple of weeks and it is a brilliant product! We were originally planning on allowing anyone within the company to see the pages, but now we have been asked to limit access to each department head and the department heads can only see the results for equipment in their department. We have divided the bb-hosts file up using the PAGE function, but wanted to know if there is a way to explicitly allow one or two people to see the page for a specific department. We also want to publish the site and use authentication to get to it, what is the best way to meet both these goals?

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