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bbcombotest Links
by me2unix＠gmail.com 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi, Could not find anyone answering this request yet.. Here's a fix to add links to the bbcomtest reports page : Just change line 455 of hobbitd/bbcombotest.c >From : sprintf(msgline, "&%s %s\n", colorname(vwalk->color), vwalk->symbol); To: sprintf(msgline, "<a href=\"/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=%s&SERVICE=%s\">&%s</a> %s\n", gethname(vwalk->symbol), gettname(vwalk->symbol) , colorname(vwalk->color), vwalk->symbol); recompile and have links on the color dots of the tested items within combotests. --Hezki ** - *To*: <hobbit (at) hswn.dk> - *Subject*: bbcombotest Links - *From*: "Aiello, Steve $GE, Corporate, consultant$" <steve.aiello(at) ge.com> - *Date*: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:43:21 -0500 - *Thread-index*: AcdbTzrE4X3/UsIMTSiBvQJbJOnunQ== - *Thread-topic*: bbcombotest Links ------------------------------ Hi all, I thought I saw this question asked before, but did see it in the mailling list. When using bbcombotests, is it possible to have the combotest report with hyperlinks to the actual tests ? If I see one of the statuses are red or yellow, my nature instict is to wonder why, and be able to drill down for details. thanks, Steve

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ipv6 support
by vadud3＠gmail.com 09 Jun '10

09 Jun '10

Does hobbit support ipv6 addressing? -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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HP PA-RISC Hardware monitoring ?
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 25 Mar '10

25 Mar '10

Anyone know is there a module (bb or hb) to monitor HP hardware ? May be better question is what is the similar command for ipmitool or prtdiage in HP-UX ? T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Capture your memories in an online journal! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

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PROC test question
by marco.pizzoli＠gmail.com 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Hi all, I am a hobbit newby. I have a question about the PROC test: is there a way to define a test about the presence of a particular proc executed by a particular user? I'm in a situation where I have some daemons that could be started by a lot of (machine)users and so I would like to check the user the proc run as. Thanks in advance Marco

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perl script
by gjohnson＠trantor.org 13 May '09

13 May '09

I've added the perl script example that Henrik provided late January to the tutorials page on The Shire. http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/tutorials:ssmodule Hopefully, Henrik won't mind. (I may be "borrowing" some of Henrik's content for the other tutorials yet to be written...of course, if someone would like to volunteer the tutorials I'd be happy to consider them for addition). If you have other ideas about tutorials or FAQs, please let me know. I'm trying to make more time for the site (interestingly, I showed a manager from one of our other groups Hobbit in passing one day...he just happened to have been looking for an easy to setup/configure monitoring solution...he's been singing the praises of Hobbit since) =G=

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big brother replacement
by joe＠tmsusa.com 11 Apr '09

11 Apr '09

Hello list, It's that time of year again - we're looking for alternatives to our aging bb infrastructure - although it's been helped by the bbgen extensions, it is showing it's age, and is getting harder to support as time goes by. Of all the potential replacements we've looked at, I don't really like any of them - the commercial bb stuff is uninspiring, and their linux support is lacking. The other solutions tend to be heavyweight j2ee and database apps, or oddities like nagios. What I'd really love to find is something like an up-to-date version of big brother+bbgen, something like hobbit. Unfortunately, last I checked, hobbit still lacked a crucial capability that we depend on, the built-in bb failover mechanism. We have 2 data centers, several hundred miles apart, with bb servers in several lans at both sites. Each bb server has a twin at the other location, and they both monitor the servers in both data centers, but only one of the bb servers does reporting, as determined by the failover state. The bb failover has worked marvelously, and has kept bb firmly in place so far, despite the other advantages of hobbit. So, the $64 question: Is there anything in hobbit, or on the horizon, which will allow hobbit to serve as a drop-in replacement for bb, including the failover capability? Thanks for your words of wisdom. Joe

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NFS and shared clientlaunch.cfg files
by dunne＠accuweather.com 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Greetings fellow Hobbit-ers, I was recently tasked with monitoring 100+ solaris systems. Feeling undaunted I reached into my trusty IT toolbox and pulled out one of my favorite tools, Hobbit. What I encountered is as followed. The systems utilize NFS mounted directories. I installed the client files into /usr/local/ hobbit/client and voila! they were available to all of my systems. The issue that I encountered was that I wished to run different external scripts per client, but with a "shared" clientlaunch file I could not see how to do this. (This is where I cringe as I suspect that my solution is rather naive) What I would up doing is modifying the runclient.sh file as reflected below: ~/client hobbit$ diff runclient.sh runclient.ren 79c79 < $0 --hostname="$MACHINEDOTS" stop --- > $0 stop 83c83 < $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=$HOBBITCLIENTHOME/etc/ clientlaunch.cfg --log=$HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch.log --pidfile= $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch.$MACHINEDOTS.pid --- > $HOBBITCLIENTHOME/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=$HOBBITCLIENTHOME/etc/ $MACHINEDOTS.clientlaunch.cfg --log=$HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/ $MACHINEDOTS.clientlaunch.log --pidfile=$HOBBITCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch. $MACHINEDOTS.pid 102c102 < $0 --hostname="$MACHINEDOTS" stop --- > $0 stop 107c107 < $0 --hostname="$MACHINEDOTS" --os="$BBOSTYPE" start --- > $0 start My questions are as followed. Has anyone encountered this specific issue before, and if so how did you address it? Does my, admittedly inelegant, solution pose any issues in relation to long term use? I searched the list and was unable to find anything specific to my issue. Thanks in advance for reading this missive. Best regards, Mike

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[hobbit] alternate page graphs custom menu
by jokketan＠hotmail.com 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

I had already tried the same thing but i don't succeed in getting hobbit to show the alternate templates for the current graphs. Even when i add the --templates=/wherever/you/want directive to this line in hobbitcgi.cnf ( i know this would change the main site also, it's just a test )# hobbitsvc.cgi options for a normal (current) status displayCGI_SVC_OPTS="--env=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --no-svcid --history=top"I also tried adding another variable ($ALT_OPTS) that i created myself in the .sh script that generates the page and then adding it to the bb-hostsvc.sh like this: . /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg exec /usr/local/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS $ALT_OPTSWhich basically also does nothing...Can anyone shed some light on this??? Seems like i am missing something obvious...Thanks,Jonathan Van Liefde References: alternate page graphs custom menu From: Jonathan van liefde Prev by Date: Testing Hobbit Client Log "IGNORE" filters Next by Date: RE: [hobbit] Question Previous by thread: alternate page graphs custom menu Next by thread: Question about hobbit alert acknowledgement, delay of next alert time Index(es): DateThread To: <hobbit (at) hswn.dk>Subject: RE: [hobbit] alternate page graphs custom menuFrom: "Tom Moore" <Tom.Moore (at) sas.com>Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:42:04 -0400References: <BAY139-W17B66F209315AF69B9FFAAD4EE0 (at) phx.gbl>Thread-index: AcfS6INBn1czzAgURTOpkFRYPh5mBAAAJ72QThread-topic: [hobbit] alternate page graphs custom menu That's exactly the problem I am having and posted to the list a few weeks ago. It seems that the actual cgi scripts that run when you click on an item use the default header sets, rather than the ones specified by your --templates or --pageset settings with bbgen. The first page on the pageset does use the custom_header and custom_footer files, but if you click on an item like "cpu", it runs a cgi script which generates a new page using the default templates instead of your custom ones. For example, most of the items call "bb-hostsvc.sh". which is just a wrapper that takes arguments and runs . /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg exec /usr/local/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS Now, optimally you should be able to put a custom $CGI_SVC_OPTS definition in whatever script generates your alternate pages, such that CGI_SVC_OPTS=--templates=/whatever/directory/with/your/new/templatefiles Unfortunately, even this doesn't seem to work. The key is to get your custom sub-pages to use custom templates for the graph pages and such that are dynamically generated by the CGI files. From: Jonathan van liefde [mailto:jokketan (at) hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 1:40 PMTo: hobbit (at) hswn.dkSubject: [hobbit] alternate page graphs custom menu Hi,My problem is the following:We are using the monitoring tool for a helpdesk, every member of the helpdesk has full access to every hobbit page.Local guys should have access to a limited area of the hobbit page.So i have build an alternate page set with all different sections and restricted access with a .htaccess file. This alternate page set uses a different set of headers and footers (without the menu) to prevent local guys from wandering off.But when they look at for example the conn graph for a given host, hobbit uses the bb_header and bb_footer which still has the menu in it.Is there any way to tell hobbit to use the alternate page set header and footer for the graphs of a host when they are accessed through the alternate page set?Thanks for your help,Jonathan Van Liefde.________________________________het ultieme online mailprogramma! Ontdek Windows Live Hotmail, <http://get.live.com/mail/overview> References: alternate page graphs custom menu From: Jonathan van liefde Prev by Date: Testing Hobbit Client Log "IGNORE" filters Next by Date: RE: [hobbit] Question Previous by thread: alternate page graphs custom menu Next by thread: Question about hobbit alert acknowledgement, delay of next alert time Index(es): DateThread _________________________________________________________________ Ontdek Windows Live Hotmail, het ultieme online mailprogramma! http://get.live.com/mail/overview

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cupsd
by stoner-lists＠comcast.net 04 Jun '08

04 Jun '08

For those who want to monitor a cups print server, here's a definition you can put in your bb-services file: [cupsd] send "GET /printers\r\n" expect "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" port 631 Alternatively, you could just use http://host:631/printers in your bb-hosts file. The cupsd is, for monitoring purposes, a web server. -Jeff "Fun with Users #1: ln -s /dev/random /etc/motd"

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[hobbit] strange graph behavior - random machines & graphs
by gumby3203＠gmail.com 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

I have recently noticed a strange thing happening with some of the rrd graphs generated by Hobbit. When you look at the graph, it looks as though the rrd data is one one format (gauge), but the graph is generating it in a different format (derive). I can't seem to find any pattern to the hosts or tests that are exhibiting this strange behavior, and it is only happening on a handful of graphs. I have attached a picture of one of these graphs, since I'm not really sure how to describe it. Note the huge numbers displayed on the curr/min/avg/max line. Any idea what's going on here? When I dump the RRD file manually, everything looks okay. I'm running Hobbit 4.2.0 with the 2007-02-09 allinone patch (I believe the latest). This has only happened in the past few weeks, though when exactly it started, I don't know. Any ideas?

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