July 2007 - Xymon - Xymon mailman web

temperature script compatible with Hobbit
by jonescr＠cisco.com 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

I'm looking for a temperature script suitable for linux machines (using lm_sensors). I found a couple on deadcat but none of them seemed to work very well. I hacked on one and got basic temperature monitoring working, but no graphs because the output is not in whatever format Hobbits do_temp rrd module is expecting. Does anyone have an lm_sensors script that both alerts on temp thresholds and is compatible with Hobbits rrd graphing? I tried seaching TheShire with no luck. -Charles

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Snapshot issue
by ralphmitchell＠gmail.com 03 Aug '07

03 Aug '07

Henrik, Either I've done something silly, or something you changed after the 2007-07-25 snapshot may have broken "bin/bb". I'm getting this in my hobbitclient.log: Hobbit version 4.3.0-0.20070725 Usage: /home/hobbit/client/bin/bb [--debug] [--proxy= http://ip.of.the.proxy:port/] RECIPIENT DATA RECIPIENT: IP-address, hostname or URL DATA: Message to send, or "-" to read from stdin and purple dots for my Hobbit server's cpu, disk, memory, etc. To make sure it wasn't anything old left behind from the previous install, I moved the server & client directories to another place and reran the 'make install', then copied back server/etc/bb-hosts. I'm still getting the above usage message and no client reports for the server itself. I get the same kind of usage message if I try: server/bin/bb 0.0.0.0 "drop xxxf501 conn" When I copy the client/bb & common/bb binaries from the 2007-07-25 snapshot build directory over to client/bin/bb & server/bin/bb, I now get the server's cpu, memory, disk, &c reports. This is with gcc-4.1.2 & glibc-2.5 on a Gentoo Linux system. Ralph Mitchell

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hobbit and lighttpd
by rodolfo＠pilas.net 02 Aug '07

02 Aug '07

I have lighttpd serving hobbit web pages. I am not a expert lighttpd user but this is the configuration that works to me, perhaps anybody can improve it and developers can distribute the configuration file (like hobbit-apache.conf) ################################ ## hobbit configuration based on ## http://www.lighttpd.net/documentation/cgi.html server.modules += ( "mod_cgi", "mod_auth" ) alias.url += ( "/hobbit/" => "/var/lib/hobbit/www/", "/hobbit-cgi/" => "/usr/lib/hobbit/cgi-bin/", "/hobbit-seccgi/" => "/usr/lib/hobbit/cgi-secure/" ) $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/hobbit-cgi/|^/hobbit-seccgi/" { dir-listing.activate = "disable" cgi.assign = ( "" => "" ) } auth.backend = "htpasswd" auth.backend.htpasswd.userfile = "/etc/hobbit/hobbitpasswd" auth.require = ( "/hobbit-seccgi/" => ( "method" => "basic", "realm" => "Hobbit Administration", "require" => "user=admin" ) ) --- Regards, Rodolfo Pilas

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How to if_* graph from Devmon to Hobbit
by xbgmsharp＠gmail.com 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

How to if_* graph from Devmon to Hobbit This mail describe how to graph all if_* data from Devmon to Hobbit. I am currently running hobbit 4.2.0/all-in-one patch and devmon 0.3-beta2 1) First you need a curently working hobbit and devmon. 2) Then make sure, than the file devmon/templates/modele/if_load/message TABLE:rrd() This will show data in a htmltable and add rrd information in the status page. In order to check, you should see RRD data information in the status page of the service corresponding to your devmon modele when showing source html. 3) Now make parse the data to create a rrd file (one par interfaces), this is done via extra-rrd.pl. In etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg [rrdstatus] ENVFILE /data/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=status \ --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd \ --rrddir=$BBVAR/rrd \ --extra-script=$BBHOME/ext/extra-rrd.pl \ --extra-tests=if_load In ext/extra-rrd.pl if ( $TESTNAME eq "if_load" ) { # Analyze the message we got foreach $line (@input) { if ($line =~ /(^[A-Z].*) (\d+):(\d+)$/ ) { # The RRD dataset definitions print "DS:in:DERIVE:600:0:U\n"; print "DS:out:DERIVE:600:0:U\n"; # The filename print "if_load_$1.rrd\n"; # The data print "$2:$3\n"; } } } 4) Modify etc/hobbitgraph.cfg [if_load] FNPATTERN if_load(.*).rrd TITLE Network Traffic YAXIS Bits/second DEF:in at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:in:AVERAGE CDEF:inbytes at RRDIDX@=in at RRDIDX@,8,* DEF:out at RRDIDX@=@RRDFN@:out:AVERAGE CDEF:outbytes at RRDIDX@=out at RRDIDX@,8,* LINE1:inbytes at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ In GPRINT:inbytes at RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:inbytes at RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:inbytes at RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (min) GPRINT:inbytes at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n LINE1:outbytes at RRDIDX@#@COLOR@:@RRDPARAM@ Out GPRINT:outbytes at RRDIDX@:LAST: %8.2lf %s (cur) GPRINT:outbytes at RRDIDX@:MAX: %8.2lf %s (max) GPRINT:outbytes at RRDIDX@:MIN: %8.2lf %s (avg) GPRINT:outbytes at RRDIDX@:AVERAGE: %8.2lf %s (avg)\n 4) In etc/hobbitserver.cfg Modify the following. See help/howtograph.html TEST2RRD="cpu=la,disk,...,if_load" GRAPHS="la,disk,if_load::1" The ::1 set the maxcount in order to make one graph form each rrd file create. 5) In etc/hobbitcgi.cfg Modify the following. See hobbitsvc.cgi man CGI_SVC_OPTS="--env=/data/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --no-svcid --history=top --multi-grahs=if_load,if_err..." 6) The hardest part. The hobbit parsing doesn't remove html table table so you will see many graph link. In order to fix than, you need to modify the hobbit source with the patch: lib/htmllog.c $cd lib/ $patch -p0 < htmllog.path Here is the path, this only set a new counter for all if_* services. This is allready working for the trends colunms because, it is checking all rrd file in the directory. Henrik, do you have any tips to get the nice counter without editing the source code of htmllog.c file ? That's all folks.

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hobbitd_client is crashing
by hobbit＠richwachter.com 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Hello all, I am looking for a little help with this problem. Hobbit has been installed and working fine for several weeks. I added a few things this morning and now I am getting this error in the /var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log log file. 2007-07-31 11:48:33 hobbitlaunch starting 2007-07-31 11:48:33 Loading tasklist configuration from /users/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg 2007-07-31 11:48:33 Loading hostnames 2007-07-31 11:48:33 Loading saved state 2007-07-31 11:48:33 Cannot access checkpoint file /users/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk for restore 2007-07-31 11:48:33 Setting up network listener on 0.0.0.0:1984 2007-07-31 11:48:33 Setting up signal handlers 2007-07-31 11:48:33 Setting up hobbitd channels 2007-07-31 11:48:33 Setting up logfiles 2007-07-31 11:48:48 Task clientdata terminated, status 1 and this in the /var/log/hobbit/clientdata.log 2007-07-31 11:48:48 Worker process died with exit code 134, terminating 2007-07-31 11:48:49 Worker process died with exit code 134, terminating 2007-07-31 11:49:43 Worker process died with exit code 134, terminating 2007-07-31 11:53:51 Worker process died with exit code 134, terminating I have tried removing all of the changes I made today but still I get this problem and I am not sure what is wrong. I have searched the mail archive and found several people with similar problems, however no solution that fixes my problem. GDB output $ gdb bin/hobbitd_client tmp/core GNU gdb 6.6 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.10"... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libpcre.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libpcre.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libresolv.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/libsocket.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libsocket.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libnsl.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 Reading symbols from /platform/SUNW,UltraAX-i2/lib/libc_psr.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /platform/SUNW,UltraAX-i2/lib/libc_psr.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/ld.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld.so.1 Core was generated by `hobbitd_client'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0xff1c1a58 in _lwp_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 (gdb) bt #0 0xff1c1a58 in _lwp_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 #1 0xff15ffd8 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.1 #2 0xff140200 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.1 #3 0x00028038 in sigsegv_handler (signum=11) at sig.c:57 #4 <signal handler called> #5 rbtFind (h=0x0, key=0xc8a78) at rbtr.c:379 #6 0x0001eb94 in getrule (hostname=0xc8a78 "krupa.capgroup.com", pagename=0xc3410 "", classname=0x42432 "sunos", ruletype=C_LOAD) at client_config.c:237 #7 0x0001eddc in get_cpu_thresholds (hinfo=0xc9258, classname=0x42432 "sunos", loadyellow=0xffbfd4a8, loadred=0xffbfd4a4, recentlimit=0xffbfd4a0, ancientlimit=0xffbfd49c, maxclockdiff=0xffbfd4ac) at client_config.c:1209 #8 0x00013c2c in unix_cpu_report (hostname=0x42419 "krupa.capgroup.com", clientclass=0x42432 "sunos", os=823896, hinfo=0xc9258, fromline=0xffbfe660 "\nStatus message received from 10.16.65.58\n", timestr=0x42465 "Tue Jul 31 11:54:38 PDT 2007", uptimestr=0x424d2 " 11:54am up 3 day(s), 21:57, 0 users, load average: 0.07, 0.07, 0.07", clockstr=0x490eb "epoch: 1185908085.643752\nlocal: 2007-07-31 11:54:45 PDT\nUTC: 2007-07-31 18:54:45 PST\n", msgcachestr=0x0, whostr=0x4251f "", psstr=0x4716a " PID PPID USER STIME S PRI %CPU TIME %MEM RSS VSZ COMMAND\n 0 0 root Jul_27 T 96 0.0 00:20 0.0 0 0 sched\n 1 0 root Jul_27 R 49 0.1 00:"..., topstr=0x0) at hobbitd_client.c:263 #9 0x00017fb0 in handle_solaris_client (hostname=0x42419 " krupa.capgroup.com", clienttype=0x42432 "sunos", os=OS_SOLARIS, hinfo=0xc9258, sender=0x439d4 "\nRAWIP\trawipInDatagrams = 0\trawipInErrors = 0\n\trawipInCksumErrs = 0\trawipOutDatagrams = 0\n\trawipOutErrors = 0\n\nUDP\tudpInDatagrams = 7559\tudpInErrors "..., timestamp=271461, clientdata=0x42438 "client krupa,capgroup,com.sunos sunos\n[date") at client/solaris.c:59 #10 0x0001b244 in main (argc=271404, argv=0xffbfebcc) at hobbitd_client.c:1787 Any help is welcome - point me in a direction and I can dig on my own. However at this point I am at a loss. Thanks =================================== Richard Wachter <>< Precariously perched on the precipice of another day . . .

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Ack & Enable/Disable - Limiting REMOTE_USER access.
by s_aiello＠comcast.net 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

All, I have had the need for limiting Apache authenticated users Ack & Maint access in Hobbit. This email will outline the procedure that I have created to do this. I hope this may of be some help or usefulness to the community. First I established two levels of access, global & limited. I limit user's access to devices by putting devices they need ack/Maint access to, on a dedicated page. They are then granted ack/Maint access to that dedicated page. Limited access users do not have access to the Administration --> Enable/disable Web GUI. They can only Maint devices via the device's info report. Global access is allowed to Ack any device & has access to the Admin Web GUI. Access control is configured via a file I created, called server/etc/cgiauthext.cfg, and has the format: Admin: .* WebAdmin: web netAdmin: (switches|routers) The Admin user has global access. The WebAdmin user only has Ack & Maint access to any device on the /web page. The netAdmin user has Ack & Maint access to devices on the /switches and /routers page. All users; Admin, WebAdmin, & netAdmin need to have users with the same name created in hobbit's apache password file (server/etc/hobbitpasswd). This limiting of access was done by modifying the cgi-secure/bb-ack.sh & cgi-secure/hobbit-enadis.sh wrappers. Basically I prepended some shell script logic to the wrapper script. The additions are provided in the hobbit-user_auth.txt attachment which is in the output of diff -u. Disclaimer: I have no idea if these mods will work for you or your environment. These mods were created on a Linux platform. Please use at your own risk. ~Steve

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[hobbit] sending client side data
by sbrabez＠ixis-cib.com 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Hello Jones, You can use the following command line to send data from server to your client : bbuser at server:$BBHOME/bin$ bb <hobbitdisplay> "status <hostname>.<test> <color> <date> <message>" <hobbitdisplay> is your BBDISPLAY set in your $BBHOME/etc/bb-hosts agent file <hostname> the name of the host <date> the current date, I should you to use the default unix command `date` <test> the service to monitor, for example cpu, conn, disk, msgs and you can put a regular expression <color> the color on BBDISPLAY <message> the message you want to display on your BBISPLAY and you can put HTML text into to have a best visual aspect I hope, I respond to you and help you. Regards -- Sofian Brabez Monitoring Team Natixis France sbrabez at ixis-cib.com ________________________________ From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:JasonAS_Jones at mentor.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:52 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] sending client side data Hi All, I've been looking through the archives at the sample server side module Henrick showed us (http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2007/01/msg00487.html) I'm just curious if anyone knows how to send data from the client side to the server the same way the standard hobbit client tests do, looking at bb I'm guessing either bb data or bb client, but when I run bb <hobbitIP> "client <hostname>.<os>" nothing happens and the man pages don't mention how to actually send the data etc. Any help appreciated, Thanks, Jason. -------------------------------------------------------- Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes peuvent etre confidentiels, et, de plus, peuvent etre couverts par un privilege ou une protection legale. Il est etabli a l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme a sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf autorisation expresse prealable. Toutes opinions exprimees dans ce message, sont personnelles a leur auteur et ne sauraient necessairement refleter celle de IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank, de ses filiales ou de sa maison mere. Elles sont aussi susceptibles de modification sans notification prealable. Tous droits reserves. Si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le detruire et d'en avertir immediatement l'expediteur. Toute communication avec IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank peut etre controlee, enregistree et conservee. IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank decline toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Les communications sur Internet n'etant pas securisees, IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank informe qu'il ne peut accepter aucune responsabilite quant au contenu de ce message. This email and any attachment may be confidential and may also be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. It is intended only for the stated addressee(s) and access to it by any other person(s) is unauthorised. Any use, dissemination or disclosure not in accordance with its purpose, either in whole or in part, is prohibited without our prior formal approval. Any opinion expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinion of IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank, its affiliates or parent company. It may also be subject to change without prior notice. Copyright reserved. If you are not an addressee, you must not disclose, copy, circulate or in any other way use or rely on the information contained in this email. If you have received it in error, please inform us immediately and delete all copies. Any communication made with IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank (whether personal or business) may be monitored and a record kept. IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. As communication on the Internet is not secure, IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank does not accept responsibility for the content of this message. --------------------------------------------------------

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Question
by brian＠integraphx.com 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

Ok I am trying to install hobbit I am completely lost. I am installing on an ubuntu server 6.06. and I go to load hobbit and it come back and says errors were encountered during postgresql, and openldap. I have downloaded these programs and installed them. So I don't know what else is going on. I am new to this linux thing and I am having a little bit of troubles finding how to fix this and get the install correct. Please help me. I pretty much need step by step instructions. Thanks Brian Gray Network Administrator Integraphx, Inc 704 589 0986

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alternate page graphs custom menu
by jokketan＠hotmail.com 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

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. _________________________________________________________________ Ontdek Windows Live Hotmail, het ultieme online mailprogramma! http://get.live.com/mail/overview

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Question about hobbit alert acknowledgement, delay of next alert time
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

When I put "delay=999" in the replied email to an email alert, I saw following message showing up on the webpage. Mon Jul 30 10:38:22 2007 nfs1.mywork.com disk <http://hobbit.mywork.com/hobbit/gifs/red.gif> "TJ Yang" tjyang at mywork.com =20 Question 1. Will I really get 999 minutes of delay time ? Question 2. what is "=20" mean ? T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Need a brain boost? Recharge with a stimulating game. Play now!� http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=club_hotmailtextlink1

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