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Memory and CPU usage by a process
by vadud3＠gmail.com 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Anyone worked on collecting data and generating rrd and graph for a particular process? I am trying to collect it for all the java processes on one system, which is easy for solaris, and then generate rrd and create graph. With little perl scripts, as provided in rrdtool website, I can generate the rrds as well using the data but how do I tell hobbit server to do the graph? I want to do it all in the server may be by modifying the `ps' script on the client to show the `RSS' column Thanks -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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hobbitlaunch segfault / timewarp happend again
by hobbit＠alexkeller.de 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi Henrik, in january I reported a segfault with hobbitlaunch/timefunc.c. You quickly provided a patch... Now I'm having a new error - see core dump: /opt/hobbit/client# gdb bin/hobbitlaunch core GNU gdb 6.4-debian Copyright 2005 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 "i486-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `./bin/hobbitlaunch --config=./etc/clientlaunch.cfg --log=./logs/clientlaunch.lo'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 #0 errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 42 time_t now = getcurrenttime(NULL); (gdb) bt #0 errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 #1 0x0804f125 in getcurrenttime (retparm=0x0) at timefunc.c:73 #2 0x0804b9e0 in errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 #3 0x0804f125 in getcurrenttime (retparm=0x0) at timefunc.c:73 #4 0x0804b9e0 in errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 #5 0x0804f125 in getcurrenttime (retparm=0x0) at timefunc.c:73 #6 0x0804b9e0 in errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 #7 0x0804f125 in getcurrenttime (retparm=0x0) at timefunc.c:73 #8 0x0804b9e0 in errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 #9 0x0804f125 in getcurrenttime (retparm=0x0) at timefunc.c:73 #10 0x0804b9e0 in errprintf (fmt=0x6b <Address 0x6b out of bounds>) at errormsg.c:42 [...] I can reproduce the error with "ntpdate" using a misconfigured ntp server (2 min in the past): 1. start hobbit client "runclient.sh start" 2. sync time with "ntpdate <misconfigured-time-server>" 3. get a core dump :-( Regards, Alexander

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ping intervals
by gleonard＠progrexion.com 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

I have some servers that it is critical that I know they are down within at the most a minute to two minutes... hobbit polls every 5min if I remember right? How do I decrease the polling intervals so I can catch these connection problems quicker? Thanks in advance... Gavin Leonard [cid:image001.gif at 01C8B6EA.EB59EA00] Director, Systems-Network Engineering T 801-828-1735 F 801-828-1704 E gleonard at progrexion.com<mailto:gleonard at progrexion.com> Research | Marketing | Sales Generation www.progrexion.com<http://www.progrexion.com/> This email and its contents are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this email and do not use or disclose the information within this email or its attachments. Thank you.

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Debian Packaging
by elyograg＠elyograg.org 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

This email is intended for Christoph Berg, the guy who's packaged hobbit 4.2 for the next Debian version and etch-backports, but I thought others might be interested. Keep in mind for this message that I am referring to this specific source package, not the debian directory included in Henrik's original source. I haven't done an in-depth study, but I've noticed that most of what's in the allinone patch is not included in this packaging effort. When I apply the allinone patch against the source tree after debian/rules applies its patches, only two of the patches fail to apply - the one for ./hobbitd/rrd/do_ncv.c is already applied, and the one for ./hobbitd/wwwfiles/menu/menu_items.js.DIST fails because this file doesn't exist. In fact, the enture hobbitd/wwwfiles/menu directory is empty. For my production server, I have taken the source package and applied the allinone and bbwin patches to it, but now I am wondering if that was a good idea. Is the allinone patch omitted from the debian package for a good reason? Why is that menu directory empty? Thanks, Shawn

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[hobbit] Sun Grid Engine monitoring
by rdeal＠jcvi.org 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

We have several queues, primary are default, fast, medium. The config file is pretty simple: Unscaled[_]: y Target[sge_1]: `/local/packages/IT/MRTG/bin/qgraph.sh both` MaxBytes[sge_1]: 625 AbsMax[sge_1]: 100000000 ShortLegend[sge_1]: Jobs YLegend[sge_1]: jobs Options[sge_1]: absolute, gauge, noinfo, nopercent, growright, integer, unknaszero Title[sge_1]: Current Jobs on JCVI GRID Legend1[sge_1]: Running Legend2[sge_1]: Queued Legend3[sge_1]: Peak running Legend4[sge_1]: Peak queued LegendI[sge_1]: running LegendO[sge_1]: queued Colours[sge_1]: GREEN#00eb0c,BLUE#0000ff,GRAY#AAAAAA,VIOLET#ff00ff PageTop[sge_1]: <H1>Current Jobs on JCVI GRID</H1> <TABLE> <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD> <TD>rdeal at tigr.org</TD></TR> <TR><TD>Description:</TD><TD>Number of current SGE Jobs running on the JCVI SGE GRID</TD></TR> </TABLE> routers.cgi*Options[sge_1]: noabsmax nodetail Target[sge_7]: `/local/packages/IT/MRTG/bin/qgraph.sh medium` MaxBytes[sge_7]: 354 AbsMax[sge_7]: 100000000 ShortLegend[sge_7]: Jobs YLegend[sge_7]: jobs Options[sge_7]: absolute, gauge, noinfo, nopercent, growright, integer, unknaszero Title[sge_7]: Current Jobs in medium.q and fast.q Legend1[sge_7]: Medium Legend2[sge_7]: Fast Legend3[sge_7]: Peak medium Legend4[sge_7]: Peak fast LegendI[sge_7]: medium LegendO[sge_7]: fast Colours[sge_7]: GREEN#00eb0c,BLUE#0000ff,GRAY#AAAAAA,VIOLET#ff00ff PageTop[sge_7]: <H1>Current Jobs on JCVI GRID</H1> <TABLE> <TR><TD>Maintainer:</TD> <TD>rdeal at tigr.org</TD></TR> <TR><TD>Description:</TD><TD>Number of current SGE Jobs in the fast.q and medium.q</TD></TR> </TABLE> routers.cgi*Options[sge_7]: noabsmax nodetail The script is rather simple: #!/bin/sh # case "$1" in test ) echo 50 echo 20 ;; total ) echo $T echo 0 ;; running ) echo $R echo 0 ;; msc ) T=`/usr/local/bin/qstat -q fast.msc.q -s r | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` R=`/usr/local/bin/qstat -q msc.q -s r | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` echo $R echo $T ;; medium ) T=`/usr/local/bin/qstat -q fast.q -s r | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` R=`/usr/local/bin/qstat -q medium.q -s r | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` echo $R echo $T ;; fast ) T=`/usr/local/bin/qstat -q default.q -s r | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` R=`/usr/local/bin/qstat -q fast.q -s r | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` echo $R echo $T ;; desktop ) T=`/usr/local/bin/qstat -q desktop.q -s r | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` R=`/usr/local/bin/qstat -q fast.q -s r | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` echo $R echo $T ;; jtc ) T=`ssh wasp "use sgejcvi; qstat -g dt" | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` R=`ssh wasp "use sgejcvi; qstat -s r" | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` echo $R echo $T ;; * | both ) T=`/usr/local/bin/qstat -g dt | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` R=`/usr/local/bin/qstat -s r | /usr/bin/tail +3 | /usr/bin/wc -l` echo $R echo $T ;; esac echo foo echo SGE The two graphs configured above: > From: Martin Flemming <martin.flemming at desy.de> > Reply-To: <hobbit at hswn.dk> > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:46:29 +0200 (CEST) > To: <hobbit at hswn.dk> > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Sun Grid Engine monitoring > > > Hmm, i didn't run mrtg ... > > How can i do it for sge ? > > .. i want to graph e.g jobs in the queue for each node, project or queue .. > > ... everything i can do :-) > > Or is it maybe possible to create graphs with the data of sge.sh script ? > > thanks & cheers > > martin > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, michael nemeth wrote: > >> Ok! well I run mrtg too so I can do that. Also I thought I try creating >> graphs for the sge.sh when >> it's implemented. I've done custom graphs before (clearcase). >> As I said I know little about SGE and the SGE support person knows little >> about hobbit. >> >> Deal, Richard wrote: >>> What did you want to graph. I use mrtg to graph global she stats >>> >>> Sent from a portable system with a small keyboard. >>> >>> On Oct 9, 2008, at 5:51 PM, "Martin Flemming" <martin.flemming at desy.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Yep, i use it too ... but unfortunatley it's without trending graphs .. >>>> >>>> Got anybody a solution for it ? >>>> >>>> .. i'm very interested :-) >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> martin >>>> >>>> On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, rdeal wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> It is called sge.sh >>>>> http://www.deadcat.net/viewfile.php?fileid=920 >>>>> And we run it under hobbit now. >>>>> Richard >>>>> >>>>>> From: Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson at sas.com> >>>>>> Reply-To: <hobbit at hswn.dk> >>>>>> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:57:10 -0400 >>>>>> To: "hobbit at hswn.dk" <hobbit at hswn.dk> >>>>>> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Sun Grid Engine monitoring >>>>>> >>>>>> Where on deadcat? I can't find anything that mentions it (a search >>>>>> on grid on >>>>>> Deacat turns up something for the California power grid). Most >>>>>> monitors from >>>>>> deadcat should work with little to no modification for Hobbit. >>>>>> Also, Hobbit >>>>>> will monitor whatever you tell it so the sky's the limit there...or >>>>>> in this >>>>>> case the scripter is the limit. >>>>>> >>>>>> =G= >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: michael nemeth [mailto:michael.nemeth at lmco.com] >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 2:46 PM >>>>>> To: hobbit at hswn.dk >>>>>> Subject: [hobbit] Sun Grid Engine monitoring >>>>>> >>>>>> While I not been involved in the effort yet,we are about to bring as >>>>>> "farm" under Sun Grid Engine in to production. Anyone doing any >>>>>> monitoring like this? I saw a script on deadcat. I really know >>>>>> little about it but said Id check into what monitoring and metrics >>>>>> could >>>>>> be done by hobbit. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to >>>>> hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Gruss >>>> >>>> Martin Flemming >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________________ >>>> Martin Flemming >>>> DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a >>>> Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 >>>> 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de >>>> ______________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to >> hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk >> >> >> >> > > Gruss > > Martin Flemming > > > ______________________________________________________ > Martin Flemming > DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a > Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 > 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de > ______________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > >

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iostat
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi all Searched the list, but never really found anything. Has anybody managed to get iostat data and graphs working for RedHat linux? Looking to graph the basics for a system for physical disks. r/s, w/s, avgrq-sz, await All the rest is nice to have. Anybody done this? Regards Vernon NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments.

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[hobbit] hobbit and ssl compilation problem
by support＠ihp.jussieu.fr 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi, I tried to install hobbit server on a centos5.1 host. I installed gcc gcc-c++ pcre-devel libpng-devel openssl-devel openldap-devel rrdtool-devel and asked for ssl check when running hobbit's configure. This produced the following line in Makefile # OpenSSL settings SSLFLAGS = -DBBGEN_SSL SSLINCDIR = -I/usr/include SSLLIBS = -L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto RPATHVAL += /usr/lib but after the make, make install process the following command # su - hobbit # ./server/bin/bbtest-net --version bbtest-net version 4.2.0 show ssl support is not provided by hobbit. Even when i put SSLINCDIR = -I/usr/include/openssl in the Makefile hobbit still not support ssl. Sorry to bother you, but can someone tell me what are the correct values in Makefile to make ssl support available knowing the following : # rpm -ql openssl-0.9.8b-10.el5 /etc/pki/CA /etc/pki/CA/private /etc/pki/tls /etc/pki/tls/cert.pem /etc/pki/tls/certs /etc/pki/tls/certs/Makefile /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt /etc/pki/tls/certs/make-dummy-cert /etc/pki/tls/misc /etc/pki/tls/misc/CA /etc/pki/tls/misc/c_hash /etc/pki/tls/misc/c_info /etc/pki/tls/misc/c_issuer /etc/pki/tls/misc/c_name /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf /etc/pki/tls/private /lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8b /lib/libcrypto.so.6 /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8b /lib/libssl.so.6 /usr/bin/openssl /usr/lib/openssl /usr/lib/openssl/engines /usr/lib/openssl/engines/lib4758cca.so /usr/lib/openssl/engines/libaep.so /usr/lib/openssl/engines/libatalla.so /usr/lib/openssl/engines/libchil.so /usr/lib/openssl/engines/libcswift.so /usr/lib/openssl/engines/libgmp.so /usr/lib/openssl/engines/libnuron.so /usr/lib/openssl/engines/libsureware.so /usr/lib/openssl/engines/libubsec.so and # rpm -ql openssl-devel-0.9.8b-10.el5 | grep -v /usr/share/man/ /usr/include/openssl /usr/include/openssl/aes.h /usr/include/openssl/asn1.h /usr/include/openssl/asn1_mac.h /usr/include/openssl/asn1t.h /usr/include/openssl/bio.h /usr/include/openssl/blowfish.h /usr/include/openssl/bn.h /usr/include/openssl/buffer.h /usr/include/openssl/cast.h /usr/include/openssl/comp.h /usr/include/openssl/conf.h /usr/include/openssl/conf_api.h /usr/include/openssl/crypto.h /usr/include/openssl/des.h /usr/include/openssl/des_old.h /usr/include/openssl/dh.h /usr/include/openssl/dsa.h /usr/include/openssl/dso.h /usr/include/openssl/dtls1.h /usr/include/openssl/e_os2.h /usr/include/openssl/ebcdic.h /usr/include/openssl/engine.h /usr/include/openssl/err.h /usr/include/openssl/evp.h /usr/include/openssl/hmac.h /usr/include/openssl/krb5_asn.h /usr/include/openssl/kssl.h /usr/include/openssl/lhash.h /usr/include/openssl/md2.h /usr/include/openssl/md4.h /usr/include/openssl/md5.h /usr/include/openssl/obj_mac.h /usr/include/openssl/objects.h /usr/include/openssl/ocsp.h /usr/include/openssl/opensslconf-i386.h /usr/include/openssl/opensslconf.h /usr/include/openssl/opensslv.h /usr/include/openssl/ossl_typ.h /usr/include/openssl/pem.h /usr/include/openssl/pem2.h /usr/include/openssl/pkcs12.h /usr/include/openssl/pkcs7.h /usr/include/openssl/pq_compat.h /usr/include/openssl/pqueue.h /usr/include/openssl/rand.h /usr/include/openssl/rc2.h /usr/include/openssl/rc4.h /usr/include/openssl/ripemd.h /usr/include/openssl/rsa.h /usr/include/openssl/safestack.h /usr/include/openssl/sha.h /usr/include/openssl/ssl.h /usr/include/openssl/ssl2.h /usr/include/openssl/ssl23.h /usr/include/openssl/ssl3.h /usr/include/openssl/stack.h /usr/include/openssl/store.h /usr/include/openssl/symhacks.h /usr/include/openssl/tls1.h /usr/include/openssl/tmdiff.h /usr/include/openssl/txt_db.h /usr/include/openssl/ui.h /usr/include/openssl/ui_compat.h /usr/include/openssl/x509.h /usr/include/openssl/x509_vfy.h /usr/include/openssl/x509v3.h /usr/lib/libcrypto.a /usr/lib/libcrypto.so /usr/lib/libssl.a /usr/lib/libssl.so /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcrypto.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libssl.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig/openssl.pc Thanks for your help ! Kenji

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[hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented
by jm54601＠yahoo.com 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Here's a script I used to convert bbwarnrules.cfg to hobbit-alerts.cfg. It's far from perfect, but might help you save some labor. We also used host groups and page groups fairly extensively in bbwarnsetup.cfg. This script merges both. #!/bin/bash # Converts bbwarnrules.cfg to hobbit-alerts.cfg format # TO DO: DAY and TIME #BBWR=/usr/local/bb/etc/bbwarnrules.cfg #BBWS=/usr/local/bb/etc/bbwarnsetup.cfg BBWR=bbwarnrules.cfg BBWS=bbwarnsetup.cfg OUT1=/tmp/HGA.`date +%s` HG='hg-' DHG='$hg-' PG='pg-' DPG='$pg-' #for i in `grep ^hg- $BBWR|tr ' ' '+'` for i in `cat $BBWR | tr ' ' '+'` do if [[ $i == [h][g]* ]] then # HOST=`echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $1}'| sed -e s/$HG/$DHG/g` HGA=`echo $i | awk -F\; '{print $1}'` if [[ $HGA == *[+]* ]] then # echo handle multiple hostgroups echo -n HOST= for yy in `echo $HGA | tr '+' ' '` do grep -w $yy $BBWS|awk -F: '{print $2}' >> $OUT1 done for xx in `cat $OUT1` do echo -n $xx, done | sed s/.$// rm $OUT1 else grep -w $HGA $BBWS | awk -F: '{print $2}' | tr ' ' ',' | sed -e s/,/HOST=/ fi EXHOST=`echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $2}'| sed -e s/$HG/$DHG/g` # SERVICE=`echo $i | tr '+' ',' | tr '*' 'x' | awk -F\; '{print $3}' | sed -e s/fping/conn/g` SERVICE=`echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $3}' | sed -e s/fping/conn/g` EXSERVICE=`echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $4}'` DAY=`echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $5}'` TIME=`echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $6}'` MAIL=`echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $7}'` if [[ $EXHOST != "" ]] then echo -n " EXHOST=%$EXHOST" fi echo -n " SERVICE=$SERVICE" if [[ $EXSERVICE != "" ]] then echo -n " EXSERVICE=$EXSERVICE" fi if [[ $DAY == \* && $TIME == \* ]] then true else echo -n " TIME=$DAY:$TIME" | tr '-' ':' fi echo " RECOVERED" for m in $MAIL do case $m in ext*) SCR=`echo " SCRIPT /usr/local/hobbit/server/ext/pg/$m REMEDY" | sed -e s/ext-//g | sed -e s/-tokin//g | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' '` echo -n " " echo $SCR | awk '{print $1" "$2" "$4" "$3}' ;; pg-*) echo " MAIL $m" | sed -e s/$PG/$DPG/g | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' ;; *) echo " MAIL $m" | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' ;; esac done echo elif [[ $i != \#* && $i != \*DC* && $i != notify* && $i != \* && $i != unmatched* && $i != \!* ]] then HOST=`echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $1}'` EXHOST=`echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $2}'` SERVICE=`echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $3}' | sed -e s/fping/conn/g` EXSERVICE=`echo $i | tr '+' ',' | awk -F\; '{print $4}'` MAIL=`echo $i | tr '+' ' ' | awk -F\; '{print $7}'` echo -n "HOST=$HOST" | tr ' ' ',' if [[ $EXHOST != "" ]] then echo -n " EXHOST=$EXHOST" fi echo -n " SERVICE=$SERVICE" if [[ $EXSERVICE != "" ]] then echo -n " EXSERVICE=$EXSERVICE" fi if [[ $DAY == \* && $TIME == \* ]] then true else echo -n " TIME=$DAY:$TIME" | tr '-' ':' fi echo " RECOVERED" for m in $MAIL do case $m in ext*) #echo " SCRIPT /usr/local/hobbit/server/ext/pg/$m REMEDY"| sed -e s/ext-//g | sed -e s/-tokin//g | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' SCR=`echo "SCRIPT /usr/local/hobbit/server/ext/pg/$m REMEDY" | sed -e s/ext-//g | sed -e s/-tokin//g | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' '` echo -n " " echo $SCR| awk '{print $1" "$2" "$4" "$3}' ;; pg-*) echo " MAIL $m" | sed -e s/$PG/$DPG/g | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' ;; *) echo " MAIL $m" | sed -e s/\:\~/+DURATION\>/g | tr '+' ' ' ;; esac done echo elif [[ $i == \#* ]] then echo $i | tr '+' ' ' else echo -n '#FIX THIS#' echo $i | tr '+' ' ' fi done ________________________________ From: spa at syntec.co.uk To: hobbit at hswn.dk Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:25:16 +0100 Subject: RE: [hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented Thanks for the suggestion. I'll certainly give that some thought. Comma-separated is just the easiest when it comes to converting my existing bbwarnrules.cfg file as I can just select the hosts and replace spaces with commas. Going forward I had thought of using macros, but I'll look at PAGEs too. SebA ________________________________ From: jm54601 at yahoo.com [mailto:jm54601 at yahoo.com] Sent: 15 October 2008 16:03 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented I struggled with the same thing through a lot of trial and error. On a related note, I highly recommend trying to get away from using a comma separated list as it's a nightmare to maintain. I'm working toward using the PAGE token, where a list of hosts on a given page alerts a group, so you're effectively grouping your hosts based on the support team responsible. There will still be exceptions, but if you can generalize alerts so all the hosts on a given page can alert the same way, you'll save time and avoid the possibility of a host not having an alert configured. Just my 2 cents. ----- Original Message ---- From: SebA <spa at syntec.co.uk> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:43:35 AM Subject: [hobbit] Comma-separated lists of hostnames, etc. in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented Comma-separated lists of hostnames in hobbit-alerts.cfg is not documented, so maybe we could add something like this (taken from http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-clients.cfg.5.html) to http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/man5/hobbit-alerts.cfg.5.html: HOST=targetstring Rule matching a host by the hostname. "targetstring" is either a comma-separated list of hostnames (from the bb-hosts file), "*" to indicate "all hosts", or a Perl-compatible regular expression. E.g. "HOST=dns.foo.com,www.foo.com" identifies two specific hosts; "HOST=%www.*.foo.com EXHOST=www-test.foo.com" matches all hosts with a name beginning with "www", except the "www-test" host. Adding an example that used the comma-separated syntax to http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/hobbit-alerts.htmland hobbit-alerts.cfg (sample) files would also be good. And, actually, maybe something to say that the comma-separated syntax can be used in all XXX= places (except, presumably, REPEAT) and also for the recipient. One really shouldn't have to work this basic stuff out using: $ ./bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --test ! We definitely need some more complex examples. Maybe someone who has a complex and varied hobbit-alerts.cfg can post some sanitized examples that someone can commit to SVN? Many thanks, SebA ________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn “10 hidden secrets” from Jamie. Learn Now

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Alerting: Stop After
by annaj＠hi.is 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hi all, on the info web page for a host, is a column named Stop After. I would like to be able to configure this column. I have not noticed any information about this. See below: Alerting: Service Recipient 1st Delay Stop after Repeat Time of Day Colors conn annaj at hi.is (R) 15m - 4h W:0700:2259 yellow -- Kindest Regards, Anna Jonna Ármannsdóttir, %& A: Because people read from top to bottom. Unix System Aministration, Computing Services, %& Q: Why is top posting bad? University of Iceland.

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Hobbit: Hobbitping/Fping
by mathew.sanu＠gmail.com 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hi All, I have a couple of linux servers which are behind a firewall and needs to be monitored. I have allowed the port 1984 for flow of data from the client servers to the hobbit server, and i get all the data fine. However, I do not get to see a green for "conn", all i see is a '-'. This i typically understand is the hobbitping or the fping utility. Do these utilities work along with bbtest-net or individually? And if Yes, which ports needs to be allowed and from where to where..? If not, which port does hobbitping or fping use? At this point the firewall is opened for normal ping i.e, hobbit server can ping the linux clients. Quick info on my network. Hobbit server ip - 192.168.50.100 Other Linux/Unix servers are in the 192.168.50.* network. Linux servers behind the firewall, have a 10.* ip assigned, which at the firewall is natted to a 192.168.50.* ip. (these are typically the DMZ servers) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Sanu

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