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hobbit release
by gleonard＠progrexion.com 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

I am getting ready to build some new hobbit servers and am wondering when the newest release will come out? Gavin Leonard [cid:image001.gif at 01C93DC0.7FDAF140] 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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[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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help with NCV
by gatis.anee＠gmail.com 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi, Could you help me with configuring NCV please. I want to graph "USERS ACTIVE". If there is a plain "USERS ACTIVE: x" Then graph is made fine, but if there is something more I get: 2008-11-04 14:04:30 RRD error updating /home/hob/hob/data/rrd/host1/rbackup.rrd from 127.0.0.1: tmplt contains more DS definitions than RRD How can I tell NCV to ignore everything beyond "USERS ACTIVE" line? This is my output: USERS ACTIVE: 6 UNIX_PID LOGON_TIME MACHINE USERNAME MODULE PROGRAM SID SERIAL ------------ -------------------- ---------- --------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ------ ---------- 25579 04-nov-2008 11:04:06 host1 MON1 oracle at host1 (TNS V1-V3) oracle at host1 (TNS V1-V3) 19 52205 2501 04-nov-2008 11:04:06 host1 MON1 oracle at host1 (TNS V1-V3) oracle at host1 (TNS V1-V3) 19 52205 13730 04-nov-2008 12:01:09 host2 BB SQL*Plus oracle at host2 (P001) 26 58955 4353 04-nov-2008 12:01:09 host2 BB SQL*Plus oracle at host2 (P001) 26 58955 19054 04-nov-2008 12:01:09 host2 BB SQL*Plus sqlplus at host2 (TNS V1-V3) 630 26167 18987 04-nov-2008 12:01:09 host2 BB SQL*Plus oracle at host2 (P001) 665 55557

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Hobbit: Run Scripts
by mathew.sanu＠gmail.com 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Hi, I am looking at being able to run a global script on all servers that are monitored by Hobbit. How can i accomplish this task? (The script is created by us and I am looking at incorporating this script to run at a specific time weekly) Any help/suggestion would be great. Regards, Sanu

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Manually fed data
by rpeters＠columbia.com 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Hello all, I'm tired of beating my head against the wall and thought I'd ask the group. My guess is that this is probably simple, but I'm not seeing it. I have a client box in my DMZ that is only accessible via ssh. The client is running and is regularly generating the msg.system_name.txt. I'm attempting to feed that data into the server via the following command: ssh client cat /usr/local/hobbit/client/tmp/msg.client.txt | /usr/local/hobbit/client/bin/bb --debug server "@" The debug output looks successful as this is its display: 2008-11-04 07:53:28 Transport setup is: 2008-11-04 07:53:28 bbdportnumber = 1984 2008-11-04 07:53:28 bbdispproxyhost = NONE 2008-11-04 07:53:28 bbdispproxyport = 0 2008-11-04 07:53:28 Recipient listed as 'server' 2008-11-04 07:53:28 Standard BB protocol on port 1984 2008-11-04 07:53:28 Will connect to address ushq-uxadm01 port 1984 2008-11-04 07:53:28 Connect status is 0 2008-11-04 07:53:28 Sent 17306 bytes 2008-11-04 07:53:28 Closing connection The problem is that I'm not seeing any updates on the web interface. The first time I tried to run the command, I did get the page updated, but subsequent updates seem to do nothing. On the server, I've also run this to see if the server is actually receiving the data (which it is): ./bbcmd hobbitd_channel --channel=client --log=/tmp/duh.log hobbitd_client -debug Of all the times I've attempted the update, I have 3 distinct data points where it was actually updated. What am I missing? It's obviously not clear to my dense head. Thanks in advance.

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Solaris clients don't report
by Kevin.Hanrahan＠elavon.com 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Hi all, I can't get any solaris clients to report to the Hobbit server. I build the clients on the servers like I have with the all my linux clients, but none seem to report. They are all running solaris 10. There isn't anything blocking port 1984 between the boxes. The only difference I see is that I am using "gmake" instead of "make" to build the client. Could that be the problem? Can anybody offer suggestions? thanks kh ----------------------------------------- Note: The information contained in this e-mail and in any attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Sender accepts no liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and delete the e-mail from your computer. Elavon (formerly NOVA Information Systems)

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[hobbit] Alerting: Stop After
by annaj＠hi.is 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

On mán, 2008-11-03 at 19:28 +0000, SebA wrote: > Read the man page for hobbit-alerts.cfg. Hint: DURATION<time looks > like the one. SebA Sorry, but this is the wrong answer. :) -- 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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https test got "HTTP error 0"
by Samuel.Cai＠ehealth-china.com 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Hi, We got a weird problem recently when setting up another Hobbit server, all https tests failed, got "HTTP error 0". I tried running bbtest-net with debug, and got following: 2008-11-04 04:14:04 1 tests pending - 1 active tests 2008-11-04 04:14:04 Doing select 2008-11-04 04:14:05 select returned 1 2008-11-04 04:14:05 read -1 bytes from socket Seems Hobbit couldn't get anything from that URL, but if I use wget (have to use --no-check-certificate since we tests IP directly), can still get contents. I know this may be more related to the network infrastructure the new Hobbit server is in, but if you got same issue before, please help share your experiences. Thanks, Samuel Cai

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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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[hobbit] monitoring mysql on hobitt 4.2
by great.dilla＠gmail.com 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

check "the shire": http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/monitors it is one of the best places to look for plugins and just about everything.. On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:40 AM, SebA <spa at syntec.co.uk> wrote: > Have you tried Google? ;) > http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Awww.hswn.dk+mysql&me… > http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Awww.deadcat.net+mysq… > > SebA > > ________________________________ > From: Carlo Alberto Bedogni [mailto:cabedogni at gmail.com] > Sent: 03 November 2008 15:36 > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: [hobbit] monitoring mysql on hobitt 4.2 > > Hi all, > > I have a working hobitt server and client on CentOS 5.2 , anyone can help me > to monitoring also mysql ? > there is a place where i can download the plugin ? > > Thanks in advantage > Carlo > -- http://www.pimp-my-rig.com

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