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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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bb-display and bbproxy
by tk＠westend.com 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Hi, is it possible to run bbproxy and bb-display at the same time? The goal is to forward messages to a main Hobbit server, but still being able to look at the status on the proxy server. Best regards Thomas -- Thomas Kähn NetCologne Network Engineering & Design Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH Im Süsterfeld 6 Telefon: 0241/701333-18 52072 Aachen Fax: 0241/911879 Handelsregister: HRB 25580, Amtsgericht Köln Geschäftsführer: Werner Hanf, Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Zankel

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alternate pagesets
by Kevin.Hanrahan＠elavon.com 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

Hi all, Is it possible to specify only certain columns appearing in alternate pagesets? I have tried the "group-only" tag and it appears to be getting ignored. I would like to only display certain external tests for different pagesets while eliminating all else, such as conn, info, trends, cpu, etc. Can this be done? If so, what is the syntax please? 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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Building current trunk
by rsmrcina＠wi.rr.com 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

While building the current trunk a couple of files have lost their executable status. trunk/build/convert-bbservices $BBHOME/client/runclient.sh On the other hand, the info column is working... hoo hoo! -- Rich Smrcina VM Assist, Inc. Phone: 414-491-6001 Ans Service: 360-715-2467 http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2009 - Orlando, FL - May 15-19, 2009

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Programs for monitoring JBOSS
by k.rakeshnair＠gmail.com 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

HI all I am in a pethetic condition. I was working on bash-scripting in which I was using twiddle to monitor JBOSS and wrote a bash script which uses data from twiddle to send it to Hobbit usiing the BB tool. But now I am asked to use Java/JMX Programming for monitoring JBOSS. I am not exposed to java programming so can anyone help me by sharing some java programs which can be used for monitoring jboss. Its really an emergency... plse reply ASAP. Thanks Rakz

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Question about pageset
by tsg＠bluekiwi-software.com 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hi, I'm just asking if it possible to assign only one test to one server within a page. I will explain a bit my situation and why I want to achieve this. I'm monitoring webservers with a lot a vhosts on each. I want to give customers access to a specific page including the servers that are hosting their websites. For example, I created a page called Orange (customer's name) containing two webservers and used group-only to display only 'http|content|ssh' tests. These servers are also on the main page with all tests. Now I want to execute the 'content' test only for Orange in the dedicated page and only in this page. Thus, when people come to their page they will click the content and http tests and see the output for their vhost only. I want to activate a test only in a page. Does it sound clear for you ? Best regards, ThomaS

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Footer/header issue on html generated by CGI
by nico＠crysto.org 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Hi, To sum up, i want to change header/footer for a special view in hobbit. But I got an issue on the html pages generated by cgi *only*. It works well for static html page. For this, i created a new view which is using other footer/header: [bbdisplay-newstyle] ENVFILE /opt/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver-newstyle.cfg ENVAREA COLTONLINE NEEDS hobbitd GROUP generators CMD bbgen $BBGENOPTS \ --pageset=newstyle \ $BBHOME/www/newstyle-set/ \ --template=newstyle \ --report \ --report=NEWSTYLE \ --ignorecolumns=mem,fw,fwcons,netstat,insight,ssh,ftp,timediff,vmstat,msgs,update \ --subpagecolumns=1 LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-newstyle.log INTERVAL 1m So, i modified ~hobbit/server/web/newstyle_header and newstyle_footer. -> that works fine. For the BODY, I modified hobbitserver-newstyle.cfg (MKBBACKFONT / MKBBCOLFONT / MKBBROWFONT / MKBBTITLE ). --> that works fine. My problem is when i m clicking on the ping check for instance: /hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=test-device&SERVICE=ping The footer/header used are differents, hobbit is using : ~hobbit/server/web/hostsvc_footer and header. So, i tried to see if in the shell script which call the cgi, there is some variables for footer/header /cgi-bin/bb-hostsvc.sh ------- . /opt/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi-newstyle.cfg exec /opt/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi $CGI_SVC_OPTS ------- I checked /opt/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg default file, but there is nothing about footer/header. So, my question is : is there some hidden variables that i could add anywhere for linking differenty the footer/header of each CGI. Any trick is welcome. thanks !!! Regards, nicolas liénard

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services just marked with "-" on some monitored hosts
by lists＠nanl.de 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Hey, I installed a new hobbit-system to monitor some hosts. Most hosts and its services are monitored fine, but for 2 hosts all services are marked with a "-" for days now. I sniffed the traffic with tcpdump and all tests for these hosts are running (e.g. ssh, http) - even in /var/lib/hobbit/rrd there are directories named as the hostnames I specified in bb-hosts. But for these 2 hosts I just get "-" for all services; no smilies :/ Any ideas? What might i do wrong? Thanks a lot mirko

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Make a custom rrd file without NCV module
by eloew＠eloew.org 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Hi, I want to create a custom rrd file to display a graph on a column in hobbit. The column (named test2) is Ok in hobbit and write datas send from a client hobbit on an another server. I can't use NCV module because I want to match a specific number in a specific line. The column display datas like this --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu Nov 27 11:12:13 2008 &green DR jour : 3145 &green DR periode : 54 &yellow Liste de DR à problème --------------------- |Col1 | Col2 | Col3 | +-----+------+------+ |Val1 | Val2 | Val3 | |Val1 | Val2 | Val3 | --------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I want to make a rrd file with one value : "DR periode :" (=54). I do a script for making rrd : #!/bin/sh # Input parameters : Hostname, testname (column), and messagefile HOSTNAME="$1" TESTNAME="$2" FNAME="$3" date >> /tmp/rrd_ext.log if [ "$TESTNAME"="test2" ] then DR=`grep "DR periode :" $FNAME | sed "s/.*: //` echo "DS:DR:GAUGE:600:0:600" echo "test2.rrd" echo "$DR" fi exit 0 I modified hobbitlaunch.cfg : rrdstatus] ENVFILE /usr/local/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log \ hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=$BBVAR/rrd --debug \ --extra-script=/usr/local/hobbit/server/ext/rrd-ext.sh \ --extra-tests=test2 Finaly, i restart hobbit. But the rrd file are not created and the script is never running. Can someone help me or give me a link to a doc ? Eric -- (°- http://www.eloew.org -°) //\ Page sur les canaris : http://canaris.eloew.org /\\ v_/_ Gestion de budget : http://lebufin.eloew.org _\_v

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check log
by flyzone＠technologist.com 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

I wrote the checklog external for the old bb, where the bbout was the log file...yes..maybe is time to make a version 2 of my checklog. So, if you are using hobbit, the real error log is in /opt/hobbit/client/logs/hobbitlaunch.log or the logfile specified in clientlaunch.cfg in the external section where you launch check_log.py. Look there, but I think that at 60% is a misconfiguration in the check_log.cfg file where you need to specify the line "/path/file [TAB] file_of.rules" Check also the permission of hobbit to read that file, if you can access with vi logged as hobbit it's ok. Bye Alle 16:31, mercoledì 26 novembre 2008, hai scritto: > check log gives me this error > > ERROR: problem while reading the log, check BBOUT for other info > some idea? -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com

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