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Config report(critical) not working with critical systems (nkview.cfg), but NK tags
by bgmilne＠staff.telkomsa.net 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

I am moving to the Critical Systems view, however, to ensure that all the critical systems are in fact on the Critical Systems view, I was hoping to use the Config report (critical), and refer teams to the reports for their pages/servers. However, I always get empty reports, while the normal Config report has the correct values (from nkview.cfg) in the NK column for the correct host/test. The source code for hobbit-confreport.c shows that it filters based on the NK tag from bb-hosts when run with the --critical option. This is quite a big issue, I can't give everyone edit access, and there's no other really feasible way to audit this at present. OK, it looks like there's something wrong here: if (!nkalerts || (strcmp(nkval(hname, tname, nkalerts), "No") == 0)) wanted = 0; This change (beware line breaks) seems to do what I need (at least on the dev system I tested on): --- web/hobbit-confreport.c.orig 2008-02-05 18:17:09.380998000 +0200 +++ web/hobbit-confreport.c 2008-02-05 18:17:29.161737419 +0200 @@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ namelist_t *hinfo = hostinfo(hname); char *nkalerts = bbh_item(hinfo, BBH_NK); - if (!nkalerts || (strcmp(nkval(hname, tname, nkalerts), "No") == 0)) wanted = 0; + if (!nkalerts && (strcmp(nkval(hname, tname, nkalerts), "No") == 0)) wanted = 0; } if (wanted && hname && tname && strcmp(hname, "summary") && strcmp(tname, xgetenv("INFOCOLUMN")) && strcmp(tname, xgetenv("TRENDSCOLUMN"))) { However, a host with NK tags in bb-hosts now appears in the report, with NK columns displaying "No". I can live with this though ... Regards, Buchan

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hobbit problem
by pete42＠gmail.com 06 Feb '08

06 Feb '08

Hello All, I just installed hobbit a while ago and I've been having some problems. It seems that a few times a day my first 8 or so hosts in the bb-hosts file go red for conn (which is all I test for). I already tried setting the concurrency for bbtest-net to a lower number, which didn't help. The really odd part is as soon as conn goes red, I check and it says it's been that way for 15-20 polls. It seems like the history is somehow getting corrupted or the ping isn't being done right? Could anyone help me out? Thanks, ~Pete

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The latest version of hobbit.
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

I am running hobbit 4.1.2p1. I want to upgrade to the latest stable version. I found versions of hobbit on www.hswn.dk and sourceforge. Where do I get the latest stable version of hobbit? Are there patches that have to be added to this version or is there a version with the patches already? What is the latest version? I have been using bb then hobbit for many years and have found it excellent. There is another department that is looking into nagios monitoring software. They are willing to monitor other departments hosts if we want. Looking at their web page I see a lot of eye candy reports and they look cluttered but that is just looking at the screen shots. I personally like hobbit's simple interface. Has anyone else looked at nagios and why did you prefer hobbit over nagios? Just wondering. Robert _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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How to set -R option when compiling
by rmcgraw＠purdue.edu 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

I have been playing with RPATH to try and force the use the -R in the load and it does not seem to work for me. Can someone help me out? How and what do I need to do to set and where get this to take affect? Sorry if this is a trivial question but I just do not see the answer. Thanks _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw at purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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bb-checkweb
by pnward＠googlemail.com 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

Hi all, I am new to hobbit, and am still finding my feet. Can anyone sugest how I can monitor external websites eg www.google.co.uk I did some searching and found bb-checkweb, but there is no documentation. I have added the .pl script to the ext directory and added the required files to etc as well. I have just amended the hobbitlaunch.cfg with [bb-checkweb] ENVFILE /usr/libexec/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg CMD $BBHOME/ext/bb-checkweb.pl LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-checkweb.log INTERVAL 1m How do I use it now? Any other help with webmonitoring would be great. Paul

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[hobbit] hosts wildcards in clients-local.cfg
by szymon＠bakowski.net 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

>On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:34:12PM +0000, Szymon.Bakowski (at) ladbrokes.co.uk wrote: >> Just wanted to ask a quick question (went through the archive, but haven't >> found an answer for my question): >> >> Is it possible to use host wildcards in clients-local.cfg file ? They do >> work for me for example in hobbit-clients.cfg but it seems that I can not >> make it work in clients-local.cfg. In hobbit-clients.cfg I am using for >> example as follows: >> >> HOST=%www..\.foo\.com >> >> but it doesn't work in clients-local.cfg. > >No, you cannot. > >The way around this is to use host "classes". The default class for a >host is the name of the operating system - that's why the "[linux]" and >"[hpux]" etc. sections work. You can change the class of a host either >by configuring it with the CLASS:classname setting in bb-hosts, or by >specifying the class on the client when you start the Hobbit client. > >It is a bit annoying that you cannot use regexp's in client-local.cfg. >Might be something I change. > > >Regards, >Henrik Thank you Henrik for your reply. Classes did help indeed. Can I use them in other config files like for example in hobbit-clients.cfg ? Regards Szymon

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[hobbit] Best way to monitor server in a DMZ ? or remote LAN ?
by Thomas.Kern＠hq.doe.gov 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

I like the idea of having a hobbit server inside a DMZ just to monitor the servers inside the DMZ. I am sure that between the network firewalls and the iptables and other tools available in a Linux server, that you can make sure that the public cannot see the hobbit server but let admins inside your network see the web pages. Alerts might be more of a problem but should be doable with proper firewall rules. The bbproxy facility may make it easier to get the firewall stuff set right. Thomas Kern 301-903-2211 (O) 301-905-6427 (M) ----- Original Message ----- From: linuxmasterjedi at free.fr <linuxmasterjedi at free.fr> To: hobbit at hswn.dk <hobbit at hswn.dk> Sent: Tue Feb 05 09:01:48 2008 Subject: [hobbit] Best way to monitor server in a DMZ ? or remote LAN ? Hi, I would like to monitor servers inside a DMZ. Since the Hobbit-Clients push the information to the server, they are not able reach the LAN Hobbit server : communication from the DMZ to the LAN is forbidden... What is your experience in that area guys ? I'm thinking to setup a DMZ Hobbit server. The LAN Hobbit server will pull the information from the DMZ Hobbit server. I remember something related using bbproxy or NET. Am I right ? What is your experience in that domain again ? (bis) Finally, I would like to setup a Hobbit Server in "LAN2", "LAN3" and "LAN4" . Those LAN* Hobbit server will monitor servers around them. Will they send information to LAN Hobbit server or the LAN Hobbit server will pull the information from LAN* Hobbit servers ? Thanks by advance for any answers or point of view of my ideas. I'm looking for a global view of my issues + tutorial links to setup the right things. Thanks by advance. To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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devmon & hobbit graphs issue
by forums＠triadbiz.rr.com 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Didn't know if anyone in this group would have any ideas on this: I saw an implementation in routermon and was wondering if I could do this in devmon. I saw a routermon page in hobbit that shows the columns like if_stat, if_load... And on the if_load page was a table just like the devmon table except the page built by routermon had another column in the table with a graph link in it. So that when I click on a if_load page for say my 6509 I don't get a page that is so long it isn't funny. This is what is in my 6509: Slot 1 - 48 port 10/100/1000 Slot 2 - 48 port 10/100/1000 blade Slot 3 - 10 GE module Slot 4 - 10 GE module Slot 7 - 48 port sfp module Slot 8 - 48 port sfp module Slot 9 - 24 port sfp module I can't remember how many ports are in my 10GE modules but when you are graphing a lot of those ports because they are uplinks to switches and dwdm equipment it makes for a page that takes a little bit to load. And I saw a page setup with routermon in that fashion and didn't know if this was feasible to do in devmon. I am trying to find the page I saw the routermon setup in, so that I can contact that person and see how they did it. But figured if it could be done with routermon than it could be done with devmon. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, Josh

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windows ext script to trigger memory red color
by me2unix＠gmail.com 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Hi All, Need to write an ext script on a windows client, to restart a service when memory reaches the RED level. Is it possible to track the status colors (e.g. MEM or CPU) from an ext script on Windows? Thanks, Hezki

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File include in hobbit-clients?
by nicholas.l.jackson＠gmail.com 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Greetings all, I would like to know if its possible to add file include functionality in the conf file hobbit-clients. Can anyone give me a patch for this or tell me what src file I should look at to add this? Thank you! Nicholas Jackson

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