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Error installing hobbit: librrd2-dev conflicts with librrd0
by marjorie.miranda＠ge.com 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Hi, I get the error when attempting to install hobbit 4.2.0, librrd0 1.0.49, RRDTool 1.2.15 on Ubuntu 7.04 : $ sudo dpkg -i librrd0_1.0.49-1_i386.deb dpkg: regarding librrd0_1.0.49-1_i386.deb containing librrd0: librrd2-dev conflicts with librrd0 librrd0 (version 1.0.49-1) is to be installed. dpkg: error processing librrd0_1.0.49-1_i386.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing librrd0 Errors were encountered while processing: librrd0_1.0.49-1_i386.deb Is there a list of compatible versions to use when installing Hobbit? Thanks a bunch! Marjorie

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Ports and procs and files
by dns1407＠yahoo.com 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Hi All, Can anyone tell me how to get rid of "ports", "procs" and "files" column on the hobbit-server? Thanks... DNS ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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ifmib graph
by lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

I get one ifmib graph for Traffic (bits/second) with values and 10 empty on the ifmib status page. ( http://leopg9.no-ip.org/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=leopg9&SERVICE=ifmib ) -- Regards Lars Ebeling http://leopg9.no-ip.org Hobbithobbyist "I am not young enough to know everything." -- Oscar Wilde

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Hobbit client executing a script to be proactive if a problem occurs?
by chrisw＠supranet.net 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Hello, I've been running hobbit for a few years, after converting from Big Brother. I actively use it to monitor hundreds of hosts, send alerts, etc. However, one thing I have yet to do is use any custom scripts for anything. Looking at docs, I see two ways that scripts are called: 1) an alert can call a script instead of email directly. This script is passed variables, and just about anything can be done *on the hobbit server* from here. 2) A script can be launched on the client, from ext/, when the hobbit clien starts. This script is generally used to add another column to hobbit. What I'd like to do is execute a script *on the client* when an alert has happened. Say, if CPU goes red on something, I'd like a script to run on the cilent. I could force the issue with #1 above, but this seems like it would invovle the server having the script, likely having SSH keys setup to get into the client, then run the script. Is there a cleaner way built in that will just say "if service FOO is red then on client run script ext/BAR.sh"? Thanks --Chris

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Help adding a custom graph - have RRD, nothing on status page
by asparks＠doublesparks.net 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

I'm having no luck getting a custom graph (or graph set) to display on my Hobbit 4.2 install. I think I'm not missing a step, but cannot get it to work. I've created a custom status test for Squid. I've written an extra-script for it (added to the hobbitlaunch for the rrdstatus program), and that is creating a squid.rrd file for the client. Content looks good, querying it via rrdtool. I've created an entry "[squid}" in my hobbitgraph.cfg, using the squid.rrd file. I've added the test name "squid" to the TEST2RRD hobbitserver.cfg variable, at the end. I am getting the "squid" test in my Hobbit host display, but there is no graph. No broken link, nothing except the status text. I've also created additional graph entries for displaying alternate views of the data in the RRD, namely "[squidhr]", "[squidsvc]", and "[squidreq]", to display hit ratios, service times, etc. I've added these named to the GRAPHS variable in the hobbitserver.cfg, and unfortunately have no trends graphs either. What might I be missing? I've fully restarted Hobbit many times, tried off-the-wall incantations in TEST2RRD such as "squid=squid" rather than just "squid", tried putting just "squid" in the GRAPHS variable to get a trend graph of any sort... all to no avail. Thanks in advance for any clues what I might be missing, or anything... -Alan -- Alan Sparks, UNIX/Linux Systems Integration and Administration <asparks at doublesparks.net>

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Puttin more than one graph with a test
by giovanni＠redix.com.br 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

Hi everyone There is any way to insert more than 1 graph together with a plugin page ? I mean, MySQL for instance... In hobbitserver.cfg i have TEST2RRD="cpu,la.. . . . ., mysql=mysql1", then when i click on mysql page the graph mysql1 appears... The problem is, i have 3 graphs about MySQL so i would like to insert them all on mysql page, not just in Trends... is that possible? Thank you ! --- Giovanni

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df issues? not returning all mount points
by stewartl42＠gmail.com 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

Some of my partitions are not getting pulled by the client data. I am also not getting graphs for those partitions any more. When I run df -Pk on the command line I get the following... # /bin/df -Pk Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda7 10080488 1123052 8445368 12% / /dev/sda1 497829 27222 444905 6% /boot /dev/sda2 10080520 3909356 5659096 41% /home none 3986856 48 3986808 1% /dev/shm /dev/sda3 10080520 2634804 6933648 28% /usr /dev/sda6 10080488 2435308 7133112 26% /var /dev/sda5 10080488 56748 9511672 1% /var/log /dev/emcpowera1 1900807668 1251396128 630399896 67% /LOGS/DBKP1 /dev/emcpowerc1 1871333508 502627760 1273647524 29% /LOGS/Firewall /dev/emcpowere1 2113786784 1077641868 928770788 54% /LOGS/Proxy /dev/emcpowerf1 2113786784 1806209972 200202684 91% /LOGS/Other /dev/emcpowerb1 1871333508 32828 1776242456 1% /Alfresco_1 /dev/emcpowerd1 2113786784 32828 2006379828 1% /Alfresco_2 If I look at the client data for this server, I only get [df] Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda7 10080488 1123048 8445372 12% / /dev/sda1 497829 27222 444905 6% /boot /dev/sda2 10080520 3909356 5659096 41% /home /dev/sda3 10080520 2634804 6933648 28% /usr /dev/sda6 10080488 2435308 7133112 26% /var /dev/sda5 10080488 56748 9511672 1% /var/log /dev/emcpowerb1 1871333508 32828 1776242456 1% /Alfresco_1 /dev/emcpowerd1 2113786784 32828 2006379828 1% /Alfresco_2 So, I'm missing some drives here... any thoughts? It shows up correctly in the [mount] client data. [mount] /dev/sda7 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) /dev/sda2 on /home type ext3 (rw) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) /dev/sda3 on /usr type ext3 (rw) /dev/sda6 on /var type ext3 (rw) /dev/sda5 on /var/log type ext3 (rw) /dev/emcpowera1 on /LOGS/DBKP1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/emcpowerc1 on /LOGS/Firewall type ext3 (rw) /dev/emcpowere1 on /LOGS/Proxy type ext3 (rw) /dev/emcpowerf1 on /LOGS/Other type ext3 (rw) /dev/emcpowerb1 on /Alfresco_1 type ext3 (rw) /dev/emcpowerd1 on /Alfresco_2 type ext3 (rw) -- Stewart The revolution will not be televised. The revolution will be no re-run brothers; The revolution will be live.

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no iostat rrds?
by P.vanEldijk＠uci.ru.nl 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

Hello, my (solaris) clients report iostat-data for the disks in client section [iostatdisk]. However, no iostat-rrds are created. I've tried to change the data and headers to conform to larrd-iostat ([iostat] section), but still no rrds. How can I get hobbit to cretae the iostat rrds? regards, Paul PS: I'm using hobbit 4.2

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[hobbit] Installing Release 4.3
by dns1407＠yahoo.com 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

Hi Phil, I did include the training slash... and hobbit dit start correctly I just get a directory listing instead of a webpage... i'm a little lost here....nevermind... i'll stay using the released version.... thanks anyway... BTW....is there a GUI version of BBWIN? or how can i automaticly get running services of windows machines monitored? Thanks.. DNS ----- Original Message ---- From: Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 1:42:44 PM Subject: Re: [hobbit] Installing Release 4.3 Hi DNS, It should all work. you need to browse to http://localhost/hobbit/ after an install is complete. You MUST include the training slash... Can you confirm that you started hobbit correctly? Are there hobbit processes running so that the bb.html page has been generated? What is in your apache logs? And what about the hobbit log directory, is there anything being logged there to confirm that data is being collected and processed? Cheers Phil 2008/4/13 DNS <dns1407 at yahoo.com>: When i browse to http://localhost or wiht /hobbit directory listing show up instead of the webpage... ----- Original Message ---- From: Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 8:06:56 AM Subject: Re: [hobbit] Installing Release 4.3 What happens when you browse to /hobbit/ (note the trailing slash!) On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 1:12 AM, DNS <dns1407 at yahoo.com> wrote: Hi All, I've installed librrd2-dev and voila...the install process is running..but...what do i have to change in apache so that i can access to the GUI? I've install the Hobbit to /usr/lib/hobbit and leave every thing default during installation...my make file look like this..: # Toplevel Makefile for Hobbit BUILDTOPDIR=`pwd` # configure settings for Hobbit # # Toplevel dir BBTOPDIR = /usr/lib/hobbit # Server home dir for etc/, bin/ BBHOME = /usr/lib/hobbit/server # Server data dir for hist/ etc. BBVAR = /usr/lib/hobbit/data # CGI scripts go in CGIDIR CGIDIR = /usr/lib/hobbit/cgi-bin # Admin CGI scripts go in SECURECGIDIR SECURECGIDIR = /usr/lib/hobbit/cgi-secure # Where to put logfiles BBLOGDIR = /var/log/hobbit # Where to install manpages MANROOT = /usr/local/man # How to run fping or hobbitping FPING = /usr/bin/fping # Username running hobbit BBUSER = hobbit # Hobbit server hostname BBHOSTNAME = HobbitServer # Hobbit server IP-address BBHOSTIP = 127.0.0.1 # Hobbit server OS BBHOSTOS = linux # URL for Hobbit webpages BBHOSTURL = /hobbit # URL for Hobbit CGIs BBCGIURL = /hobbit-cgi # URL for Hobbit Admin CGIs SECUREBBCGIURL = /hobbit-seccgi # Webserver group-ID HTTPDGID=adm # RRDtool settings RRDDEF = -DRRDTOOL12 RRDINCDIR = -I/usr/include RRDLIBS = -L/usr/lib -lrrd -L/usr/lib -lpng # PCRE settings PCREINCDIR = -I/usr/local/include PCRELIBS = -L/usr/local/lib -lpcre # # ZLIB settings ZLIBINCDIR = -I/usr/include HOBBITZLIB = -L/usr/lib -lz # # OpenSSL settings SSLFLAGS = # # OpenLDAP settings LDAPFLAGS = # # Net-SNMP settings DOSNMP = yes # Large File Support settings LFSDEF = -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 # Limit the size of status message texts passed to external alert scripts MAXALERTMSGSZ = 4096 # Build a shared library for common Hobbit code # NOTE: Only tested on Linux # HOBBITLIBRARY = libhobbit.so RPATHVAL += /usr/lib /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin /usr/local/lib include build/Makefile.Linux # Add local CFLAGS etc. settings here include build/Makefile.rules My apache2-config.conf: Include /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbit-apache.conf RedirectMatch "^/$" "/hobbit/" My hobbit-apache.conf: # This file is for Apache 1.3.x and Apache 2.0.x # # Add this to your Apache configuration, it makes # the Hobbit webpages and cgi-scripts available in the # "/hobbit" and "/hobbit-cgi" URLs. # NB: The "Alias" line below must NOT be used if you have # the Hobbit webfiles as the root URL. In that case, # you should instead set this: # # DocumentRoot /var/lib/hobbit/www Alias /hobbit/ "/var/lib/hobbit/www/" <Directory "/var/lib/hobbit/www"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes MultiViews Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> ScriptAlias /hobbit-cgi/ "/usr/lib/hobbit/cgi-bin/" <Directory "/usr/lib/hobbit/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI Includes Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> ScriptAlias /hobbit-seccgi/ "/usr/lib/hobbit/cgi-secure/" <Directory "/usr/lib/hobbit/cgi-secure"> AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI Includes Order allow,deny Allow from all # Password file where users with access to these scripts are kept. # Create it with "htpasswd -c /etc/hobbit/hobbitpasswd USERNAME" # Add more users / change passwords with "htpasswd /etc/hobbit/hobbitpasswd USERNAME" # # You can also use a group file to restrict admin access to members of a # group, instead of anyone who is logged in. In that case you must setup # the "hobbitgroups" file, and change the "Require" settings to require # a specific group membership. See the Apache docs for more details. AuthUserFile /etc/hobbit/hobbitpasswd AuthGroupFile /etc/hobbit/hobbitgroups AuthType Basic AuthName "Hobbit Administration" # "valid-user" restricts access to anyone who is logged in. Require valid-user # "group admins" restricts access to users who have logged in, AND # are members of the "admins" group in hobbitgroups. # Require group admins </Directory> What do I do wrong???? Please help...I want to try version 4.3..... Thanks... DNS ----- Original Message ---- From: Quinton Jansen <Quinton.Jansen at ec.gc.ca> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 11:15:14 PM Subject: Re: [hobbit] Installing Release 4.3 Do you have the librrd2-dev package installed? DNS wrote: > Hi All, > > I've a question: > > How do I compile the snapshot and install it on CentOs 5 or Debian R4? > I get RRDTool error when trying to install the snapshot, but the tool > is install... > > What version of RRDTool is needed for Hobbit 4.3??? and what do i need > for installation on Debian R4? > > Many thanks... > > Greetz, > > DNS > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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devmon ignoring bb-hosts NET Tag
by chris＠spw.info 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

I am using the Hobbit NET Tag as I have a second Hobbit instance monitoring an outside network segment. It works extremely well with Hobbit, but Devmon ignores this tag. I am using the latest Devmon 3.0 Of course I can manually edit the bb-hosts file, but I was wondering whether there is a possibility to tell Devmon to poll only specific devices on a particular server. Please note that I am not using a Devmon cluster, but rather a second Devmon instance on another server with different network access characteristics. Cheers, Chris

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