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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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Integrate rrd files into hobbit
by icicimov＠gmail.com 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hi all, I was reading some posts about integrating external custom scripts into hobbit and was wondering is it possible to link existing rrd database files created by some other application and use hobbit for charting? If possible, what files do I need to eddit to make this work? The rrd file is created using rrdtool so another question would be about compatibility of the rrd file with the way the rrd files are being created in hobbit. Thanks in advance for any help. Igor

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Changing BBDISP per test
by frank.gruellich＠navteq.com 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

Hi, for some reason we have two external hobbit monitoring servers. Now we got a couple of machines in a firewalled subnet, bbtest-net on both external servers can not access them. So I set up an internal server, that forwards all test results to one of the external servers. Unfortunately I need some of the test results at the other external server. From my mind I can remember something like: 10.0.1.1 hostA # BBDISP=10.0.0.1 conn http://hostA/index.html 10.0.1.2 hostB # BBDISP=10.0.0.1 conn http://hostB/index.html 10.0.1.3 host # BBDISP=10.0.0.2 conn http://host/index.html (with 10.0.1.0/24 the firewalled network and 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 as two external hobbit servers), but I can't find any references to this anymore. Can someone help me please? Is this possible at all or do I need to setup a second internal server? Thanks in advance and kind regards, -- Navteq (DE) GmbH Frank Gruellich Map24 Systems and Networks Duesseldorfer Strasse 40a 65760 Eschborn Germany Phone: +49 6196 77756-414 Fax: +49 6196 77756-100 USt-ID-No.: DE 197947163 Managing Directors: Thomas Golob, Alexander Wiegand, Hans Pieter Gieszen, Martin Robert Stockman

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Downtime Question
by pnixon＠gmail.com 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Okay, I know this is going to be an easy answer, but I'm trying to setup a multiple downtime window for one of my services, but I can't seem to have it kick in. two questions: 1 If a service is already down, when you change bb-hosts for the downtime window, will it turn red->blue? 2 What, if anything, is wrong with this statement? DOWNTIME=cam:60:0000:2400,*:1930:0830 My goal is to ignore it from 730p to 830a daily and all day saturday and sunday The info page shows: cam:60:0000:2400, All days:1930:0830 under the planned downtime. Thanks! --Pat

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Solaris 10
by captkras＠gmail.com 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

We have discovered that when the Solaris 10 Hobbit client sends its data to the server the file size of the client data/host data is fairly large. Is there a way to chuck the data into pieces, or to compress the data on the client side, prior to sending, and uncompress on the server side, to parse it in? Dave -- David S. Morgan CISSP, CCNP aka: captkras at gmail.com "When the Winds of Change Blow Hard Enough, the Most trivial of things can turn into deadly projectiles"

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no graphs from mpstat
by klomph＠nlr.nl 06 Oct '08

06 Oct '08

I'm trying to setup mpstat to monitor systems with multiple cpu's, but the graphs are not created. Can someone help me with this ? The information is send from the client to the server and in the rrd data directory I have a file called mpstat.CPU2.rrd but there are no values in the last ds (see example) <ds> <name> CPU </name> <type> GAUGE </type> <minimal_heartbeat> 600 </minimal_heartbeat> <min> 0.0000000000e+00 </min> <max> 3.2000000000e+01 </max>  <last_ds> </last_ds> <value> NaN </value> <unknown_sec> 241 </unknown_sec> </ds> the contents of the hobbit_mpstat.hostname.send file is CPUs: 2 CPU0usr: 17.18 CPU0sys: 1.34 CPU0wt: 0.06 CPU0idl: 81.31 CPU1usr: 26.16 CPU1sys: 1.40 CPU1wt: 0.06 CPU1idl: 72.29 And I have copied the rrd_data.pl from the shire and can't find a typo in it. Any suggestions would be appriciated. Regards, Bert Klomp

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Problem with hobbitd_rrd custom graph
by david＠basis.is 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Hi all, I'm trying to create a custom graph for hobbit but am having some problems. I have a script doing SNMP probing and returning status messages to hobbit. I have another script that generates RRD definitions for hobbitd_rrd. I've added the script to hobbit_rrd extra_scripts: [rrdstatus] ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=$BBVAR/rr d --extra-script=/usr/lib/hobbit/server/ext/sensatronics-grapher.py --extra-tests=temp --debug I've also made a graph definition in hobbitgraph.cgi (not really the finished definition, but I think it should work for testing): [temp] TITLE Sensatronics environment monitor YAXIS Measurement DEF:11=sensatronics.rrd:11:AVERAGE DEF:12=sensatronics.rrd:11:AVERAGE DEF:13=sensatronics.rrd:11:AVERAGE DEF:21=sensatronics.rrd:11:AVERAGE DEF:31=sensatronics.rrd:11:AVERAGE DEF:41=sensatronics.rrd:11:AVERAGE DEF:42=sensatronics.rrd:11:AVERAGE LINE2:11#00CCCC:value COMMENT:\n GPRINT:11:LAST: \: %5.1lf (cur) GPRINT:11:MAX: \: %5.1lf (max) GPRINT:11:MIN: \: %5.1lf (min) GPRINT:11:AVERAGE: \: %5.1lf (avg)\n Now, the rrd file is created but only occasionally do I see values entered into it (I haven't seen a pattern - looking over the rrd generated over the weekend I see some values, sometimes 30 minutes apart, sometimes hours, but almost all the measurement points show NaN) My script is being executed every 5 minutes. Here is the output from rrd-status.log (with hobbitd_rrd run with --debug flag): 2008-09-29 14:03:37 Want msg 698, startpos 1151746, fillpos 1151746, endpos -1, usedbytes=0 , bufleft=425213 2008-09-29 14:03:38 hobbitd_rrd: Got message 698 @@status#698/tankar_hiti|1222697018.325994 |10.200.10.3||tankar_hiti|temp|1222698818|green||green|1222263717|0||0||0|0 2008-09-29 14:03:38 startpos 1152334, fillpos 1152334, endpos -1 2008-09-29 14:03:38 -> do_external(tankar_hiti, temp) 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Saving msg to file /usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp/rrd_msg_21108 2008-09-29 14:03:38 <- do_external(tankar_hiti, temp) 2008-09-29 14:03:38 Want msg 699, startpos 1152334, fillpos 1152334, endpos -1, usedbytes=0 , bufleft=424625 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Calling helper script /usr/lib/hobbit/server/ext/sensatroni cs-grapher.py tankar_hiti temp /usr/lib/hobbit/server/tmp/rrd_msg_21108 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Helper input 'DS:11:GAUGE:600:0:U' 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Helper input 'DS:12:GAUGE:600:0:U' 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Helper input 'DS:13:GAUGE:600:0:U' 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Helper input 'DS:21:GAUGE:600:0:U' 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Helper input 'DS:31:GAUGE:600:0:U' 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Helper input 'DS:41:GAUGE:600:0:U' 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Helper input 'DS:42:GAUGE:600:0:U' 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Helper input 'sensatronics.rrd' 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Helper input '7:62:4:21:27:24:16' 2008-09-29 14:03:38 000021108 : Unlinking temp file 2008-09-29 14:03:38 get_hobbitd_message: Interrupted The 'get_hobbitd_message: Interrupted' message always appears after accepting input from my script. Any ideas? Kind regards, -- Davíð Steinn Geirsson Basis ehf. david at basis.is / (+354) 575-0419

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I'm back
by henrik＠hswn.dk 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Hi everyone, just a note that I am back following the eye surgery I had. Everything went fine, and I'll end up having just as good vision as before all of this trouble started. Thanks for all of the "get well soon" e-mail. One of you even sent me a postcard - I really appreciate your concern. In case anyone else ends up in this situation, I'd advise you to make sure you have plenty of stuff to listen to, and also try to plan ahead for things to do that doesn't involve using your eyes much. 4 weeks without books and computers takes a lot of patience. Now, off to catch up on events since I last had a look at the mailing list... Regards, Henrik

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problems with hobbit-clients.cfg
by mosimodo＠gmail.com 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

hi I got this in hobbit-clients.cfg #HOST=%*.cmt.es,%*.cmt_dom.es HOST=radiasrv.cmt_dom.es DISK /FIXED/C 60 65 HOST=cadiz.cmt.es DISK /orarecovery 96 100 DEFAULT # These are the built-in defaults. UP 1h LOAD 5.0 10.0 DISK * 90 95 MEMPHYS 100 101 MEMSWAP 50 80 MEMACT 90 97 but the alarm in radiasrv.cmt_dom.es is : red Wed Sep 17 20:35:20 RDT 2008 [radiasrv.cmt_dom.es] &red /FIXED/C/ (99%) has reached the PANIC level (95%) Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted C 10240780 10236676 4104 99% /FIXED/C () may be a problem with the sintaxis? thanks!

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hobbitd_rrd not starting an extra script
by sebastien.munch＠dexia-securities.fr 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Hello I'm trying to create an extra script for hobbit_rrd. I've followed tutorials found on the net, especially http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/tutorials:customgraph I'm getting the information in the status page. Data is correctly sent to the hobbit server. Everything seems to be configured correctly, but I'm not getting any rrd data. In the configurations, I've double-checked paths, execution rights, etc. To simplify the tests, I've changed my extra-script so that it writes everything in a temporary file. The script isn't started : it doesn't write in this temporary file. In the rrd-status log, I don't see anything about executing the extra script. hobbitlaunch.cfg : ---------------------------------------------------------- [rrdstatus] ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg NEEDS hobbitd CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=BBSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=$BBVAR/rrd --extra-script /usr/lib/hobbit/server/ext/rrd_openvz.sh --extra-tests openvz --debug ---------------------------------------------------------- /usr/lib/hobbit/server/ext/rrd_openvz.sh : ---------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh echo "Pop !" > /tmp/plouf hostname=$1 testname=$2 messagefile=$3 echo "Host $hostname" >> /tmp/plouf echo "Test $testname" >> /tmp/plouf echo "Message file $messagefile" >> /tmp/plouf cat $messagefile >> /tmp/plouf exit 0 ---------------------------------------------------------- /var/log/hobbit/rrd-status.log : ---------------------------------------------------------- [...] 2008-09-25 18:01:41 RRD update param 01: '/var/lib/hobbit/rrd/<some other host 1>/memory.actual.rrd' 2008-09-25 18:01:41 RRD update param 02: '-t' 2008-09-25 18:01:41 RRD update param 03: 'realmempct' 2008-09-25 18:01:41 RRD update param 04: '1222358501:22' 2008-09-25 18:01:41 Want msg 7363, startpos 128053, fillpos 128053, endpos -1, usedbytes=0, bufleft=400330 2008-09-25 18:01:42 hobbitd_rrd: Got message 7363 @@status#7363| 1222358502.509616|10.1.60.214||<the host I want to check>|openvz| 1222360302|green||green|1222249676|0||0||1222358207 2008-09-25 18:01:42 startpos 128527, fillpos 128527, endpos -1 2008-09-25 18:01:42 Want msg 7364, startpos 128527, fillpos 128527, endpos -1, usedbytes=0, bufleft=399856 2008-09-25 18:01:44 hobbitd_rrd: Got message 7364 @@status#7364| 1222358504.541929|10.1.0.52||<some other host 2>|cpu|1222360304|green|| green|1222302537|0||0||0 2008-09-25 18:01:44 startpos 130305, fillpos 130305, endpos -1 2008-09-25 18:01:44 RRD update param 00: 'rrdupdate' 2008-09-25 18:01:44 RRD update param 01: '/var/lib/hobbit/rrd/<some other host 2>/la.rrd' [...] ---------------------------------------------------------- Could anyone see something that would be wrong there ? Thanks in advance :) Regards Sebastien

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