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bbcombotest Links
by me2unix＠gmail.com 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi, Could not find anyone answering this request yet.. Here's a fix to add links to the bbcomtest reports page : Just change line 455 of hobbitd/bbcombotest.c >From : sprintf(msgline, "&%s %s\n", colorname(vwalk->color), vwalk->symbol); To: sprintf(msgline, "<a href=\"/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?HOST=%s&SERVICE=%s\">&%s</a> %s\n", gethname(vwalk->symbol), gettname(vwalk->symbol) , colorname(vwalk->color), vwalk->symbol); recompile and have links on the color dots of the tested items within combotests. --Hezki ** - *To*: <hobbit (at) hswn.dk> - *Subject*: bbcombotest Links - *From*: "Aiello, Steve \(GE, Corporate, consultant\)" <steve.aiello(at) ge.com> - *Date*: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:43:21 -0500 - *Thread-index*: AcdbTzrE4X3/UsIMTSiBvQJbJOnunQ== - *Thread-topic*: bbcombotest Links ------------------------------ Hi all, I thought I saw this question asked before, but did see it in the mailling list. When using bbcombotests, is it possible to have the combotest report with hyperlinks to the actual tests ? If I see one of the statuses are red or yellow, my nature instict is to wonder why, and be able to drill down for details. thanks, Steve

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bb-services: regexes in expect string?
by AaronZink＠eharmony.com 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

I have this defined in bb-services: [smtp-transaction] send "helo hobbit.domain.com\r\nmail from: <test at domain.com>\r\nrcpt to: <test at anotherdomain.com>\r\nquit\r\n" expect "220-mx01.domain.com ESMTP\r\n220 ESMTP READY\r\n250 mx01.domain.com\r\n250 sender <test at domain.com> ok\r\n" port 25 and a host that uses it in bb-hosts. This works great, except that it's tied to the host mx01.domain.com in the expect string. Is it possible to use regexes in the expect string, such as expect "220-mx0[0|1].domain.com"? So far my attempts have been unsuccessful and the man pages don't seem to indicate if this is possible. Aaron Zink Manager, Corporate IT eHarmony.com 626.795.4814

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ipv6 support
by vadud3＠gmail.com 09 Jun '10

09 Jun '10

Does hobbit support ipv6 addressing? -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu

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Clientupdate problems
by rdeal＠jcvi.org 11 May '10

11 May '10

Does anyone have clientupdate working reliably for a large number of machines? I noticed a problem with clientupdate failing on our 4.2.0 server and tracked it down that once a few clients seem to request the update the server stops sending the file. The clients however happily update the clientversion.cfg and thus never attempt to get the file again. After upgrading to 4.2.3, the problem is the same. Anyone else see this? I have read some of the back forum messages and it sounds line several others have run up against this same problem but there doesn't seem to be a solution. Butch

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HP PA-RISC Hardware monitoring ?
by tj_yang＠hotmail.com 25 Mar '10

25 Mar '10

Anyone know is there a module (bb or hb) to monitor HP hardware ? May be better question is what is the similar command for ipmitool or prtdiage in HP-UX ? T.J. Yang _________________________________________________________________ Capture your memories in an online journal! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

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[hobbit] Troubleshooting Alerts -- Having Problems
by jkwade＠futurefrontiers.com 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

Thanks Martin, Is there a way using the same method to cause the alert to activate. For example, I want a host to activate on disk% has reached 98%, and go ahead and send a test page to my cell phone so I can check the format. Thanks again....James -----Original Message----- From: Martin Flemming [mailto:martin.flemming at desy.de] Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:37 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Troubleshooting Alerts -- Having Problems > also sending out a test alert /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/bbcmd hobbitd_alert --debug --test hostip test cheers, martin On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, James Wade wrote: > Thanks, I'll test out the SMS Format. > > Can someone give me some pointers on checking the configuration > file and also sending out a test alert. I've looked through the > man page and tried a few things, but it didn't seem to work. > > Thanks...James > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob McBroom [mailto:mailinglist0 at skurfer.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:57 AM > To: hobbit at hswn.dk > Subject: Re: [hobbit] Troubleshooting Alerts -- Having Problems > > On 2009-Apr-14, at 10:00 AM, James Wade wrote: > >> Also, We received Cell Phones in place of the pagers, and >> now when I send messages to the cell phones, the cell phone >> doesn't display it properly. It's to much data for the cell phones >> they gave us. They are Nokia 6085's. When I get a text it >> says 1 of 10..or .. missing text.. I'm guessing I'm going >> to have to filter all my Hobbit alerts now. > > There is a FORMAT option for alerts. In particular, you probably want > "FORMAT=SMS". See the hobbit-alerts.cfg man page and the example in > the alerts file itself. > > -- > Rob McBroom > <http://www.skurfer.com/> > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk > > > Gruss Martin Flemming ______________________________________________________ Martin Flemming DESY / IT office : Building 2b / 008a Notkestr. 85 phone : 040 - 8998 - 4667 22603 Hamburg mail : martin.flemming at desy.de ______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk

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Devmon causing core dumps
by Vernon.Everett＠woodside.com.au 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi all Devmon was causing the hobbitd_rrd module to crash and burn. Now this could be a bug, but it could also be a PEBKAC. I am hoping somebody can assist either way. I added a Cisco 2851 to Hobbit, using devmon. Now here is the possible PEBKAC Since Devmon doesn't have templates for the 2851, I used the template for the Cisco 2811. (Network guru told me they are pretty much the same, except for a few extra bells and whistles on the 2851.) The data for the device started appearing in Hobbit, and all looked good. Devmon even created the rrd files for the new Cisco device. However, the hobbitd_rrd module started core dumping, and the Hobbit server page started displaying red for hobbitd_rrd with the crash detected message. See core data below. Took the new Cisco device out of Hobbit, and cores stopped, and life was good again. Is there a significant enough difference between the 2851 and the 2811 to cause this, or are we looking at a genuine bug? I am leaning towards a bug, because even if the collected data was complete rubbish, should it cause the module to core? Regards Vernon My Linux guy reckons this is the important stuff from the core. uname -a Linux las006 2.6.18-92.1.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu May 22 09:01:47 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.2 (Tikanga) gdb -c core.8550 /usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitd_rrd GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.5-37.el5_2.1rh) Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/librrd.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/librrd.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib64/libpcre.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libpcre.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libz.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libz.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/libart_lgpl_2.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/libart_lgpl_2.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib64/libm.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libm.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 Core was generated by `hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/var/lib/hobbit/rrd --debug'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0x0000003db7a30155 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x0000003db7a30155 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x0000003db7a31bf0 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x00000000004119f3 in sigsegv_handler (signum=<value optimized out>) at sig.c:57 #3 <signal handler called> #4 0x0000003db7a77ac0 in strcat () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #5 0x000000000040462a in do_devmon_rrd (hostname=0x2ada311e2806 "PERIR205", testname=0x2ada311e280f "if_load", msg=<value optimized out>, tstamp=<value optimized out>) at rrd/do_devmon.c:87 #6 0x000000000040b656 in update_rrd (hostname=0x2ada311e2806 "PERIR205", testname=0x2ada311e280f "if_load", msg=0x2ada311e2842 "status PERIR205.if_load green Fri Oct 31 10:31:39 2008", tstamp=1225416699, sender=<value optimized out>, ldef=0xfeffffffffffff00) at do_rrd.c:372 #7 0x000000000040261d in main (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=0x7fff7a088318) at hobbitd_rrd.c:153 (gdb) NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete both messages and all attachments.

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xymonton monitors (hardware/samba)
by martin.flemming＠desy.de 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Hi, unfortunatley the tar files are not accessible .. http://xymonton.trantor.org/doku.php/monitors:samba_servers http://xymonton.trantor.org/doku.php/monitors:hardware_sensors https://www.makelofine.org/xymon-plugins/hobbit-hardware-v0.1.tar.bz2 https://www.makelofine.org/xymon-plugins/hobbit-samba-v0.1.tar.bz2 .. i've got permission denied ... :-( by the way, is it possible to get a newsletter or something else, if there are new entries or pluggins available ? cheers, Martin

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IPv6
by david.bandel＠gmail.com 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

Folks, Searched the archives and found a few IPv6 inquiries, but only that there are no plans to support it. While I'm not a programmer, I suspect it would actually be fairly simple to implement (please correct me if I'm wrong). This is starting to become a priority for me. I need to monitor my ssh servers, but they all only respond now to ipv6, so I can't :-(. For those of you who care, after monitoring my ipv6 only ssh logs, the automated attacks against my servers has dropped from over 10,000 attacks per day to 0. Have not had a single attack in months. Haven't seen that in over 10 years now. I'm sure this is only a temporary thing, but it sure is nice. I have only one other piece of software I can't replace (besides hobbit) that needs to support ipv6 and I will be ready. Those of you watching the bogon list might know how close we are to complete ipv4 exhaustion, and in some areas of the world ipv4 addresses are no longer available. If there is anything I can do to expedite a move to support ipv6, let me know. Thanx, David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. - Nemesis Air Racing Team motto

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[hobbit] BBALPHAMSG max size?
by david.gore＠verizonbusiness.com 09 Sep '09

09 Sep '09

BBALPHAMSG has a max size of 4096. Here are my MSG settings: ../etc/hobbitserver.cfg:MAXMSG_STATUS=2048 # maximum size of a "status" message in kB, default: 256 ../etc/hobbitserver.cfg:MAXMSG_CLIENT=2048 # maximum size of a "client" message in kB, default: 512 ../etc/hobbitserver.cfg:MAXMSG_DATA=2048 # maximum size of a "data" message in kB, default: 256 Do those MSG settings have anything at all to do with BBALPHAMSG? I am thinking no. I need more from BBALPHAMSG because I am parsing the variable for the red and yellow alarms. If you have a fairly long 'procs' list for instance and your red or yellow alarm are near the bottom of the list, you will not be able to extract the alarming procs. Is my only choice to increase the limit in the source and recompile? Anyone else run into this problem and solve it? David Gore (v965-3670) Network Management Systems (NMS) IMPACT Transport Team Lead - SCSA, SCNA Page: 1-800-PAG-eMCI pin 1406090 Vnet: 965-3676

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