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reporting
by lebarber＠gmail.com 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

What would it take to get the availability and snapshot reports to behave the same way the event log, configuration and metrics report do when invoked from other than the top page? That is, when invoked from a given page only the servers listed on that page, or below, would be included in the report. I work in a data center that has several different customers who would like to use these reports, but we cannot let them since they would be able to view data for other peoples machines. Thanks, Larry Barber

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clientupdate by os definition
by s_aiello＠comcast.net 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Alright, I am working on deploying my hobbit clients. Before doing that, I would like to nail down the clientupdate framework for my clients. So I am doing some initial testing, and have gotten to the point where I need to update the client-local.cfg. Now in reading the client-local.cfg, sections are configured by either OS definition or hostname. Hostname really isn't an option for me, that would client-local.cfg huge and unruly to edit. Ideally some form of group definition is preferred. But OS definition includes a massive group and my Redhat3 & RedHat4 servers seem to lumped into the 'linux' OS group. If I configure the client to have a custom OS definition, the client reports will go purple since the Hobbit server does not recognize the custom OS definition. Questions: 1. Am I just be overly cautious by compiling a hobbit client for each and every OS flavor I have ? i.e. rh2.1, rh3, rh4, rh4x64, sun8, sun10, etc ? Would one generic linux & sun compile be all I really need ? 2. Is there any way to get more refined group definitions in client-local.cfg ? I guess the only other solution would be have it honor the CLASS= definition. But presently Sections by class are ignore. So is this something that will be added, or am I missing something ? 3. The reason I ask question 2, is that I was thinking of having multiple client tars. For example a standard RH4 tar, and possibly a specialized RH4 client tailored for Database servers. Now there really wouldn't be any difference between these tars in regards to hobbit client binaries, but configuration & ext scripts. Ideally I would like an automated way to push our updated Hobbit clients & ext scripts. Should I look at some other method to manage automated updates of ext scripts ? Thank you for your help, ~Steve

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[hobbit] Installing Hobbit on OS/X
by evan＠espphotography.com 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

At 08:38 PM 11/6/2007, Josh Luthman wrote: >The initial setup and the main configuration has no GUI. You might >want to look at Hobbit Admin Tools. Linked as "admin tools" on this >page: <http://www.trantor.org/theshire/>http://www.trantor.org/theshire/ > >This will enable you do a few more things via the web interface that >are normally done on a day to day basis. Ok, I downloaded those... It looks like hobbit isn't starting up fully? # ps aux | grep hobbit hobbit 5880 0.0 0.0 27412 256 ?? Ss 11:42AM 0:00.03 /Users/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/Users/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg --env=/Users/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitla That's all that's showing $ /Users/hobbit/server/bin/hobbit.sh status Hobbit (hobbitlaunch) running with PID 6032 And netstat shows nothing on port 1984 (which, IIRC is hobbits port, no)? Any suggestions? Don't know what other information is needed to help debug. Thanks. Evan

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Disabling repeat alerts
by josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Right now I have this line: MAIL josh at imaginenetworksllc.com COLOR=RED DURATION>15m REPEAT=0 RECOVERED What I was expecting out of that was for the REPEAT to simply not work - it is still repeating the messages every few minutes =( If I have to, I can all back on repeating every 24h or something ridiculous, but I'd like a more "professional" value! Josh -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer

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hobbit client auto-update
by yf.liang＠yahoo.ca 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Hi, how do I get the hobbit client to download etc/hobbitclient.cfg from the server (or other files in etc or ext), then restart? Thank you, --------------------------------- Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail

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Creating a fake, or combination, client
by Martin.Ward＠colt.net 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Hi all, I am a newbie to Hobbit and have inherited a working system. I have a good idea of how it all hangs together but now I want to produce certain graphs and cannot figure out how. I have a cluster of mail servers that run Postfix; each of these clients is monitored within Hobbit. In the Trends link for each client I have graphs showing the various mail queues (incoming, deferred etc) and this data is stored in RRD files on the Hobbit server. Is there a way within Hobbit of creating a false or meta- client that can have a graph with data from all of these RRD files? Particularly I would like a graph that has all the incoming mail queue sizes on it with one line per server. I already have this information in lots of different RRD files but would like to have them all in one graph. I can create a graph outside of Hobbit to do this, but within the monitoring system it restricts the RRD files it will display data from to those in the data directory of the selected client (in the Trends link). I have tried creating a new client in the data files ans symbolically linking the other RRD files into its data directory, but cannot persude the graphs to appear in the trends web page. Thanks for your time, |\/|artin ---- NetOps TAC T:+44 20 7863 5218 Group: +49 69 56607 0412 F: +44 20 7863 5210 ************************************************************************************* The message is intended for the named addressee only and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone else, nor may it be copied in any way. The contents of this message and its attachments are confidential and may also be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the named addressee and/or have received this message in error, please advise us by e-mailing security at colt.net and delete the message and any attachments without retaining any copies. Internet communications are not secure and COLT does not accept responsibility for this message, its contents nor responsibility for any viruses. No contracts can be created or varied on behalf of COLT Telecommunications, its subsidiaries or affiliates ("COLT") and any other party by email Communications unless expressly agreed in writing with such other party. Please note that incoming emails will be automatically scanned to eliminate potential viruses and unsolicited promotional emails. For more information refer to www.colt.net or contact us on +44(0)20 7390 3900.

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[hobbit] Installing Hobbit on OS/X
by evan＠espphotography.com 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

At 04:29 PM 11/2/2007, David Gilmore wrote: >Evan > >Hobbit client or Hobbit server installation, you still need the BSD >tools installed. The default installation of OS X does not include >those tools. If you have a hand me down system with no installation >media then you are out of luck. FYI.. I did have the BSD tools installed. Turns out the installation on my system was from the OS/X DVD which included that. Something I had installed put a different 'head' on my system, so I found the original and restored in. Hobbit is up and running! I read (or so I thought), there was a GUI configuration interface? I thought I read there was one built in? Thanks again for everyones help.

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Differences between bb and hobbit -
by joe＠tmsusa.com 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Hello list, I've gotten a pair of hobbit servers set up, one in each data center, in a specific lan. I'm noticing that, due to the many transient network glitches in wan connectivity, that the hobbit history shows a lot of red/green/red/green. This appears to be different behavior from bb, which gives us some knobs to turn, mitigating the effects of the transient glitches and preventing the alternating red/green connectivity status. (We've got people watching bbdisplay pages, who panic when they see red.) If a bb-net test fails, bb waits "n" seconds and tries again, and if it still fails, it waits "m" seconds and tries a third time, and if that fails as well, the connectivity goes red. The delays between try 1 and try 2, and the delay between try 2 and try 3, are configurable in bb, but I don't see any such option in hobbit, nor is it obvious whether there is more than 1 attempt made to perform a network test. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is the case, and if not, point me to the correct configuration option? Thanks & Regards, Joe

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Extend Hobbit server from external Company sites
by johan.boye＠latecoere.fr 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Hello, I'm running a Hobbit server on a place A. There, it monitors a couple of servers, databases, filers... I would like to run another Hobbit server on a place B to monitor machines on the B place. Is there a way to give feedback to the A-Hobbit server if there are red errors on the B-Hobbit server ? Thanks, Johan "Les informations contenues dans ce message electronique peuvent etre de nature confidentielles et soumises a une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinees a l'usage exclusif du reel destinataire. Si vous n'etes pas le reel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le detruire immediatement et de le notifier a son emetteur." "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."

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[hobbit] Creating a fake, or combination, client
by Martin.Ward＠colt.net 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Thanks Gary, I think the thing I am missing in your example (and in general to be honest) is: What is the link between fake-host in the bb-hosts file and [custom-postfix] in the hobbitgraph.cfg file? |\/|artin -----Original Message----- From: Gary Baluha [mailto:gumby3203 at gmail.com] Sent: 06 November 2007 15:34 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Creating a fake, or combination, client On 11/6/07, Ward, Martin <Martin.Ward at colt.net> wrote: Hi all, I am a newbie to Hobbit and have inherited a working system. I have a good idea of how it all hangs together but now I want to produce certain graphs and cannot figure out how. I have a cluster of mail servers that run Postfix; each of these clients is monitored within Hobbit. In the Trends link for each client I have graphs showing the various mail queues (incoming, deferred etc) and this data is stored in RRD files on the Hobbit server. Is there a way within Hobbit of creating a false or meta- client that can have a graph with data from all of these RRD files? Particularly I would like a graph that has all the incoming mail queue sizes on it with one line per server. I already have this information in lots of different RRD files but would like to have them all in one graph. I can create a graph outside of Hobbit to do this, but within the monitoring system it restricts the RRD files it will display data from to those in the data directory of the selected client (in the Trends link). Hmm. You could probably create a host and set up a noconn test to some random IP like 10.0.0.1 (i.e. in bb-hosts: 10.0.0.1 fake-host # noconn). Regardless of what host (or fake host, if you do that), you will need to create a new RRD trend to that host. You can create an RRD graph (by modifying hobbit-graph.cfg) that gets its data from multiple RRD files. These files are usually created in a directory for each host, and I don't know if you can just create a symlink to those or not. But assuming that works, you should be all set in creating a single graph that plots all the other data using a single scale. I think you would want to add the following to hobbitserver.cfg: GRAPHS="<whatever is already there>,custom-postfix" And then hobbit-graph.cfg would look something like this: [custom-postfix] . . . DEF:hosta:HostA.rrd:AVERAGE DEF:hostb:HostB.rrd:AVERAGE . . . I have tried creating a new client in the data files ans symbolically linking the other RRD files into its data directory, but cannot persude the graphs to appear in the trends web page. Thanks for your time, |\/|artin ************************************************************************************* The message is intended for the named addressee only and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone else, nor may it be copied in any way. The contents of this message and its attachments are confidential and may also be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the named addressee and/or have received this message in error, please advise us by e-mailing security at colt.net and delete the message and any attachments without retaining any copies. Internet communications are not secure and COLT does not accept responsibility for this message, its contents nor responsibility for any viruses. No contracts can be created or varied on behalf of COLT Telecommunications, its subsidiaries or affiliates ("COLT") and any other party by email Communications unless expressly agreed in writing with such other party. Please note that incoming emails will be automatically scanned to eliminate potential viruses and unsolicited promotional emails. For more information refer to www.colt.net or contact us on +44(0)20 7390 3900.

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