Cayo de Moraes wrote:
nobody knows anything about it?
any help would be appreciated.
2009/11/18 Cayo de Moraes <camorae at googlemail.com <mailto:camorae at googlemail.com>>
Hi guys, just like we use the file hobbit-clients.cfg to manage DISK, CPU, PROCS etc. for each client, we would like to have a centralized configuration for the external scripts. So far I tested two things: 1) Server-side check: bb-hosts entry (for the external scripts), additional code entry in the external scripts (for bbhostgrep), etc. Problem: this seems to work only with "Network checks" which will be done from Server-side to check the clients, like advanced ftp/ping/ssh script etc. It doesnt work for scripts, wich have to run on the clients, like mysql checks. 2) ONHOST: the entry ONHOST in the hobbitlaunch.cfg. Problem: this is not working for me... i tought with this entry Hobbit would be able to issue an order to the client and then execute the command in the client, but when looking into the logfiles, i see that Hobbit have to find the external script on the Hobbit-Server (i think its the same result as in Problem 1). I tought it would work as a "bb-bbextab"... but the MAN Pages says it has to be configured on the server.... So guys, do i have another way to manage this external scripts (which have to be run on the clients) in the Hobbit-Server? TIA, Cayo
If you want to configure script running on the clients (remotely) from the Hobbit server, I think you have two options. Both will require a little bit of coding in your client side.
You can arrange (maybe write a small script to do it periodically) to run something like: $BB $BBDISP "config myconfigfile" (see the man page for the "bb" command). The idea is to add custom configurations to this "myconfigfile" in your server/etc directory, and use this command on the clients to update a local copy onto the client. You script can then parse this as desired.
You can use the client-local.cfg on the server to send out custom configurations, as well. For a particular hostname or class entry in there, you can add a line with some parameters... say something like:
[myhost] log:/var/log/messages:10240 myconfig:something=1280 somethingelse=foo
Note that the client will pull the first matching block from client-local.cfg back when it contacts the server to send test results. The client-local block will get saved on your client in a file under $BBTMP, in a file named like "logfetch.hostname.cfg." You could use this mechanism to get configurations to your client, by looking for your lines in this file (starting with "myconfig:"), and parsing it for your configurations.
Hope this gives you some starting ideas. -Alan