On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 04:40:27PM -0400, Jerry Yu wrote:
I am successful following the 'slab' example to get it show up in RRD graph as well as reported under 'slab' column. However, I am albeit at loss on how to set up thresholds just like those in the built-in tests. I used to write BB extension scripts, which calculate status based on hard-coded thresholds set locally on the client and report status to BBSERVER accordingly using $BB "status" command.
In an ideal world, I'd, of course prefer, the extension script working the same way as the built-in tests, in that a custom data section came in from client, while the server sets the threshold centrally to trigger alerts (plus plot them into a RRD graph). Is this possible with Hobbit?
Alas, no. You are welcome to grab a custom configuration file from the Hobbit server with the bb "config" command, or by picking lines out of the client-local.cfg file (which ends up in the clients' ~hobbit/client/tmp/logfetch.HOSTNAME.cfg file). But the hobbit-clients.cfg file on the server doesnt support add-on clients having their private threshold data stored there.
Short of which, is there a better Hobbit approach other than the BB extension approach I described above?
No.
Regards, Henrik