Not sure about your 1st two questions as I don't understand why you have set both servers to the same ip, its different to how I do it.

As for the third, you can get the 'A server' to only test certain hosts (ie not the ones 'B' is testing) by using the NET:[locationA] in bb-hosts and setting BBLOCATION in hobbitserver.cfg. Check the man pages for more hints but it stops duplication of testing. I note you said you haven't set it but it should stop this problem.

As for your rrd files I assume those channels are using your $BBSERVERIP variable to send data which means it would only go to server 'A', might have to set bbdisplay for those channels to what bbproxy is listening on.

Regards, Craig

-----Original Message----- From: Martin Flemming [mailto:martin.flemming at desy.de] Sent: 10 March 2008 19:45 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] two independent hobbitserver and bbproxy

Hi, Buchan et all !

.. bbproxy, the never ending story ..

I've tested several configurations based on your advice and several threads last this one , http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2008/03/msg00029.html,

after your configuration doesn't really work for me ( maybe my failure ?!), but no one was the rigth one .. thinking i need a another hint, because i'm too foolish for that ..

I've configured my second Hobbit-Server B like your adice :

hobbitserver.cfg:

BBSERVERIP="HOBBIT-SERVER-A-IP" BBPORT="1984"
BBDISP="$BBSERVERIP"

hobbitlaunch.cfg:

[hobbitd] ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg CMD hobbitd --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.pid --restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP --store-clientlogs=!msgs --debug --ghosts=log --listen=0.0.0.0:1985

[bbproxy] #DISABLED ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg CMD $BBHOME/bin/bbproxy --hobbitd --bbdisplay=127.0.0.1:1985,HOBBIT_A_SERVER_IP:1984 --report=$MACHINE.bbproxy --no-daemon --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.pid --logfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.log --debug

.. additional, following tests are enabled with the default "NEEDS hobbitd"

bbhistory hostdata bbpage rrdstatus rrddata clientdata bbdisplay bbcombotest bbnet bbretest

.. and i didn't use an BBLOCATION-Variable ..

My Hobbit-Server-A has in his hobbitserver.cfg

[hobbitd] HEARTBEAT ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg CMD hobbitd --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.pid --store-clientlogs --restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP,Hobbit-Server-B-IP --www-senders=127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP,Hobbit-Server-B-IP --debug --ghosts=log

So, the result is

both DISPLAY-SERVER are alright;

Hobbit-Server-A and Hobbit-SERVER-B shows everything right ..

But on Hobbit-SERVER-B i see no ghost-host-list only on Hobbit-Server-A ...

and the rrd-files on Hobbit-Server-B were not updated only the bbproxy.rrd and hobbit.rrd ...

I want to have the data on both machines, especially on SERVER B

.. and in the bb-display.log i see, while connecting SERVER B got all informations from SERVER A which i didn't want to have on Server B ... is this normal ?

2008-03-10 15:22:14 Transport setup is: 2008-03-10 15:22:14 bbdportnumber = 1984 2008-03-10 15:22:14 bbdispproxyhost = NONE 2008-03-10 15:22:14 bbdispproxyport = 0 2008-03-10 15:22:14 Recipient listed as 'HOBBIT-SERVER-A-IP' 2008-03-10 15:22:14 Standard BB protocol on port 1984 2008-03-10 15:22:14 Will connect to address 'HOBBIT-SERVER-A-IP' port 1984 2008-03-10 15:22:14 Connect status is 0 2008-03-10 15:22:14 Sent 126 bytes 2008-03-10 15:22:14 Read 32767 bytes 2008-03-10 15:22:14 Read 4169 bytes . . .

So, i've got three questions,

how can i collect all data on Hobbit-Server-B with bbproxy ? how get i the ghost-list on Hobbit-Server-B ? and how can i disable to get all data from Hobbit-Server-A to Hobbit-Server-B ?

.. any hints ?

thank & cheers,

martin 

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008, Buchan Milne wrote:

On Thursday 06 March 2008 01:06:15 Martin Flemming wrote:

...

Hi !

I've got one main hobbit-server "A" and want/must install/configure a second main Hobbit-Server "B" which is located in a dedicated subnet and is a separate Computer-Project ....

The Server "B" should be a main-server because of my colleagues which are not very familiar with hobbit and don't want to work with my prodution-server ...

Additional we want to make an separate backup of the data of Server "B" so the data should be availabel on Server "B" and Server "A" ....

My question is how to configure the Server "B" to collect and display the data and additional send via proxy the data to Server "A" where i want to display them also and if possible collects also the data ?

I've configured of many way's, but unfortunatley didn't find the right one ...

In the mail-archive i've found many useful hints for the problematic of using of bbproxy ... but i think the ususal solution is not me the best one ... because of collecting data on both server and their independences ..

Which problems? Which solutions?

...

http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2007/11/msg00492.html http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/04/msg00083.html http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/06/msg00434.html http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/04/msg00083.html http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/08/msg00816.html

The normal bbproxy is running well ..

Is there a possible to use Server A as DISPLAY-Sever and collect the

data

...

and simultaneously Server B is the Main Server for Display and collecting data

... or should i use a separate bbproxy-server in the dedicated Subnet which sends all data to Server A ...

I've been running a setup like this for almost two years now. On the main display server (which is watched by our monitoring group) I have a normal hobbit installation. On the Hobbit server for a different network, I have a mostly normal installation, except that: -hobbitd listens on port 1985 -bbproxy is running, listening on port 1984, and relaying to localhost:1985 and the main display server's hobbitd (1984) -I have disabled the rrddata and rrdstatus tasks here as well (although you might want them)

Replace <DISPLAYIP> and <PROXYIP> in the below, nothing else.

On the main display server, I have: hobbitlaunch.cfg: [hobbitd] HEARTBEAT ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg CMD hobbitd --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.pid --restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk
--checkpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600
--log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log
--admin-senders=127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP,<PROXYIP>
--www-senders=127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP,<PROXYIP>

On proxy server, I have: hobbitlaunch.cfg [hobbitd] #DISABLED HEARTBEAT ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg CMD hobbitd --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.pid --restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk
--checkpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600
--log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log
--admin-senders=127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP --listen=0.0.0.0:1985

[bbproxy] #DISABLED ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg CMD $BBHOME/bin/bbproxy --hobbitd
--bbdisplay=127.0.0.1:1985,<DISPLAYIP>:1984 --report=$MACHINE.bbproxy
--no-daemon --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.pid LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.log

hobbitserver.cfg: BBSERVERIP="<DISPLAYIP>"

(I don't actually have line continuations in the config files ... just really long lines, I added them for clarity here)

Regards, Buchan

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