he means that the client part of the software is not running on the server.

For the server to monitor itself, it needs the client software running on it as well.

Paul Root Lead Internet Systems Eng Network Services

From: Tanveer Siddiqui [mailto:tanveers at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 1:16 PM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Purple Status


Actually all the purple statuses are from the Server.
I am in the process of setting up a client.

I have Hobbit version 4.2.0 installed.

Thanks,

TS

From: Rich Smrcina <rsmrcina at wi.rr.com>
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Sent: Friday, December 5, 2008 12:49:57 PM
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Purple Status

Tanveer Siddiqui wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm still in the process of setting up hobbit Server. I have

hobbit server running on a Ubuntu Linux machine. > > I have purple status for (the server) cpu, disk, files, memory, msgs, ports, and procs. It's a square with waves. How can I get rid of the purple status. I null'ed the files in ~/data/hist but the status won't turn to green. What do I do to fix it? > > Thanks! > > -TS

Which Hobbit release did you install?  It appears that the

client is not running.

Go to the client directory and issue:

./runclient.sh start

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Ok, I started the client processes. Here's the process table for hobbit processes... I still have purple statuses. What now?

hobbit 7708 7648 0 16:35 pts/5 00:00:00 su - hobbit hobbit 7709 7708 0 16:35 pts/5 00:00:00 -su hobbit 7756 1 0 16:35 ? 00:00:00 /home/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/home/hobbit/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg --log=/home/hobbit/client/logs/clientlaunch.log --pidfile=/home/hobbit/client/logs/clientlaunch.tidings.pid hobbit 20110 1 0 20:07 ? 00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2 1>/home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings.20093 2>&1; mv /home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings.20093 /home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings hobbit 20112 20110 0 20:07 ? 00:00:00 vmstat 300 2 hobbit 20216 1 0 20:08 ? 00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2 1>/home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings.20199 2>&1; mv /home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings.20199 /home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings hobbit 20217 20216 0 20:08 ? 00:00:00 vmstat 300 2 hobbit 20313 7709 0 20:11 pts/5 00:00:00 ps -ef hobbit 20314 7709 0 20:11 pts/5 00:00:00 grep hobbit hobbit 26576 6995 0 12:22 pts/0 00:00:00 su - hobbit hobbit 26577 26576 0 12:22 pts/0 00:00:00 -su hobbit 26691 1 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 /home/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg --env=/home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.pid hobbit 26692 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.pid --restart=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=155.17.161.121 --store-clientlogs=!msgs hobbit 26697 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=stachg --log=/var/log/hobbit/history.log hobbitd_history hobbit 26698 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=clichg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hostdata.log hobbitd_hostdata hobbit 26699 26697 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_history hobbit 26700 26698 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_hostdata hobbit 26701 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=page --log=/var/log/hobbit/page.log hobbitd_alert --checkpoint-file=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 hobbit 26702 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd hobbit 26703 26701 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_alert --checkpoint-file=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 hobbit 26704 26702 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd hobbit 26705 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=data --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-data.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd hobbit 26706 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=client --log=/var/log/hobbit/clientdata.log hobbitd_client hobbit 26707 26705 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd hobbit 26708 26706 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_client

From: Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Friday, December 5, 2008 1:22:27 PM Subject: Re: [hobbit] Purple Status

Rich was referring to the client binary on the server machine.

The server machine should run both the server processes and the client processes. The client processes reports to the server just as another machine would.

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On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Tanveer Siddiqui <tanveers at yahoo.com> wrote:

Actually all the purple statuses are from the Server. I am in the process of setting up a client.

I have Hobbit version 4.2.0 installed.

Thanks,

TS

From: Rich Smrcina <rsmrcina at wi.rr.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Friday, December 5, 2008 12:49:57 PM Subject: Re: [hobbit] Purple Status

Tanveer Siddiqui wrote:

Hello all,

I'm still in the process of setting up hobbit Server. I have hobbit server running on a Ubuntu Linux machine.

I have purple status for (the server) cpu, disk, files, memory, msgs, ports, and procs. It's a square with waves. How can I get rid of the purple status. I null'ed the files in ~/data/hist but the status won't turn to green. What do I do to fix it?

Thanks!

-TS

Which Hobbit release did you install? It appears that the client is not running.

Go to the client directory and issue:

./runclient.sh start

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That was it. It's fixed now. Thanks.

From: Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Friday, December 5, 2008 8:25:09 PM Subject: Re: [hobbit] Purple Status

What is your bbdispay set to? Look in ~hobbit/client/etc

On 12/5/08, Tanveer Siddiqui <tanveers at yahoo.com> wrote:

Ok, I started the client processes. Here's the process table for hobbit processes... I still have purple statuses. What now?

hobbit 7708 7648 0 16:35 pts/5 00:00:00 su - hobbit hobbit 7709 7708 0 16:35 pts/5 00:00:00 -su hobbit 7756 1 0 16:35 ? 00:00:00 /home/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/home/hobbit/client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg --log=/home/hobbit/client/logs/clientlaunch.log --pidfile=/home/hobbit/client/logs/clientlaunch.tidings.pid hobbit 20110 1 0 20:07 ? 00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2 1>/home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings.20093 2>&1; mv /home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings.20093 /home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings hobbit 20112 20110 0 20:07 ? 00:00:00 vmstat 300 2 hobbit 20216 1 0 20:08 ? 00:00:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2 1>/home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings.20199 2>&1; mv /home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings.20199 /home/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.tidings hobbit 20217 20216 0 20:08 ? 00:00:00 vmstat 300 2 hobbit 20313 7709 0 20:11 pts/5 00:00:00 ps -ef hobbit 20314 7709 0 20:11 pts/5 00:00:00 grep hobbit hobbit 26576 6995 0 12:22 pts/0 00:00:00 su - hobbit hobbit 26577 26576 0 12:22 pts/0 00:00:00 -su hobbit 26691 1 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 /home/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitlaunch --config=/home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg --env=/home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.pid hobbit 26692 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.pid --restart=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=155.17.161.121 --store-clientlogs=!msgs hobbit 26697 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=stachg --log=/var/log/hobbit/history.log hobbitd_history hobbit 26698 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=clichg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hostdata.log hobbitd_hostdata hobbit 26699 26697 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_history hobbit 26700 26698 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_hostdata hobbit 26701 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=page --log=/var/log/hobbit/page.log hobbitd_alert --checkpoint-file=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 hobbit 26702 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd hobbit 26703 26701 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_alert --checkpoint-file=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 hobbit 26704 26702 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd hobbit 26705 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=data --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-data.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd hobbit 26706 26691 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_channel --channel=client --log=/var/log/hobbit/clientdata.log hobbitd_client hobbit 26707 26705 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd hobbit 26708 26706 0 12:24 ? 00:00:00 hobbitd_client

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From: Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Friday, December 5, 2008 1:22:27 PM Subject: Re: [hobbit] Purple Status

Rich was referring to the client binary on the server machine.

The server machine should run both the server processes and the client processes. The client processes reports to the server just as another machine would.

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

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Tanveer Siddiqui <tanveers at yahoo.com> wrote:

Actually all the purple statuses are from the Server. I am in the process of setting up a client.

I have Hobbit version 4.2.0 installed.

Thanks,

TS

---

From: Rich Smrcina <rsmrcina at wi.rr.com> To: hobbit at hswn.dk Sent: Friday, December 5, 2008 12:49:57 PM Subject: Re: [hobbit] Purple Status

Tanveer Siddiqui wrote:

...

Hello all,

I'm still in the process of setting up hobbit Server. I have hobbit server running on a Ubuntu Linux machine.

I have purple status for (the server) cpu, disk, files, memory, msgs, ports, and procs. It's a square with waves. How can I get rid of the purple status. I null'ed the files in ~/data/hist but the status won't turn to green. What do I do to fix it?

Thanks!

-TS

Which Hobbit release did you install? It appears that the client is not running.

Go to the client directory and issue:

./runclient.sh start

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If the ping (conn) check fails ... all other checks on that host automatically go into basically a null status and they will not alert by default. Only if you have a host that is NOT monitored by ping, do you need to worry about putting in "depends" checks.

'Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.' --Yogi Berra

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Jason Hand <jason at hands4christ.org> wrote:

I thought I had seen somewhere in the MAN pages about the ability to set hosts so that if it is not responding to ping then all of the other monitored services should not also send an alert because they are dependent on the ping working.

If one of my machines goes offline because someone turns it off I don't want the other services to also send me e-mails of their failure or purple status. How do I set alerting that if the connection is lost the other services won't alert also.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Jason