-----Original Message----- From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] Sent: Sat 7/16/2005 2:22 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Handling SNMP traps with Hobbit

Instead of reading the checkpoint file, I'd query the hobbit daemon directly. You do this with the bb client tool and the "hobbitdboard" command. E.g. to fetch the hostname and expiry-time for all "trap" statuses you can do this: $BB $BBDISP "hobbitdboard test=trap fields=hostname,validtime" The output looks like this: adsl.hswn.dk|1121498714 backup-mx.post.tele.dk|1121498714 www.sslug.dk|1121498623

I should have known you could do something like that with Hobbit.... I'll play with that. (There was a voice in the back of my head that told me not to use the checkpoint file, but I didn't know what else to use. must read all docs...) Thanks.

Another - perhaps more elegant - solution is to change Hobbit so that you can send a status-message that does not expire. I'd be willing to implement such a change since it does make sense for this kind of integration with other systems. (I have a similar problem on my system where it receives e-mails instead of SNMP traps). However, then you will not get any indication if your SNMP module stops working, so each method has its benefits and drawbacks.

For now, I think I'll try using long LIFETIME values like 24h or 48h and set the status to "no traps to report" after that time period.

My Perl skills are really poor, so I'd love it if you could change the trap.pl script to use the hobbitdboard command instead of the checkpoint file.

I *should* have something by Monday.

thanks Henrik!

Andy