Hi Thomas,

I checked the /etc/hosts localhost entry and it is there ... but I am happy to leave it using the servers IP address.

Thanks again for your help

Russell

-----Original Message----- From: Thomas Eckert [mailto:thomas.eckert at IT-Eckert.de] Sent: 04 April 2012 08:58 To: Cook, Russell (IT Services - Operations) Subject: Re: [Xymon] Forwarding status messages

Hi Russell,

great to hear that it works fine. Your "localhost not working"-problem might be due to missing entries in /etc/hosts it should contain a line like

127.0.0.1	localhost

You could reply to the list so others can find this "resolved" (this email reached my personally).

All the best Thomas

On 04/04/2012 09:50 AM, Cook, Russell (IT Services - Operations) wrote:

Thanks Thomas,

I tried the setup as you suggested, but found the localhost:1985 didn't work. I changed it to use the ip address instead and that worked.

Thanks for your help

Cheers Russell

-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Eckert Sent: 03 April 2012 21:35 To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Forwarding status messages

The bbproxy-idea sounds good.

The following _should_ work:

• running bbproxy on the old installation listening on port 1984 to accept all incoming messages
• re-configure the hobbitd on the old installation to listen on another port (say 1985)
• forward messages from bbproxy to localhost:1985 and newserver:1984

I've done something similar with ssh tunnels and bbproxy. A test-setup would before going live with this may be helpful.

Another option may be to add an additional IP to your server and binding

bbproxy and hobbitd to them?

All the best Thomas

On 04/03/2012 06:20 PM, Cook, Russell (IT Services - Operations) wrote:

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Hi,

I am building a new XyMon server to replace an old Hobbit installation that is monitoring a few hundred devices. I would like to somehow like to forward the status messages to the new server while I am testing ... anyone have any ideas ... I thought of trying to use bbproxy, but I suspect hobbitd needs to be stopped ... which defeats the object I suppose.

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