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Accessing "client data" from a server side ext script? (Re: [hobbit] Alerting on number of times a keyword appers in a logfile?)

list Greg L Hubbard
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:27:46 -0600
Message-Id: <user-97e0946ca47d@xymon.invalid>

Use CLIENT side.  Much easier.  Don't try to leverage what the client is
already doing.


	From: Charles Jones [mailto:user-e86b4aeade4e@xymon.invalid] 
	Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 1:09 PM
	To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
	Subject: [hobbit] Accessing "client data" from a server side ext
script? (Re: [hobbit] Alerting on number of times a keyword appers in a
logfile?)
	
	
	After searching the Hobbit mailing list, I believe the answer to
this question is "no". All I found is mention of how Henrik first
created the linecount functionality
(http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/06/msg00084.html). 
	
	So it looks like I will have to implement this myself.  I'm
thinking this would be easiest to do as a server side ext script, rather
than client, since I am using the linecount option, the hobbit client is
already sending the number of times the keyword appears in the client
data.  Here's a snippet of my client data message for a particular host:
	
	
	[linecount:/apps/apache/logs/access_main_log]
	SessionTimeouts: 1683
	So I guess my question is now, how can I access client data for
a host from a server side ext script?
	I tried doing a recursive grep for "Session" in the data and tmp
directories, and found nothing?
	
	-Charles
	
	Charles Jones wrote: 

		Is this possible without an ext script? 
		
		-Charles