Did you remember to tweak the clientlaunch.cfg file? Is there anything
in the log file that clientlaunch.cfg points to? When I initially
installed the service, I used apt-get install hobbit blah blah blah. That
worked because it installed all the pieces and it's own client. I had to
tweak the files manually after copying them off and deleting the package to
use the more current xymon that I compiled myself.
If you did anything similar, the log should tell you where the script is
falling over.
That said, I'm actually finding the monitor a bit annoying. It's always
red due to number of updates that Ubuntu pushed out and is yellow due to
packages it doesn't recognize. I'm fairly close to disabling it on my
servers.
=G=
*From:* Joseph De Nicolo [user-9941ac507054@xymon.invalid]
*Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2013 3:27 PM
*To:* Galen Johnson
*Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* Re: [Xymon] APT Check from Hobbit-Plugins Package - Purple
Status
Oh I understand what you mean now, that I have to edit the apt script
itself. I edited the file but I'm still having issues. Here's what I did:
I added this line to /home/xymon/client/ext/apt: use lib "/etc/perl";
I also changed this line: my $ext_apt_config = "/etc/xymon"; to this ->
my $ext_apt_config = "/home/xymon/client/etc"; because /etc/xymon doesn't
even exist.
Unfortunatly it did not fix the problem and the tests are still purple. I
even executed the script manually but the server still did not receive the
update. Its weird that it worked the first time i manually executed the apt
script but now it wont work at all on all clients except 1.
One of my clients is running the apt script automatically just like it
should, but my other 3 production clients are showing purple status still
and not sending the test results to the server. I don't understand how that
can be when I did the same steps on copying the files on all the machines.
The 1 client that is working has unmodified files(the changes mentioned
above were not applied). Its working so I don't want to touch it.
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Galen Johnson <user-87f955643e3d@xymon.invalid>wrote:
I wouldn't expect it to. As I said, that is where I put mine...you
would need to change that to the path that you put your copy...I'm assuming
"/etc/perl" in your case.
=G=
*From:* Joseph De Nicolo [user-9941ac507054@xymon.invalid]
*Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2013 2:46 PM
*To:* Galen Johnson
*Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* Re: [Xymon] APT Check from Hobbit-Plugins Package - Purple
Status
this directory /usr/local/xymon/perl5 doesn't exist for me.
Clients are running Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Xymon server is running Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Galen Johnson <user-87f955643e3d@xymon.invalid>wrote:
I'm surprised it worked initially. I had to add the following above
the other use statements:
use lib "/usr/local/xymon/perl5";
which is where I copied the Hobbit.pm file. Unless /etc/perl is part
of your Perl @INC path, it won't find it. I think I may even have tweaked
everything that said hobbit/bb to say xymon.
=G=
*From:* xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] on behalf of
Joseph De Nicolo [user-9941ac507054@xymon.invalid]
*Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2013 12:44 PM
*To:* xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* [Xymon] APT Check from Hobbit-Plugins Package - Purple Status
Xymon Users & Admins,
I recently installed an apt check on my clients that I received from
this hobbit-plugins package:
https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hobbit-plugins
Steps for Installation:
1. Copy over client-ext/apt script to client/ext/apt
2. Gave xymon user rights to execute the apt script
3. Copy over perl/Hobbit.pm to /etc/perl/Hobbit.pm
4. Copy and pasted the lines found in clientlaunch.d/apt.cfg to the end
of client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg and modified the paths(ENVFILE & LOGFILE) to
fit my client's environment
The problem:
I set this up last week on friday jan 11th. At that time I ran the
client/ext/apt script as xymon user and it gave the report as expected.
However, after the weekend the last report was the same one on the 11th so
I am receiving a purple status for inactivity of the report. The clients
are not automatically sending the apt check report to the server. Anything
I missed in the installation or something I have to do server side?
Any response appreciated
Thanks,
* *
*Joseph De Nicolo*
*Secure Database Administrator
• *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>*
*Northeastern University*
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* *
*Joseph De Nicolo*
*Secure Database Administrator
• *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>*
*Northeastern University*
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* *
*Joseph De Nicolo*
*Secure Database Administrator
• *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>*
*Northeastern University*