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multiple hobbit servers with different bb-hosts files: BBDISPLAYS troubles

list Stef Coene
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:47:23 +0200
Message-Id: <user-170428773a47@xymon.invalid>

On Thursday 14 August 2008, Sebastian wrote:
Sebastian <mailto:user-7b2156f36779@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Stef Coene <mailto:user-dbffe946c0f4@xymon.invalid> wrote:
But some clients are only listed in the bb-hosts of 1 of the 2 hobbit
servers. The client only reports to the hobbit server where they are
listed in the bb-hosts file.  I can see the incoming messages and I
see the files under the data directory.  But no status is displayed
on the html pages.
Did you see the "--ghosts={allow|drop|log}" setting for hobbitd?
"allow" seems to be what you want.
Actually you can also use BBGHOSTS in hobbitserver.cfg, which is more
convenient I think. The man page unhelpfully doesn't list what BBGHOSTS of
0 does, but the cfg file does, so... you want a BBGHOSTS of 0.  Or make
sure the bb-hosts file are the same on both servers...  It is designed so
that they can be.
It is not a ghost problem.  I was expecting that the information will be send 
to both BBDISPLAY servers and that they will decide what to do with the 
information.
But that's not the case, it talks to the first BBDISPLAY server and only if 
that server is accepting the information it is also send to the second 
BBDISPLAY server.


Stef