Hobbit client doesn't report

You could use something like this for the startup file.. This is what we
use here..
 
#!/bin/bash
#set -x
HOSTNAME=`hostname`
DOMAINNAME=xxx.yyy.com
 
if [ `echo ${HOSTNAME} | grep -ic "${DOMAINNAME}"` -eq 0 ]
then
    FQNAME=${HOSTNAME}"."${DOMAINNAME}
else
    FQNAME=${HOSTNAME}
fi
 
FQNAME=`echo $FQNAME | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
 
case $1 in
'start')
        su - hobbit -c "/usr/local/hobbit/client/runclient.sh
--hostname=${FQNAME} start"
        ;;
'stop')
        su - hobbit -c "/usr/local/hobbit/client/runclient.sh
--hostname=${FQNAME} stop"
        ;;
'restart')
        su - hobbit -c "/usr/local/hobbit/client/runclient.sh
--hostname=${FQNAME} restart"
        ;;
*)
        echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
        ;;
esac
 
 
Hope this helps
 
regards
 
 
Padraig Lennon
Senior Systems Engineer
Production Services
Pioneer Global Investments (Dublin)
5th Floor Georges Quay Plaza, Dublin 2
ext: XXXX
Direct dial: 00353 1 480 2081
 

From: Kevin Hanrahan [mailto:user-80c5d6fed79a@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: 31 December 2007 05:38
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit client doesn't report


Gentlemen,
  Thanks VERY much for your input. I found the problem. It was a naming
convention. The example I sent did not have the original entry in the
bb-hosts file. When I originally installed hobbit, I selected FQDN, so
all my hosts had the FQDN. It looked like this:
 
10.10.0.6 castor.galaxy.prv # trace

however, I do not see an option in the client package to make the host
report as a FQDN.
 
I changed the entry in the bb-hosts to use the short name while I was
typing the entry to this forum. I looked later and found that 
it was now collecting data.
 
Is this a bug or just an oversight on my part?
 
Ideas?....and thanks for all your help.
 
Kevin

Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:10:02 -0500
From: user-24d6f8323faa@xymon.invalid
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit client doesn't report

On Sun, December 30, 2007 21:43, Kevin Hanrahan wrote:

Hello again all, To re-visit my question about the hobbit client, I
have
done the following:

- downloaded and compiled the hobbit client on a SEPERATE machine
from
the hobbit server server = hercules client = castor - put an entry
in
bb-hosts on the server (hercules) for the client (castor) that looks
like
this: 10.10.0.6 castor # trace

- configured hobbitclient.cfg on the client to look like this:
BBDISP="10.10.0.13" # IP address of the Hobbit server

- started the hobbit client on the client machine (castor)

I get NO client data. All I get is the tests that are originated
from the
server (conn,info,trends)


Any ideas?

Anything in Reports-->Ghost Systems? If the client's notion of the
name
to report under doesn't match bb-hosts exactly, you may find it there.

If

so, fix bb-hosts and
bb 127.0.0.1 "rename <old-bb-hosts-hostname> <client-hostname>"