bbproxy configuration and setup 🔗 link

Hi,

 
I've got a small network running in my basement that I'd like to monitor
using hobbit.  I also have another network at my office that is behind a
firewall that I'd like to monitor.  So far I have successfully configured my
home network such that all the machines are monitored using hobbit.
However, I can't find any suitable documentation on how to use bbproxy to
monitor the firewall-protected office network.  I'm looking for a little
guidance on how to configure this.

 
Specifically:

 
1)                   Do I install a full server version of hobbit on one
machine at my office that I'm going to designate as my bbproxy?  How should
I go about compiling that instance?

2)                   After I've gotten the bbproxy machine compiled, what do
I actually run?

3)                   I can install client versions of hobbit on the various
machines, but what IP address to I set for the 'server'?  Is it my home
master hobbit server, or the proxy?  (I'm sure it's the proxy, but how does
the proxy know who to forward things to?)

4)                   On my home machine, how do I configure bb-hosts to list
the separate remote clients?

 
I promise if I get this working I'll write a short 'How To' document to
memorialize this.

 
Thanks to all!


Pat Healy

Hiya Pat,

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	These are the steps I took to get bbproxy working for me.

OK. in the hobbit source directory just ./configure.server; amke; make
install

You need to edit the hobbitlaunch.cfg file in the
<INSTALLPATH>/server/etc directory and disable everything apart from 
[clientdata]
[bbproxy]
[bbcombotest]
[bbnet]
[bbretest]
[hobbitclient]

This is of course assuming that you want to monitor the bbproxy server
itself.

Yes it is the proxy. The proxy accepts messages from clients, bundles
them into combo messages and then forwards them onto the server. This is
my understanding of how this works anyway. I am sure that some of the
maintainers on the list can give a better description :) I am Just A
Humble Sys Admin

You can use the NET tag on the main hobbit display server, so that it
will not test the remote clients.

Cheers

Iain