Hobbit: Hobbitping/Fping 🔗 link

Hi All,

I have a couple of linux servers which are behind a firewall and needs to be
monitored. I have allowed the port 1984 for flow of data from the client
servers to the hobbit server, and i get all the data fine.

However, I do not get to see a green for "conn", all i see is a '-'. This i
typically understand is the hobbitping or the fping utility. Do these
utilities work along with bbtest-net or individually? And if Yes, which
ports needs to be allowed and from where to where..?
If not, which port does hobbitping or fping use?

At this point the firewall is opened for normal ping i.e, hobbit server can
ping the linux clients.

Quick info on my network.

Hobbit server ip - 192.168.50.100
Other Linux/Unix servers are in the 192.168.50.* network.
Linux servers behind the firewall, have a 10.* ip assigned, which at the
firewall is natted to a 192.168.50.* ip. (these are typically the DMZ
servers)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Sanu

Hi All,

I have a couple of linux servers which are behind a firewall and needs to be
monitored. I have allowed the port 1984 for flow of data from the client
servers to the hobbit server, and i get all the data fine.

However, I do not get to see a green for "conn", all i see is a '-'. This i
typically understand is the hobbitping or the fping utility. Do these
utilities work along with bbtest-net or individually? And if Yes, which
ports needs to be allowed and from where to where..?
If not, which port does hobbitping or fping use?

At this point the firewall is opened for normal ping i.e, hobbit server can
ping the linux clients.

Quick info on my network.

Hobbit server ip - 192.168.50.100
Other Linux/Unix servers are in the 192.168.50.* network.
Linux servers behind the firewall, have a 10.* ip assigned, which at the
firewall is natted to a 192.168.50.* ip. (these are typically the DMZ
servers)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Sanu

On Tuesday 23 September 2008 22:31:31 Sanu Mathew wrote:

Do you have 'noconn' set for these hosts in the bb-hosts file ? If you don't, I would expect to see a red dot (if ping is not available). If you do have noconn set, just remove it ...

No, noconn is not set for these servers. But still what i get is a '-' and
not even a red dot.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Buchan Milne

<user-9b139aff4dec@xymon.invalid>wrote:

Hi All,

I have a couple of linux servers which are behind a firewall and needs to be
monitored. I have allowed the port 1984 for flow of data from the client
servers to the hobbit server, and i get all the data fine.

However, I do not get to see a green for "conn", all i see is a '-'. This i
typically understand is the hobbitping or the fping utility. Do these
utilities work along with bbtest-net or individually? And if Yes, which
ports needs to be allowed and from where to where..?
If not, which port does hobbitping or fping use?

At this point the firewall is opened for normal ping i.e, hobbit server can
ping the linux clients.

Quick info on my network.

Hobbit server ip - 192.168.50.100
Other Linux/Unix servers are in the 192.168.50.* network.
Linux servers behind the firewall, have a 10.* ip assigned, which at the
firewall is natted to a 192.168.50.* ip. (these are typically the DMZ
servers)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Sanu

You need to have ICMP open. It is part BBNET tests

 
Dave Shiels

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From: Sanu Mathew [mailto:user-648ac91bf759@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:17 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Re: Hobbit: Hobbitping/Fping

 
Hi All,

I have a couple of linux servers which are behind a firewall and needs
to be monitored. I have allowed the port 1984 for flow of data from the
client servers to the hobbit server, and i get all the data fine.

However, I do not get to see a green for "conn", all i see is a '-'.
This i typically understand is the hobbitping or the fping utility. Do
these utilities work along with bbtest-net or individually? And if Yes,
which ports needs to be allowed and from where to where..?
If not, which port does hobbitping or fping use?

At this point the firewall is opened for normal ping i.e, hobbit server
can ping the linux clients.

Quick info on my network.

Hobbit server ip - 192.168.50.100 <http://192.168.50.100/>; 
Other Linux/Unix servers are in the 192.168.50. <http://192.168.50./>; *

network.
Linux servers behind the firewall, have a 10.* ip assigned, which at the

firewall is natted to a 192.168.50. <http://192.168.50./>; * ip. (these

are typically the DMZ servers)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Sanu

In <user-27531996fc2f@xymon.invalid> "Sanu Mathew" <user-648ac91bf759@xymon.invalid> writes:

Then you have a "noping" on these lines in bb-hosts, or you're not running
any network tests at all (rather unlikely, I think).


Henrik

Hi Henrik,

"noping" isnt mentioned in bb-hosts.
network tests are running, as hobbit is able to monitor the other services.

Does fping use a specific port? Is fping triggered by another program which
uses a specific port?

Are there any other things i could check from the server to ensure the conn
entry comes green or red other than a '-'

Regards,
Sanu

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Henrik Stoerner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Not sure if you solved this or not, but make sure you can have a conn flag
in bb-hosts.  If you already do, you might need to set the NET tag too (if
you have set a BBLOCATION in hobbitserver.cfg).
 
SebA

From: Sanu Mathew [mailto:user-648ac91bf759@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: 20 October 2008 21:41
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Re: Hobbit: Hobbitping/Fping


Hi Henrik,

"noping" isnt mentioned in bb-hosts.
network tests are running, as hobbit is able to monitor the other services.

Does fping use a specific port? Is fping triggered by another program which
uses a specific port?

Are there any other things i could check from the server to ensure the conn
entry comes green or red other than a '-'

Regards,
Sanu


On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Henrik Stoerner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:


In <user-27531996fc2f@xymon.invalid> "Sanu
Mathew" <user-648ac91bf759@xymon.invalid> writes:

Then you have a "noping" on these lines in bb-hosts, or you're not running
any network tests at all (rather unlikely, I think).


Henrik