Hobbit 4.2 release candidate available 🔗 link

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 6:08 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Cc: user-31496adb6da5@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit 4.2 release candidate available

It's taken some time, but after a month of bug reports, debugging and
last-minute enhancements there is now a release candidate of Hobbit 4.2
available on SourceForge.

You can download it from SourceForge.net by following this link:

or browse Release Notes and ChangeLog by visiting this link:
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=431566

As far as I know, all bugs that were reported for the beta release
have been resolved, with the exception of the hobbitping "flapping"
for some hosts. This is still being investigated, but until that
gets resolved I'd suggest that you use fping instead.

Information about problems and fixes for the release candidate will
appear on the RC release info page at
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbitsw/betapatches/

Apart from the bug-fixes, some enhancements and new tools were added
during the betatest:

* Two new tools implement a "pull-style" collection of data from
  Hobbit clients - i.e. the Hobbit server contacts the clients, and
  pulls their data - as a supplement to the normal push-style
  data collection used by clients. This is typically used for 
  hosts located in a DMZ network zone, which cannot make outbound
  connections to the Hobbit server. See the hobbitfetch(8) and
  msgcache(8) man-pages.
* A new utility hobbit-hostgraphs.cgi(1) was added, allowing you
  to build graphs with data from multiple hosts.
* The "Acknowledge Alert" utility has been enhanced, so you can 
  acknowledge an alert without having to use the ack-code from an
  alert e-mail. This requires that you setup the bb-ack CGI to allow
  this, by adding the --no-pin option to CGI_ACK_OPTS in hobbitcgi.cfg.
* The "Find host" utility was enhanced so that if all hosts found
  appear on the same page, it sends you directly to that page.
* A new "Ghost clients" report was added, giving you quick access
  to the list of current ghost clients.
* Alert scripts now receive a series of environment variables with
  the bb-hosts configuration items for the host.
* For web tests, it is now possible for Hobbit to pretend being a
  specific browser, through a BROWSER tag in bb-hosts.
* Workarounds for compile-time problems on HP-UX, and LDAP runtime
  library problems were added.
* File checks can now be optional, i.e. they will only be performed
  if the file in question exists.

So ... go wild. Test it. Report bugs. And don't forget to enjoy
the summer.


Regards,
Henrik


-- 

On Friday 14 July 2006 19:14, user-6f5382941e41@xymon.invalid wrote:

Anyone planning on doing an RPM any time soon?  Is there a SPEC file out
there I could borrow to roll my own?

-----Original Message-----
From: Buchan Milne [mailto:user-9b139aff4dec@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:23 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Cc: Larsen, Stewart
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit 4.2 release candidate available

On Friday 14 July 2006 19:14, user-6f5382941e41@xymon.invalid wrote:

Anyone planning on doing an RPM any time soon?  Is there a SPEC file
out
there I could borrow to roll my own?

I maintain the Mandriva packages. I rebuild the SRPMS (which you can
find on 
any Mandriva mirror under devel/cooker/SRPMS/contrib) on RHEL3/4 using
the 
macros available here:

I updated to the RC a few minutes after getting the notification of the
RC.

I could provide packages for RHEL3/4/4-x86_64, but sometime next week.

The spec file I used differs substantially from the one provided in the
source 
tarball, to comply with Mandriva packaging standards.

Regards,
Buchan

-- 
Buchan Milne
ISP Systems Specialist
B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)

 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: July-12-06 6:08 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Cc: user-31496adb6da5@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit 4.2 release candidate available

It's taken some time, but after a month of bug reports, debugging and
last-minute enhancements there is now a release candidate of Hobbit 4.2
available on SourceForge.

You can download it from SourceForge.net by following this link:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&release_id
=431566
or browse Release Notes and ChangeLog by visiting this link:
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=431566

As far as I know, all bugs that were reported for the beta release have
been resolved, with the exception of the hobbitping "flapping"
for some hosts. This is still being investigated, but until that gets
resolved I'd suggest that you use fping instead.

Information about problems and fixes for the release candidate will
appear on the RC release info page at
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbitsw/betapatches/

Apart from the bug-fixes, some enhancements and new tools were added
during the betatest:

* Two new tools implement a "pull-style" collection of data from
  Hobbit clients - i.e. the Hobbit server contacts the clients, and
  pulls their data - as a supplement to the normal push-style
  data collection used by clients. This is typically used for
  hosts located in a DMZ network zone, which cannot make outbound
  connections to the Hobbit server. See the hobbitfetch(8) and
  msgcache(8) man-pages.
* A new utility hobbit-hostgraphs.cgi(1) was added, allowing you
  to build graphs with data from multiple hosts.
* The "Acknowledge Alert" utility has been enhanced, so you can
  acknowledge an alert without having to use the ack-code from an
  alert e-mail. This requires that you setup the bb-ack CGI to allow
  this, by adding the --no-pin option to CGI_ACK_OPTS in hobbitcgi.cfg.
* The "Find host" utility was enhanced so that if all hosts found
  appear on the same page, it sends you directly to that page.
* A new "Ghost clients" report was added, giving you quick access
  to the list of current ghost clients.
* Alert scripts now receive a series of environment variables with
  the bb-hosts configuration items for the host.
* For web tests, it is now possible for Hobbit to pretend being a
  specific browser, through a BROWSER tag in bb-hosts.
* Workarounds for compile-time problems on HP-UX, and LDAP runtime
  library problems were added.
* File checks can now be optional, i.e. they will only be performed
  if the file in question exists.

So ... go wild. Test it. Report bugs. And don't forget to enjoy the
summer.


Regards,
Henrik

Jason Chambers
IT Helpdesk Support
Geosoft Inc.
XX Richmond St. West - 8th Floor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5H 2C9
Tel: XXX-XXX-XXXX x344
Fax: XXX-XXX-XXXX
www.geosoft.com
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Chambers [mailto:user-3fa671c0a30d@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: July-17-06 11:14 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Hobbit 4.2 release candidate available

Hi Henrik,

Just did a fresh install of this release (renamed the old server dir,
and fresh new gmake install, just copied the bb-hosts file over) and I'm
unable to get any data graphed on the network traffic logs. Is there
something that needs to be done first?

Jason Chambers
IT Helpdesk Support
Geosoft Inc.
XX Richmond St. West - 8th Floor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5H 2C9
Tel: XXX-XXX-XXXX x344
Fax: XXX-XXX-XXXX
www.geosoft.com
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid]
Sent: July-12-06 6:08 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Cc: user-31496adb6da5@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit 4.2 release candidate available

It's taken some time, but after a month of bug reports, debugging and
last-minute enhancements there is now a release candidate of Hobbit 4.2
available on SourceForge.

You can download it from SourceForge.net by following this link:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&release_id
=431566
or browse Release Notes and ChangeLog by visiting this link:
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=431566

As far as I know, all bugs that were reported for the beta release have
been resolved, with the exception of the hobbitping "flapping"
for some hosts. This is still being investigated, but until that gets
resolved I'd suggest that you use fping instead.

Information about problems and fixes for the release candidate will
appear on the RC release info page at
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbitsw/betapatches/

Apart from the bug-fixes, some enhancements and new tools were added
during the betatest:

* Two new tools implement a "pull-style" collection of data from
  Hobbit clients - i.e. the Hobbit server contacts the clients, and
  pulls their data - as a supplement to the normal push-style
  data collection used by clients. This is typically used for
  hosts located in a DMZ network zone, which cannot make outbound
  connections to the Hobbit server. See the hobbitfetch(8) and
  msgcache(8) man-pages.
* A new utility hobbit-hostgraphs.cgi(1) was added, allowing you
  to build graphs with data from multiple hosts.
* The "Acknowledge Alert" utility has been enhanced, so you can
  acknowledge an alert without having to use the ack-code from an
  alert e-mail. This requires that you setup the bb-ack CGI to allow
  this, by adding the --no-pin option to CGI_ACK_OPTS in hobbitcgi.cfg.
* The "Find host" utility was enhanced so that if all hosts found
  appear on the same page, it sends you directly to that page.
* A new "Ghost clients" report was added, giving you quick access
  to the list of current ghost clients.
* Alert scripts now receive a series of environment variables with
  the bb-hosts configuration items for the host.
* For web tests, it is now possible for Hobbit to pretend being a
  specific browser, through a BROWSER tag in bb-hosts.
* Workarounds for compile-time problems on HP-UX, and LDAP runtime
  library problems were added.
* File checks can now be optional, i.e. they will only be performed
  if the file in question exists.

So ... go wild. Test it. Report bugs. And don't forget to enjoy the
summer.


Regards,
Henrik

Henrik Stoerner wrote:
...
...

* The "Acknowledge Alert" utility has been enhanced, so you can   acknowledge an alert without having to use the ack-code from an
  alert e-mail. This requires that you setup the bb-ack CGI to allow
  this, by adding the --no-pin option to CGI_ACK_OPTS in hobbitcgi.cfg.

On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 11:26:00AM +0200, Dominique Frise wrote:

Henrik Stoerner wrote:
...
...

* The "Acknowledge Alert" utility has been enhanced, so you can 
 acknowledge an alert without having to use the ack-code from an
 alert e-mail. This requires that you setup the bb-ack CGI to allow
 this, by adding the --no-pin option to CGI_ACK_OPTS in hobbitcgi.cfg.

Maybe I am missing something but when I set this, the "Acknowledge Alert" 
page is empty.

Henrik Stoerner wrote:

On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 11:26:00AM +0200, Dominique Frise wrote:

Henrik Stoerner wrote:
...
...

* The "Acknowledge Alert" utility has been enhanced, so you can 
acknowledge an alert without having to use the ack-code from an
alert e-mail. This requires that you setup the bb-ack CGI to allow
this, by adding the --no-pin option to CGI_ACK_OPTS in hobbitcgi.cfg.

Maybe I am missing something but when I set this, the "Acknowledge Alert" 
page is empty.

Well, do you have any alerts active at the moment ? You can check by
seeing if the command

 bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard color=red,yellow fields=hostname,testname,cookie"

returns any data.

Note: If you have your systems split across multiple pages, it will only
show the hosts on those pages. If you are viewing a single host (e.g.
the detailed status of a host), it will only show that host in the
ack web-page.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>

<TITLE>Hobbit - Acknowledge Alert</TITLE>

<!-- Styles for the menu bar -->
<link rel="stylesheet"  type="text/css" href="/hobbit/menu/menu.css">

<!-- The favicon image -->
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/hobbit/gifs/favicon-red.ico">

</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="red" BACKGROUND="/hobbit/gifs/bkg-red.gif" TEXT="#D8D8BF" 
LINK="#00FFAA" VLINK="#FFFF44">

<TABLE SUMMARY="Topline" WIDTH="100%">
<TR><TD HEIGHT=16>&nbsp;</TD></TR>  <!-- For the menu bar -->
<TR>
   <TD VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH="30%">
     <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="+1" COLOR="silver"><B>Hobbit</B></FONT>
   </TD>
   <TD VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="40%">
     <CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="+1" 
COLOR="silver"><B>Acknowledge Alert</B></FONT></CENTER>
   </TD>

   <TD VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH="30%">

<BR><BR>

<TABLE SUMMARY="Bottomline" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
   <TD> <HR WIDTH="100%"> </TD>
</TR>
<TR>

   <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE="-2" COLOR="silver"><B><A 
HREF="http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/"; style="text-decoration: none">Hobbit 
Monitor 4.2-RC-20060712.1</A></B></FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<!-- menu script itself. you should not modify this file -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" 
src="/hobbit/menu/menu.js"></script>
<!-- items structure. menu hierarchy and links are stored there -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" 
src="/hobbit/menu/menu_items.js"></script>
<!-- files with geometry and styles structures -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" 
src="/hobbit/menu/menu_tpl.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
         new menu (MENU_ITEMS, MENU_POS);

</script>

</BODY>
</HTML>

On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 07:32:50AM +0200, Dominique Frise wrote:

Now on the "All non green view" there are two hosts/alerts pairs:

bb at iris bin]$ ./bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard color=red,yellow fields=hostname,testname,cookie"
otto|sslcert|818047
zeb1|disk|987573

But we see three lines on the "Acknowledge Alert" page (last one has no 
Host or Test name):