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Question about Hobbit

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list Adam Tetz · Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:55:28 +0100 ·
Iv'e got a question about Hobbit,
The helpfile says : By default, Hobbit will always check if the host is up
and running by trying to "ping" it. This results in a *conn* column on the
Hobbit webpage for this host, showing if the ping-test succeeded. If you
have a host that does not respond to ping - e.g. because there is a firewall
that filters out such requests - then you can disable the ping-test by
putting a "noconn" keyword on the line in bb-hosts.

But this doesn't work!

My line is:  0.0.0.0      (website)    # noconn
http://(website<http://%28website/>;
)

But the connection icon stays red.
Also the icons fomr the Hobbit server itself are truning purple? How can i
switch them back to green??

I can't find this in the manual.


-- 
Regards,

Adam Tetz
list Josh Luthman · Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:48:38 -0500 ·
If Hobbit is running correctly I don't see how you got a red status in the
conn column - you have a noconntag.

Can you delete the history files for that host and see if shows up again?
▸ quoted from Adam Tetz

On 2/14/08, Adam Tetz <user-46580519995f@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Iv'e got a question about Hobbit,
The helpfile says : By default, Hobbit will always check if the host is up
and running by trying to "ping" it. This results in a *conn* column on the
Hobbit webpage for this host, showing if the ping-test succeeded. If you
have a host that does not respond to ping - e.g. because there is a
firewall that filters out such requests - then you can disable the ping-test
by putting a "noconn" keyword on the line in bb-hosts.

But this doesn't work!

My line is:  0.0.0.0      (website)    # noconn http://(website<http://%28website/>;
)

But the connection icon stays red.
Also the icons fomr the Hobbit server itself are truning purple? How can i
switch them back to green??

I can't find this in the manual.


--
Regards,

Adam Tetz

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list Maik Heinelt · Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:03:57 +0900 ·
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I have added some new test to my hobbit server.
Now, I like to add the column for it into hobbit.
At the moment, when I click on the name of the new test in hobbit,
I get the message "No match"

Maik
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list Henrik Størner · Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:22:03 +0100 ·
▸ quoted from Maik Heinelt
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 12:03:57PM +0900, Maik Heinelt wrote:
I have added some new test to my hobbit server.
Now, I like to add the column for it into hobbit.
At the moment, when I click on the name of the new test in hobbit,
I get the message "No match"
It's the ~hobbit/server/etc/columndoc.csv file you must add an entry to. 


Henrik
list Henrik Størner · Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:24:14 +0100 ·
▸ quoted from Adam Tetz
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 06:55:28PM +0100, Adam Tetz wrote:
Iv'e got a question about Hobbit,
The helpfile says : By default, Hobbit will always check if the host is up
and running by trying to "ping" it. This results in a *conn* column on the
Hobbit webpage for this host, showing if the ping-test succeeded. If you
have a host that does not respond to ping - e.g. because there is a firewall
that filters out such requests - then you can disable the ping-test by
putting a "noconn" keyword on the line in bb-hosts.

But this doesn't work!

My line is:  0.0.0.0      (website)    # noconn

But the connection icon stays red.
If you started out without the "noconn", then there is a "conn" status
that you must explicitly delete. You do this with
   bb 127.0.0.1 "drop website conn"
▸ quoted from Josh Luthman
Also the icons fomr the Hobbit server itself are truning purple? How can i
switch them back to green??
Purple means they are not being updated. Did you change the hostname of
your Hobbit server in the bb-hosts file ?


Regards,
Henrik
list Adam Tetz · Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:59:08 +0100 ·
Yes i did, is that a problem?
Regards,

Adam
▸ quoted from Henrik Størner


Purple means they are not being updated. Did you change the hostname of
your Hobbit server in the bb-hosts file ?


Regards,
Henrik
list Henrik Størner · Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:04:53 +0100 ·
Not a problem, but it does explain why your statuses have gone purple.
To fix it, change the BBSERVERHOSTNAME setting in hobbitserver.cfg to
match the new name for the Hobbit server in bb-hosts.


Regards,
Henrik
▸ quoted from Adam Tetz

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:59:08AM +0100, Adam Tetz wrote:
Yes i did, is that a problem?
Regards,

Adam


Purple means they are not being updated. Did you change the hostname of
your Hobbit server in the bb-hosts file ?