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On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 12:26:20PM +0100, Morris, Chris (Shared Services) wrote:

As bbproxy appears to be a message routing program to accept data from
clients and pass them on to a hobbit server, I assume it doesn't require all
the server components like rrdtool, SSL, LDAP etc.

If the above is true, how can you build a bbproxy install without all the
unneccessay clutter?

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On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 12:26:20PM +0100, Morris, Chris (Shared Services)
wrote:

As bbproxy appears to be a message routing program to accept data from
clients and pass them on to a hobbit server, I assume it doesn't require
all
the server components like rrdtool, SSL, LDAP etc.

Right.

If the above is true, how can you build a bbproxy install without all
the
unneccessay clutter?

Hmm - good question. If it's for the same OS as your main Hobbit server,
you could just copy the ~hobbit/server/bin/bbproxy binary across. It
doesn't need any of the config-files or other "stuff" that the other
Hobbit tools use; you can control all of it through commandline options.


Regards,
Henrik

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On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 01:26:58PM +0100, Morris, Chris (Shared Services) wrote:

Hi Henrik,

Thanks for the reply. 

I'd already thought about "copying" the binary but unfortunately it is for a
Solaris 5.10 system and my server is AIX 5.2.

Does anyone have a bbproxy binary built on Solaris 5.10 that they could send
me?

Chris

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On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 01:26:58PM +0100, Morris, Chris (Shared Services)
wrote:

Hi Henrik,

Thanks for the reply. 

I'd already thought about "copying" the binary but unfortunately it is
for a
Solaris 5.10 system and my server is AIX 5.2.

Does anyone have a bbproxy binary built on Solaris 5.10 that they could
send
me?

It's a bit of a hack, but it should be possible like this:

* Build the client on your AIX box
* cd bbproxy; gcc -I../include -o bbproxy bbproxy.c ../lib/hobbitclient.a


Regards,
Henrik

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On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:06:05PM +0100, Morris, Chris (Shared Services) wrote:

Hi Henrik,

Tried that and got :-

bbproxy.c: In function `main':
bbproxy.c:1055: warning: passing arg 5 of `getsockopt' from incompatible
pointer type
bbproxy.c:1138: warning: passing arg 3 of `naccept' from incompatible
pointer type

However, the binary is not executable on Solaris 10 as needs to be ELF
32-bit LSB executable 80386 Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped but
is executable (RISC System/6000) or object module not stripped.

Le 21 juin 06 à 17:23, Henrik Stoerner a écrit :

You should build both the client *and* bbproxy (using the command I  
wrote)
on your AIX box.

So you need an AIX 5.2 with a C compiler. But that should be enough.

Regards,
Chris

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On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:06:05PM +0100, Morris, Chris (Shared Services)
wrote:

Hi Henrik,

Tried that and got :-

bbproxy.c: In function `main':
bbproxy.c:1055: warning: passing arg 5 of `getsockopt' from incompatible
pointer type
bbproxy.c:1138: warning: passing arg 3 of `naccept' from incompatible
pointer type

However, the binary is not executable on Solaris 10 as needs to be ELF
32-bit LSB executable 80386 Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped
but
is executable (RISC System/6000) or object module not stripped.

You should build both the client *and* bbproxy (using the command I wrote)

on your AIX box.

So you need an AIX 5.2 with a C compiler. But that should be enough.


Regards,
Henrik

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On 8/29/06, mario andre <user-82c7780661a4@xymon.invalid> wrote:

 Henrik,

I would like to set up a bbproxy. To do this I've copied the compiled
hobbit running on Fedora to another machine running fedora too. I've changed
hobbitlaunch.cfg only with

[hobbitd]
        HEARTBEAT
        ENVFILE /home/bbmon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
        CMD hobbitd --listen=127.0.0.1 --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.pid
--restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk
--checkpoint-interval=600 --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=
127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP

[bbproxy]
        ENVFILE /home/bbmon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg

=$BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.pid
        LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.log

[bbnet]
        ENVFILE /home/bbmon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
        CMD bbtest-net --report --ping --checkresponse
        LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network.log
        INTERVAL 5m

[bbretest]
        ENVFILE /home/bbmon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
        CMD $BBHOME/ext/bbretest-net.sh
        LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-retest.log
        INTERVAL 1m

I've changed in hobbitserver.cfg --> BBSERVERIP="127.0.0.1"

Do I have to change more things in hobbitserver.cfg?

If i want to use the bbtest-net , I will need to define in a bb-hosts file
as the same in the hobbit server?

when I start hobbit.sh , my server starts listening on 1984 but some core
files appears.

Thanks in advance,

Mario.

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 12:25:28PM -0300, mario andre wrote:

I would like to set up a bbproxy. To do this I've copied the compiled hobbit
running on Fedora to another machine running fedora too. I've changed
hobbitlaunch.cfg only with

[hobbitd]
       HEARTBEAT
       ENVFILE /home/bbmon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
       CMD hobbitd --listen=127.0.0.1 --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.pid
--restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk
--checkpoint-interval=600 --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=
127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP

[bbproxy]
       ENVFILE /home/bbmon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
       CMD $BBHOME/bin/bbproxy --hobbitd
--bbdisplay=127.0.0.1,172.20.19.13--report=$MACHINE.bbproxy
--no-daemon --pidfile =$BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.pid
       LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.log

If i want to use the bbtest-net , I will need to define in a bb-hosts file
as the same in the hobbit server?

when I start hobbit.sh , my server starts listening on 1984 but some core
files appears.

On 8/29/06, Henrik Stoerner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 12:25:28PM -0300, mario andre wrote:

I would like to set up a bbproxy. To do this I've copied the compiled
hobbit
running on Fedora to another machine running fedora too. I've changed
hobbitlaunch.cfg only with

[hobbitd]
       HEARTBEAT
       ENVFILE /home/bbmon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg

--restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk
--checkpoint-interval=600 --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log

--admin-senders=

127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP

If you're running bbproxy, you should not be running the hobbitd task.
The [hobbitd] task runs ONLY on the real Hobbit server - not on proxy
servers, network testers, clients or any other box.

[bbproxy]
       ENVFILE /home/bbmon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
       CMD $BBHOME/bin/bbproxy --hobbitd
--bbdisplay=127.0.0.1,172.20.19.13--report=$MACHINE.bbproxy
--no-daemon --pidfile =$BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.pid
       LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.log

WHAT ? You're telling bbproxy to feed messages to itself ??
Oh dear ... don't do that. Remove that 127.0.0.1 from the --bbdisplay
option.

I've changed in hobbitserver.cfg --> BBSERVERIP="127.0.0.1"

That's ok.

If i want to use the bbtest-net , I will need to define in a bb-hosts
file
as the same in the hobbit server?

bbtest-net needs a bb-hosts file, yes - that's where it gets the network
tests it should run.

when I start hobbit.sh , my server starts listening on 1984 but some
core
files appears.

Do get rid of that 127.0.0.1 address.


Henrik

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 22:15, Henrik Stoerner wrote:

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 12:25:28PM -0300, mario andre wrote:

I would like to set up a bbproxy. To do this I've copied the compiled
hobbit running on Fedora to another machine running fedora too. I've
changed hobbitlaunch.cfg only with

[hobbitd]
       HEARTBEAT
       ENVFILE /home/bbmon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
       CMD hobbitd --listen=127.0.0.1 --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.pid
--restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk
--checkpoint-interval=600 --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log
--admin-senders= 127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP

If you're running bbproxy, you should not be running the hobbitd task.
The [hobbitd] task runs ONLY on the real Hobbit server - not on proxy
servers, network testers, clients or any other box.

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:59:55AM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote:

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 22:15, Henrik Stoerner wrote:

If you're running bbproxy, you should not be running the hobbitd task.
The [hobbitd] task runs ONLY on the real Hobbit server - not on proxy
servers, network testers, clients or any other box.

Hmm, if that's the case, why does hobbitlaunch.cfg have:

[bbnet]
        ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
        NEEDS hobbitd
        CMD bbtest-net --report --ping --checkresponse
        LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network.log
        INTERVAL 5m

Should the "NEEDS hobbitd" be removed?

In my case, I want to use one "monitoring" server in a network as proxy and 
network tester, and I wouldn't mind having a display on it too (eg, in the DR 
site).

On 8/30/06, Henrik Stoerner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:59:55AM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote:

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 22:15, Henrik Stoerner wrote:

If you're running bbproxy, you should not be running the hobbitd task.
The [hobbitd] task runs ONLY on the real Hobbit server - not on proxy
servers, network testers, clients or any other box.

Hmm, if that's the case, why does hobbitlaunch.cfg have:

[bbnet]
        ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
        NEEDS hobbitd
        CMD bbtest-net --report --ping --checkresponse
        LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network.log
        INTERVAL 5m

Should the "NEEDS hobbitd" be removed?

Yes, or replaced with "NEEDS bbproxy".

In my case, I want to use one "monitoring" server in a network as proxy
and
network tester, and I wouldn't mind having a display on it too (eg, in
the DR
site).

Then you must setup the hobbitd process to listen on a separate IP (e.g.
127.0.0.1) so it doesn't conflict with bbproxy listening on the same
port.


Regards,
Henrik

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On Wednesday 30 August 2006 10:04, Henrik Stoerner wrote:

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:59:55AM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote:

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 22:15, Henrik Stoerner wrote:

If you're running bbproxy, you should not be running the hobbitd task.
The [hobbitd] task runs ONLY on the real Hobbit server - not on proxy
servers, network testers, clients or any other box.

Hmm, if that's the case, why does hobbitlaunch.cfg have:

[bbnet]
        ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
        NEEDS hobbitd
        CMD bbtest-net --report --ping --checkresponse
        LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network.log
        INTERVAL 5m

Should the "NEEDS hobbitd" be removed?

Yes, or replaced with "NEEDS bbproxy".

In my case, I want to use one "monitoring" server in a network as proxy
and network tester, and I wouldn't mind having a display on it too (eg,
in the DR site).

Then you must setup the hobbitd process to listen on a separate IP (e.g.
127.0.0.1) so it doesn't conflict with bbproxy listening on the same
port.

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 10:49:09AM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote:

I was running hobbitd on a different port, with bbproxy sending to the local hobbitd as well as the one on the main display:

[hobbitd]
        HEARTBEAT
        ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
        CMD hobbitd --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.pid --restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --chec
kpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600 --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log --
admin-senders=127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP --listen=0.0.0.0:1985


[bbproxy]
        ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
        CMD $BBHOME/bin/bbproxy --hobbitd --bbdisplay=127.0.0.1:1985,10.10.9.32:1984 --report=$MACHINE.bbproxy --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.pid


But then bbgen on the proxy complains:
hobbitd status-board not available

And the display on the proxy has no hosts at all (just pages, all-green).

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 04:17:39AM -0400, Asif Iqbal wrote:

If I delay or disable a host.service on one of the display server (thru gui
or email) will bbproxy be able to tell the other display server about it?

On Wednesday 30 August 2006 11:29, Henrik Stoerner wrote:

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 10:49:09AM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote:

I was running hobbitd on a different port, with bbproxy sending to the
local hobbitd as well as the one on the main display:

[hobbitd]
        HEARTBEAT
        ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
        CMD
hobbitd --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.pid --restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk
--chec kpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-interval=600
--log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log -- admin-senders=127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP
--listen=0.0.0.0:1985


[bbproxy]
        ENVFILE /usr/lib/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
        CMD
$BBHOME/bin/bbproxy --hobbitd --bbdisplay=127.0.0.1:1985,10.10.9.32:1984
--report=$MACHINE.bbproxy --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.pid


But then bbgen on the proxy complains:
hobbitd status-board not available

And the display on the proxy has no hosts at all (just pages, all-green).

You need to tell bbgen that hobbitd is on port 1985. In
hobbitserver.cfg, change BBPORT to 1985 and BBDISP to 127.0.0.1.