Hobbit linux client and BB prof server
list Ralph Goeckel
Hi Guys, I am testing the actual (4.2.0) hobbit client together with a BigBrother professional monitoring server. With windows clients and bbwin 0.9 no issue at all. Only the Linux client does not really want to work. Compilation and all that stuff works great, but when it comes to send the gathered data to the monitoring server, I receive the following errors: On the client in /var/log/hobbit/hobbitclient.log: 2007-02-23 15:20:42 Write error while sending message to bbd at x.x.x.x:1984 2007-02-23 15:20:42 Whoops ! bb failed to send message - write error On the Server in BBOUT: Fri Feb 23 15:12:16 2007 bbd Connection terminated from y.y.y.y (partial message) Does anybody know what the issue is ? I´ve already searcher through the archives, but without success :-( Thanks in advance, Ralph This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.
list Henrik Størner
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On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 06:03:36PM +0100, user-32257b2912e8@xymon.invalid wrote:
I am testing the actual (4.2.0) hobbit client together with a BigBrother professional monitoring server.
Won't work. The Hobbit client architecture is not compatible with a BB server. Regards, Henrik
list Stef Coene
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On Friday 23 February 2007 18:25, Henrik Stoerner wrote:
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 06:03:36PM +0100, user-32257b2912e8@xymon.invalid wrote:I am testing the actual (4.2.0) hobbit client together with a BigBrother professional monitoring server.Won't work. The Hobbit client architecture is not compatible with a BB server.
Better idea, use the BigBrother client and a hobbit server ;) Or use the hobbit client and a hobbit server :)) Stef
list Ralph Goeckel
Ok, Thanks for the answers. But why is bbwin compatible BigBrother ? I always thought this is just a "windows" compilation of the hobbit-client ? Is there another client you guys know, which is at no cost and compatible with BigBrother ? Regards, Ralph
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From: Stef Coene [mailto:user-dbffe946c0f4@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Freitag, 23. Februar 2007 18:44
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit linux client and BB prof server
On Friday 23 February 2007 18:25, Henrik Stoerner wrote:On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 06:03:36PM +0100, user-32257b2912e8@xymon.invalid wrote:I am testing the actual (4.2.0) hobbit client together with a
BigBrother
professional monitoring server.Won't work. The Hobbit client architecture is not compatible with a BB server.
Better idea, use the BigBrother client and a hobbit server ;) Or use the hobbit client and a hobbit server :)) Stef This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.
list Stef Coene
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On Friday 23 February 2007 19:05, user-32257b2912e8@xymon.invalid wrote:
Ok, Thanks for the answers. But why is bbwin compatible BigBrother ? I always thought this is just a "windows" compilation of the hobbit-client ?
As fas as I know, no. It's totally other software. For compatibility, the hobbit client sends 1 data stream with all information in it. It's the server that will use this data stream and generate the data for the columns. It's a dump client, the server will process all data. For BigBrother, the server expects 1 update per column. Also, it's the client who determines what's green-yellow-red. So, the BigBrother server is dump, it only displays what the client sends. Hobbit can also receive data like the BigBrother server. So, a hobbit client can only send info to a hobbit server. A BigBrother client can send data to a hobbit and a BigBrother server.
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Is there another client you guys know, which is at no cost and compatible with BigBrother ?
A Linux client? I think there is a perl version of the bb command. Stef
list Larry Barber
I think the Big Sister client is compatible with the BB server, as well. IIRC correctly, Big Sister is written in Perl and is available on SourceForge. Thanks, Larry Barber
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On 2/23/07, Stef Coene <user-dbffe946c0f4@xymon.invalid> wrote:On Friday 23 February 2007 19:05, user-32257b2912e8@xymon.invalid wrote:Ok, Thanks for the answers. But why is bbwin compatible BigBrother ? I always thought this is just a "windows" compilation of the hobbit-client ?As fas as I know, no. It's totally other software. For compatibility, the hobbit client sends 1 data stream with all information in it. It's the server that will use this data stream and generate the data for the columns. It's a dump client, the server will process all data. For BigBrother, the server expects 1 update per column. Also, it's the client who determines what's green-yellow-red. So, the BigBrother server is dump, it only displays what the client sends. Hobbit can also receive data like the BigBrother server. So, a hobbit client can only send info to a hobbit server. A BigBrother client can send data to a hobbit and a BigBrother server.Is there another client you guys know, which is at no cost and compatible with BigBrother ?A Linux client? I think there is a perl version of the bb command. Stef
list Henrik Størner
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On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 07:05:09PM +0100, user-32257b2912e8@xymon.invalid wrote:
Thanks for the answers. But why is bbwin compatible BigBrother ? I always thought this is just a "windows" compilation of the hobbit-client?
BBWin has been designed for compatibility with a Big Brother server. The Hobbit server is compatible with BB *clients*, but not the other way around. The Hobbit and BB designs are just fundamentally different, starting with the fact that Hobbit keeps all configuration files on the server, whereas BB has configuration files distributed to each and every client.
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Is there another client you guys know, which is at no cost and compatible with BigBrother ?
Have you tried asking on the BB mailing list ? Regards, Henrik