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Hello and sorry for any unnecessary noise.

I have read from the docs about a hobbit-client to install on client
machines, but I can't find a "how-to" or even where it is located.
So,...

1. Can someone tell me where the client is located.
2. How to install on a Linux machine.

I am asking for a little more than "grab this file and untar...bang
your done" I am somewhat new to hobbit and need a little more detail.

Thanks

~ Don

On 1/26/07, Don Munyak <user-228b40e3ccf1@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Quoting README.CLIENT:

The client installation is kept entirely within
the "hobbit" users' home-directory. All client-related
files are in the ~hobbit/client/ directory.

2. How to install on a Linux machine.

This is also detailed in README.CLIENT:

To build the client:

        - create a "hobbit" userid on the system
          (not required, but recommended).
        - extract the Hobbit source archive
        - cd to the hobbit-X.X directory
        - run "./configure --client; make"
        - as root, run "make install"

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Rob MacGregor
      Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he
        doesn't become a monster.                  Friedrich Nietzsche

Hi Don,

Depending on which Linux distribution you're running, you may be able to
do an RPM -- in my case, I built from source.  So here are the basic steps:

- download the full hobbitserver tar.gz file (hobbit-4.2.0.tar.gz) from
the Source Forge download page:
http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=128058
Within that archive is both the client and the server.

- Unpack the tar.gz file and look at the README.CLIENT file -- that has
all the information for building the client.  You should read that whole
file because it has lots of useful information, but here's the part
that's pertinent to your question...

To build the client:

         - create a "hobbit" userid on the system
           (not required, but recommended).
         - extract the Hobbit source archive
         - cd to the hobbit-X.X directory
         - run "./configure --client; make"
         - as root, run "make install"

HTH,
Matt

Don Munyak wrote:

On 1/26/07, Matt McGrievy <user-c66dd6bb1515@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Matt & Rob,

Thanks. That was the piece my thick brain was having trouble with. I
did read the readme files but didn't quite understand the need to
install the full version onto a monitored client.

Next question, but still somewhat related. The Hobbit server is
FreeBSD and installed from ports. Will it make a difference if the
version I download to clients is different than server, assuming I
stay within the version 4.2.x level ?

Thanks again

~Don

On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 04:35:42PM -0500, Don Munyak wrote:

As long as your Hobbit server is on 4.2.x, your clients should work fine.


Regards,
Henrik

Don Munyak wrote:

No need to install the full version on all clients. Simply install the client on 1 server and then tar the client directory and copy this to the other servers. Adding a hobbit user on the new client and untaring the archive in the home directory. Then run the client.

Br Thomas