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list Johan Boyé · Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:36:17 +0200 · 
Hello,

  I'm starting to use Hobbit under the advice of a friend but I'm quite
a newbie with this tool. I would like to know where I could find those
information, maybe a tut on a website or so :
  - Monitoring processes like Oracle, NIS, Apache, SAP or so  (I think
PROC is the way to go)
  - Specific Oracle database monitoring (how run specific .sql ?)
  - Disk space  (I think DISK should be used)
  - Dedicated error message in log file (look for specific string,
certainly LOG) 
  - Monitor NetApp filer space disk via snmp (Don't know how)

I have a server running hobbit and I install hobbit client with
server-side configuration. I wrote custom config in server/etc/bb-hosts
but it seems the configuration is take in place. For example, I've
setup:

    etc/hobbit-clients.cfg
    HOST=foobar
            UP      30m
            LOAD    0.5 10.0
            DISK    * 50 95
            MEMPHYS 100 101
            MEMSWAP 50 80
            MEMACT  90 97
            PROC    ypbind 1 -1 yellow
            PROC    nfsd 1 -1 yellow
    
    
    And etc/bb-hosts
    192.168.7.16   foobar      # conn bbd ssh NAME:"Foobar"
DESCR:"VMWARE:Test Linux" cpu files

  But I don't have any alert when a ypbind or nfsd processes get down,
do you know why ?

  Thanks a lot for any answers

    Johan

"Les informations contenues dans ce message electronique peuvent etre de nature confidentielles et soumises a une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinees a l'usage exclusif du reel destinataire. Si vous n'etes pas le reel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le detruire immediatement et de le notifier a son emetteur."

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
list Martin Flemming · Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:54:20 +0200 (CEST) · 
Hi, Johan !
▸ quoted from Johan Boyé
 - Monitoring processes like Oracle, NIS, Apache, SAP or so  (I think
PROC is the way to go)
 - Monitor NetApp filer space disk via snmp (Don't know how)
As first step it's ok , maybe you look into

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173266

for Oracle and NetApp ...
▸ quoted from Johan Boyé
 But I don't have any alert when a ypbind or nfsd processes get down,
do you know why ?
Do you have an entry in hobbit-alert.cfg ?

There are many scripts on

http://www.deadcat.net/browse.php

you can use ..


Or other Documentation

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit

http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/about

Cheers,

             Martin
▸ quoted from Johan Boyé


On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid wrote:

Hello,

 I'm starting to use Hobbit under the advice of a friend but I'm quite
a newbie with this tool. I would like to know where I could find those
information, maybe a tut on a website or so :
 - Monitoring processes like Oracle, NIS, Apache, SAP or so  (I think
PROC is the way to go)
 - Specific Oracle database monitoring (how run specific .sql ?)
 - Disk space  (I think DISK should be used)
 - Dedicated error message in log file (look for specific string,
certainly LOG)
 - Monitor NetApp filer space disk via snmp (Don't know how)

I have a server running hobbit and I install hobbit client with
server-side configuration. I wrote custom config in server/etc/bb-hosts
but it seems the configuration is take in place. For example, I've
setup:

   etc/hobbit-clients.cfg
   HOST=foobar
           UP      30m
           LOAD    0.5 10.0
           DISK    * 50 95
           MEMPHYS 100 101
           MEMSWAP 50 80
           MEMACT  90 97
           PROC    ypbind 1 -1 yellow
           PROC    nfsd 1 -1 yellow


   And etc/bb-hosts
   192.168.7.16   foobar      # conn bbd ssh NAME:"Foobar"
DESCR:"VMWARE:Test Linux" cpu files

 But I don't have any alert when a ypbind or nfsd processes get down,
do you know why ?

 Thanks a lot for any answers

   Johan

"Les informations contenues dans ce message electronique peuvent etre de nature confidentielles et soumises a une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinees a l'usage exclusif du reel destinataire. Si vous n'etes pas le reel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le detruire immediatement et de le notifier a son emetteur."

"The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."


Gruss

        Martin Flemming


Martin Flemming
DESY / IT          office : Building 2b / 008a
Notkestr. 85       phone  : XXX - XXXX - XXXX
22603 Hamburg      mail   : user-f286aaa49a76@xymon.invalid
list Johan Boyé · Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:51:14 +0200 ·
▸ quoted from Martin Flemming
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Martin Flemming [mailto:user-f286aaa49a76@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : mardi 18 septembre 2007 08:54
À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Objet : Re: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi, Johan !

 - Monitoring processes like Oracle, NIS, Apache, SAP or so  (I think
PROC is the way to go)
 - Monitor NetApp filer space disk via snmp (Don't know how)
As first step it's ok , maybe you look into

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173266

for Oracle and NetApp ...

 But I don't have any alert when a ypbind or nfsd processes get down,
do you know why ?
Do you have an entry in hobbit-alert.cfg ?

There are many scripts on

http://www.deadcat.net/browse.php

you can use ..


Or other Documentation

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit

http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/about

Cheers,

             Martin
Thanks Martin, gonna check out those links!
▸ quoted from Martin Flemming


On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid wrote:

Hello,

 I'm starting to use Hobbit under the advice of a friend but I'm quite
a newbie with this tool. I would like to know where I could find those
information, maybe a tut on a website or so :
 - Monitoring processes like Oracle, NIS, Apache, SAP or so  (I think
PROC is the way to go)
 - Specific Oracle database monitoring (how run specific .sql ?)
 - Disk space  (I think DISK should be used)
 - Dedicated error message in log file (look for specific string,
certainly LOG)
 - Monitor NetApp filer space disk via snmp (Don't know how)

I have a server running hobbit and I install hobbit client with
server-side configuration. I wrote custom config in server/etc/bb-hosts
but it seems the configuration is take in place. For example, I've
setup:

   etc/hobbit-clients.cfg
   HOST=foobar
           UP      30m
           LOAD    0.5 10.0
           DISK    * 50 95
           MEMPHYS 100 101
           MEMSWAP 50 80
           MEMACT  90 97
           PROC    ypbind 1 -1 yellow
           PROC    nfsd 1 -1 yellow


   And etc/bb-hosts
   192.168.7.16   foobar      # conn bbd ssh NAME:"Foobar"
DESCR:"VMWARE:Test Linux" cpu files

 But I don't have any alert when a ypbind or nfsd processes get down,
do you know why ?

 Thanks a lot for any answers

   Johan

"Les informations contenues dans ce message electronique peuvent etre de nature confidentielles et soumises a une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinees a l'usage exclusif du reel destinataire. Si vous n'etes pas le reel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le detruire immediatement et de le notifier a son emetteur."

"The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."


Gruss

        Martin Flemming


Martin Flemming
DESY / IT          office : Building 2b / 008a
Notkestr. 85       phone  : XXX - XXXX - XXXX
22603 Hamburg      mail   : user-f286aaa49a76@xymon.invalid


"Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son émetteur."
▸ quoted from Martin Flemming

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
list Johan Boyé · Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:32:15 +0200 · 
Hello again,

   I would like to know if there a debug mode somewhere. I've installed the Hobbit server on Linux and the Hobbit client on a Linux and Windows but informations seems not to be sent to the server. I guess I did something wrong because, except the local hobbit server itself, where "bbd" is green, anywhere else is `Service unavailable (Connection refused)` with bbd is red. Of course, I started the client with runclient.sh

  Also, I have servers who runs old BigB clients on port 1985 instead of 1984, where I could specify the different port?

  Thanks by advance
▸ quoted from Martin Flemming
 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Martin Flemming [mailto:user-f286aaa49a76@xymon.invalid] 
Envoyé : mardi 18 septembre 2007 08:54
À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Objet : Re: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi, Johan !
 - Monitoring processes like Oracle, NIS, Apache, SAP or so 
 (I think
PROC is the way to go)
 - Monitor NetApp filer space disk via snmp (Don't know how)
As first step it's ok , maybe you look into
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173266

for Oracle and NetApp ...
 But I don't have any alert when a ypbind or nfsd processes 
get down,
do you know why ?
Do you have an entry in hobbit-alert.cfg ?
There are many scripts on

http://www.deadcat.net/browse.php

you can use ..
Or other Documentation
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit
http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/about

Cheers,
             Martin
"Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son émetteur."

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
list Sigurður Guðbrandsson · Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:51:53 -0000 · 
Hi.

 Did you configure the clients properly? That is, did you configure the correct IP address in the config files? Also, is there a firewall blocking this anywhere?

 As for the port, you can change that in hobbitserver.cfg file. Just remember to restart the hobbit server. And do tell the clients to send to that port.

With regards,


Sigurður Guðbrandsson

Raförninn ehf.

Suðurhlíð 35

105 Reykjavik | Iceland

user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid | www.raforninn.is

Office: +(XXX) XXX XXXX

Mobile: +(XXX) XXX XXXX
▸ quoted from Johan Boyé


-----Original Message-----
From: user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: 19. september 2007 07:32
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hello again,

   I would like to know if there a debug mode somewhere. I've installed the Hobbit server on Linux and the Hobbit client on a Linux and Windows but informations seems not to be sent to the server. I guess I did something wrong because, except the local hobbit server itself, where "bbd" is green, anywhere else is `Service unavailable (Connection refused)` with bbd is red. Of course, I started the client with runclient.sh

  Also, I have servers who runs old BigB clients on port 1985 instead of 1984, where I could specify the different port?

  Thanks by advance
 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Martin Flemming [mailto:user-f286aaa49a76@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : mardi 
18 septembre 2007 08:54 À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Objet : Re: [hobbit] N00b 
starting to use Hobbit

Hi, Johan !
 - Monitoring processes like Oracle, NIS, Apache, SAP or so
 (I think
PROC is the way to go)
 - Monitor NetApp filer space disk via snmp (Don't know how)
As first step it's ok , maybe you look into
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173266

for Oracle and NetApp ...
 But I don't have any alert when a ypbind or nfsd processes
get down,
do you know why ?
Do you have an entry in hobbit-alert.cfg ?
There are many scripts on

http://www.deadcat.net/browse.php

you can use ..
Or other Documentation
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit
http://www.trantor.org/theshire/doku.php/about

Cheers,
             Martin
"Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son émetteur."

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
list Johan Boyé · Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:45:18 +0200 · 
Hello,

  I re-installed a couple of time and the only working configuration is the client with the configuration in the client side.
  There is no firewall between each hosts, it's a simple LAN 100Mb.

  Cool, it notifies me when it should with this configuration!

  Gonna check netapp and oracle monitoring!

 Thanks, CU
▸ quoted from Sigurður Guðbrandsson


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : mercredi 19 septembre 2007 14:52
À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Objet : RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi.

 Did you configure the clients properly? That is, did you configure the correct IP address in the config files? Also, is there a firewall blocking this anywhere?

 As for the port, you can change that in hobbitserver.cfg file. Just remember to restart the hobbit server. And do tell the clients to send to that port.

With regards
"Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son émetteur."

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
list Johan Boyé · Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:38:47 +0200 ·
▸ quoted from Sigurður Guðbrandsson
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : mercredi 19 septembre 2007 14:52
À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Objet : RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi.

 Did you configure the clients properly? That is, did you configure the correct IP address in the config files? Also, is there a firewall blocking this anywhere?

 As for the port, you can change that in hobbitserver.cfg file. Just remember to restart the hobbit server. And do tell the clients to send to that port.

With regards,

In my previous message, I said something wrong. All informations are send to the Server only when I decided to force the client with the Client side configuration BUT ALL BDD are in red. The server can't reach them. Strange. Where I could investigate ?
▸ quoted from Johan Boyé

"Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son émetteur."

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
list Johan Boyé · Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:22:41 +0200 · 
In fact, any of my hobbitd is running on the clients.
I started them with "client/runclient.sh start" but nothing listen in port 1984.
/etc/services should be modified or something else ?
The user "hobbit" should have special priviledges ?

It happens to me on linux & with bbwin on Windows.
▸ quoted from Johan Boyé

   Thanks by advance


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : mercredi 19 septembre 2007 14:52
À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Objet : RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi.

 Did you configure the clients properly? That is, did you configure the correct IP address in the config files? Also, is there a firewall blocking this anywhere?

 As for the port, you can change that in hobbitserver.cfg file. Just remember to restart the hobbit server. And do tell the clients to send to that port.

With regards,
"Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son émetteur."

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
list Sigurður Guðbrandsson · Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:48:16 -0000 · 
Hi.

Did you configure the file /etc/default/hobbit-client to include the correct IP address on the linux machines?

I think that the client doesn't listen if you've configured the client to send the data instead of cache'ing it.
(unless you are using a server on each machine, in which case you have to proxy it forward to the main server).

As for starting the client, I usually just run once '/etc/init.d/hobbit-client start' to get it running.

The user "hobbit" should not have any extra special priv's unless you've configured your system to be anal in security.

I use the hobbit-client package on my Linux clients and I don't have any hobbitd processes running, only hobbitlaunch. From that information I would gather that you have installed a server. Thus to get the information about your system out to the main hobbit, linux wise, you have to configure your hobbitlaunch.cfg file to act as a proxy and forward all the messages to the main hobbit monitor.

I don't know if this answers any of your questions, but this is the answer to the question that I think you're asking.
▸ quoted from Johan Boyé

With regards,


Sigurður Guðbrandsson

Raförninn ehf.

Suðurhlíð 35

105 Reykjavik | Iceland

user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid | www.raforninn.is

Office: +(XXX) XXX XXXX

Mobile: +(XXX) XXX XXXX


-----Original Message-----
From: user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: 20. september 2007 13:23
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

In fact, any of my hobbitd is running on the clients.
I started them with "client/runclient.sh start" but nothing listen in port 1984.
/etc/services should be modified or something else ?
The user "hobbit" should have special priviledges ?

It happens to me on linux & with bbwin on Windows.

   Thanks by advance


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : 
mercredi 19 septembre 2007 14:52 À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Objet : RE: 
[hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi.

 Did you configure the clients properly? That is, did you configure 
the correct IP address in the config files? Also, is there a firewall 
blocking this anywhere?

 As for the port, you can change that in hobbitserver.cfg file. Just 
remember to restart the hobbit server. And do tell the clients to send 
to that port.

With regards,
"Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son émetteur."

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
list H. Klomp · Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:45:36 +0200 · 
Hi, 

The hobbit client isn't listening on any port, but sending the information to the hobbit server. 
On the hobbit server yoy should see the client data. 
It's always good to look at your ghost clients in hobbit. Sometimes the client sends the data with a different name than
the name you expect from the system. 

Regards, 

H. Klomp 
National Aerospace Laboratory NLR 
Dedicated to innovation in aerospace
▸ quoted from Sigurður Guðbrandsson
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: donderdag 20 september 2007 15:48
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi.

Did you configure the file /etc/default/hobbit-client to include the correct IP address on the linux machines?

I think that the client doesn't listen if you've configured the client to send the data instead of cache'ing it.
(unless you are using a server on each machine, in which case you have to proxy it forward to the main server).

As for starting the client, I usually just run once '/etc/init.d/hobbit-client start' to get it running.

The user "hobbit" should not have any extra special priv's unless you've configured your system to be anal in security.

I use the hobbit-client package on my Linux clients and I don't have any hobbitd processes running, only hobbitlaunch.
From that information I would gather that you have installed a server. Thus to get the information about your system out
to the main hobbit, linux wise, you have to configure your hobbitlaunch.cfg file to act as a proxy and forward all the
messages to the main hobbit monitor.

I don't know if this answers any of your questions, but this is the answer to the question that I think you're asking.

With regards,


Sigurður Guðbrandsson

Raförninn ehf.

Suðurhlíð 35

105 Reykjavik | Iceland

user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid | www.raforninn.is

Office: +(XXX) XXX XXXX

Mobile: +(XXX) XXX XXXX


-----Original Message-----
From: user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: 20. september 2007 13:23
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

In fact, any of my hobbitd is running on the clients.
I started them with "client/runclient.sh start" but nothing listen in port 1984.
/etc/services should be modified or something else ?
The user "hobbit" should have special priviledges ?

It happens to me on linux & with bbwin on Windows.

   Thanks by advance


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : 
mercredi 19 septembre 2007 14:52 À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Objet : RE: 
[hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi.

 Did you configure the clients properly? That is, did you configure 
the correct IP address in the config files? Also, is there a firewall 
blocking this anywhere?

 As for the port, you can change that in hobbitserver.cfg file. Just 
remember to restart the hobbit server. And do tell the clients to send 
to that port.

With regards,
"Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une
obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel
destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son
émetteur."

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of
the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error,
please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
list Johan Boyé · Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:53:36 +0200 ·
▸ quoted from Sigurður Guðbrandsson
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : jeudi 20 septembre 2007 15:48
À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Objet : RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi.

Did you configure the file /etc/default/hobbit-client to include the correct IP address on the linux machines?
Hello Sigurður,

Thanks for all your information.
I'm just would like to run a hobbit server with a bunch of client.
▸ quoted from H. Klomp
I think that the client doesn't listen if you've configured the client to send the data instead of cache'ing it.
(unless you are using a server on each machine, in which case you have to proxy it forward to the main server).

As for starting the client, I usually just run once '/etc/init.d/hobbit-client start' to get it running.
I'm using a home compiled version of the hobbit client/server so I don't have any /etc/init.d/hobbit-client nor /etc/default/hobbit-client
I usually have this error

cat logs/hobbitclient.log
    No LSB modules are available.
    2007-09-20 16:42:10 Failed to get a message, terminating
    No LSB modules are available.
    2007-09-20 16:47:10 Failed to get a message, terminating

I really wonder why any of my client could connect to the server.
Can I paste some configuration file to help ?


The user "hobbit" should not have any extra special priv's unless you've configured your system to be anal in security.
Ok, it's a simple users here.

I use the hobbit-client package on my Linux clients and I don't have any hobbitd processes running, only hobbitlaunch. From that information I would gather that you have installed a server. Thus to get the information about your system out to the main hobbit, linux wise, you have to configure your hobbitlaunch.cfg file to act as a proxy and forward all the messages to the main hobbit monitor.

   Thanks by advance
▸ quoted from H. Klomp

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list Johan Boyé · Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:25:11 +0200 ·
▸ quoted from H. Klomp
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Klomp, H. [mailto:user-b644cde19b47@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : jeudi 20 septembre 2007 16:46
À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Objet : RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi, 
The hobbit client isn't listening on any port, but sending the information to the hobbit server. On the hobbit server yoy should see the client data. It's always good to look at your ghost clients in hobbit. Sometimes the client sends the data with a different name than
the name you expect from the system. 

Where I could I find the data on the server and the ghost client name ?
Is there  a log or something very explicit?
▸ quoted from Johan Boyé


Regards, 
H. Klomp National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Dedicated to innovation in aerospace
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid] Sent: donderdag 20 september 2007 15:48
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi.

Did you configure the file /etc/default/hobbit-client to include the correct IP address on the linux machines?

I think that the client doesn't listen if you've configured the client to send the data instead of cache'ing it.
(unless you are using a server on each machine, in which case you have to proxy it forward to the main server).

As for starting the client, I usually just run once '/etc/init.d/hobbit-client start' to get it running.

The user "hobbit" should not have any extra special priv's unless you've configured your system to be anal in security.

I use the hobbit-client package on my Linux clients and I don't have any hobbitd processes running, only hobbitlaunch.
From that information I would gather that you have installed a server. Thus to get the information about your system out
to the main hobbit, linux wise, you have to configure your hobbitlaunch.cfg file to act as a proxy and forward all the
messages to the main hobbit monitor.
I don't know if this answers any of your questions, but this is the answer to the question that I think you're asking.

With regards,


-----Original Message-----
From: user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid] Sent: 20. september 2007 13:23
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

In fact, any of my hobbitd is running on the clients.
I started them with "client/runclient.sh start" but nothing listen in port 1984.
/etc/services should be modified or something else ?
The user "hobbit" should have special priviledges ?

It happens to me on linux & with bbwin on Windows.

   Thanks by advance


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid] Envoyé : > mercredi 19 septembre 2007 14:52 À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Objet : RE: > [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit
Hi.
 Did you configure the clients properly? That is, did you configure > the correct IP address in the config files? Also, is there a firewall > blocking this anywhere?
 As for the port, you can change that in hobbitserver.cfg file. Just > remember to restart the hobbit server. And do tell the clients to send > to that port.
With regards,
"Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une
obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel
destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son
émetteur."

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of
the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error,
please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
list Alexandre Levin · Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:12:32 -0700 ·
▸ quoted from Johan Boyé
-----Original Message-----
From: user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:25 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Klomp, H. [mailto:user-b644cde19b47@xymon.invalid]
Envoyé : jeudi 20 septembre 2007 16:46
À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Objet : RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi,

The hobbit client isn't listening on any port, but sending
the information to the hobbit server.
On the hobbit server yoy should see the client data.
It's always good to look at your ghost clients in hobbit.
Sometimes the client sends the data with a different name than
the name you expect from the system.

Where I could I find the data on the server and the ghost client
name ?
Is there  a log or something very explicit?
On the web interface:
Reports --> Ghost Clients ( http://hobbitserver/hobbit-cgi/hobbit-ghosts.sh )
▸ quoted from Johan Boyé


Regards,

H. Klomp
National Aerospace Laboratory NLR
Dedicated to innovation in aerospace


-----Original Message-----
From: Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid]
Sent: donderdag 20 september 2007 15:48
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi.

Did you configure the file /etc/default/hobbit-client to
include the correct IP address on the linux machines?

I think that the client doesn't listen if you've configured
the client to send the data instead of cache'ing it.
(unless you are using a server on each machine, in which case
you have to proxy it forward to the main server).

As for starting the client, I usually just run once
'/etc/init.d/hobbit-client start' to get it running.

The user "hobbit" should not have any extra special priv's
unless you've configured your system to be anal in security.

I use the hobbit-client package on my Linux clients and I
don't have any hobbitd processes running, only hobbitlaunch.
From that information I would gather that you have installed
a server. Thus to get the information about your system out
to the main hobbit, linux wise, you have to configure your
hobbitlaunch.cfg file to act as a proxy and forward all the
messages to the main hobbit monitor.
I don't know if this answers any of your questions, but this
is the answer to the question that I think you're asking.

With regards,


-----Original Message-----
From: user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid [mailto:user-08b3b26d089f@xymon.invalid]
Sent: 20. september 2007 13:23
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

In fact, any of my hobbitd is running on the clients.
I started them with "client/runclient.sh start" but nothing
listen in port 1984.
/etc/services should be modified or something else ?
The user "hobbit" should have special priviledges ?

It happens to me on linux & with bbwin on Windows.

   Thanks by advance


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:user-f6f2e0690a1f@xymon.invalid]
Envoyé :
mercredi 19 septembre 2007 14:52 À : user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid Objet :
RE:
[hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Hi.

 Did you configure the clients properly? That is, did you
configure
the correct IP address in the config files? Also, is there
a firewall
blocking this anywhere?

 As for the port, you can change that in hobbitserver.cfg
file. Just
remember to restart the hobbit server. And do tell the
clients to send
to that port.

With regards,
"Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique
peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une
obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif
du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel
destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci
de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son
émetteur."

 "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged
and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of
the designated recipients named above. If you are not the
intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error,
please delete it and immediately notify the sender."