[hobbit] Adding a New Column to my hobbit server

[Martin Flemming]

Hi, Sanu !

>  1. Is there a way i can debug to find what went wrong?

- check the logfile of your client-script ( shell or perl ?)
-  test the script with

~hobbit/bin/bbcmd  sh -x ext/test.sh

or ~hobbit/bin/bbcmd perl -d ext/test.sh


> 2. Is there a way to know if the client is able to send the data to the
> hobbit server?

on the client:

telnet hobbitserver 1984

on the server: 
tcpdump -i eth0 host hobbit-client-ip


> 3. If the client is able to send the data to the hobbit server, why is it
> not displaying the new column.


check on the server what he get from the client

/usr/lib/hobbit/server/bin/bbcmd hobbitd_channel --debug --channel=status hobbitd_capture --hosts=hobbit-client-name/ip


cheers,
 	martin


On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Sanu Mathew wrote:

> All,
>
> I have followed the method to add a new column from these links.
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Other_Docs/HOWTO/Custom_Monitoring_Scripts_for_Hobbit
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/HOWTO/Custom_Monitoring_Scripts_for_Hobbit#Let.27s_start_coding
>
> http://www.hobbitmon.com/hobbit/help/hobbit-tips.html#scripts
>
> However, even after doing the above steps i do not get the new column.
>
> 1. Is there a way i can debug to find what went wrong?
> 2. Is there a way to know if the client is able to send the data to the
> hobbit server?
> 3. If the client is able to send the data to the hobbit server, why is it
> not displaying the new column.
>
> My client side script is running every 5 mins from $BBHOME/ext.
>
> Please assist and let me know if there is any more information required.
>
> Regards,
> Sanu
>