[hobbit] acknowledgment for a yellow alert doesn't seem to work

[Daniel Deighton]

Something strange happened on my server.  It seems that a cookie expired
after only 9 minutes (or less).  I've included the pertinent info below.
What would cause this behavior?

 -Dan


Email Notifications Headers
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                           Subject: 
Hobbit [753059]
sundeigh.deightime.net:meta CRITICAL
(RED)
                              Date: 
Thu,  7 Apr 2005 16:29:54 -0400
(EDT)

notifications.log
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Thu Apr  7 15:59:54 2005 sundeigh.deightime.net.meta (1.1.1.1) dan-
hobbit at deightime.net 1112903993 999
Thu Apr  7 16:29:54 2005 sundeigh.deightime.net.meta (1.1.1.1) dan-
hobbit at deightime.net 1112905794 999

hobbitd.log
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2005-04-07 16:38:06 Cookie 753059 not found, dropping ack

After the ack failed, I ran the following (thanks for the patch,
Henrik):
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./bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard host=sundeigh.deightime.net test=meta
fields=hostname,testname,cookie"
sundeigh.deightime.net|meta|615614

date (run right after the above bb command)
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Thu Apr  7 16:42:05 EDT 2005






On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 13:57 -0400, Tom Georgoulias wrote:
> Tom Georgoulias wrote:
> > Henrik Stoerner wrote:
> > > 
> >>Could you try the attached patch ? If causes hobbitd to log if it
> >>receives an ack-message that is discarded because the cookie was not
> >>valid.
> 
> Patch seems to work.
> 
> I have a yellow alert on a system.
> 
> Check the cookie:
> -bash-2.05b$ ~/hobbit/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard 
> host=radm200p.nandomedia.com test=disk fields=hostname,testname,cookie"
> radm200p.nandomedia.com|disk|406429
> 
> Wait a while, then check again:
> -bash-2.05b$ ~/hobbit/server/bin/bb 127.0.0.1 "hobbitdboard 
> host=radm200p.nandomedia.com test=disk fields=hostname,testname,cookie"
> radm200p.nandomedia.com|disk|712535
> 
> Use the old cookie to try and ack the alert, then check hobbitd.log:
> 
> bash-2.05b$ tail hobbitd.log
> 2005-04-06 14:55:48 Setup complete
> 2005-04-06 15:01:33 Setup complete
> 2005-04-07 13:21:55 Setup complete
> 2005-04-07 13:36:53 Cookie 406429 not found, dropping ack
> 
> Stale cookie didn't work, event was logged.
> 
> So now the real issue for me is how to use this piece of info about 
> cookie lifespans when I put Hobbit into production.  I don't want the 
> support folks to have to log into my hobbit server and check for the 
> latest cookie value before acknowledging an alert. I've also got a range 
> of time & repeat delays for my alerts, depending on what system 
> parameter is being measured, and I'd hate to have to use <30 mins across 
> the board.
> 
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> 
> 
-- 
Daniel Deighton <dan at deightime.net>
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