[hobbit] Hobbit: Run Scripts

Gary Baluha gumby3203 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 8 19:30:11 CET 2008


Something like cfEngine may be more along the lines of what you are looking
for.  While it's possible to configure Hobbit to do this, it's sort of going
beyond what it is meant as: a monitoring system.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:49 AM, Sanu Mathew <mathew.sanu at gmail.com> wrote:

> cron will need to be set on all servers, am looking at reducing crons and
> looking if hobbit can do this task.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Sigurður Guðbrandsson <
> sigurdur at raforninn.is> wrote:
>
>>  Hi.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why not use a cron job then?
>>
>>
>>
>> Afaik, hobbit is not designed to be a deployment server.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>  Sigurður Guðbrandsson.
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* Sanu Mathew [mailto:mathew.sanu at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* 4. nóvember 2008 20:47
>> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
>> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Hobbit: Run Scripts
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Gary,
>>
>> This script needs to be run on all machines monitored by hobbit. The
>> script can be placed on all servers (a tedious job though - unless we cant
>> run the script from the hobbit server to the clients). The script gives a
>> snapshot of the server, which helps us in case of rebuilds.
>>
>> Its not in response to a monitored condition, but is a generic script
>> which gives the snapshot, and would run regardless of any specific
>> condition.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sanu
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Gary Baluha <gumby3203 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Is the script to be run only on the machines monitored by Hobbit, and is
>> it already on those machines?  What is the script trying to do?
>>
>> If the script is in response to a monitored condition, the best way to
>> accomplish that would be different than if it just runs at a specific time
>> regardless of any specific condition, which is why I ask.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Sanu Mathew <mathew.sanu at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am looking at being able to run a global script on all servers that are
>> monitored by Hobbit. How can i accomplish this task? (The script is created
>> by us and I am looking at incorporating this script to run at a specific
>> time weekly)
>>
>> Any help/suggestion would be great.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sanu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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