[hobbit] Hobbit client

[Henrik Storner]

In <200510081032.54604.stef.coene at docum.org> Stef Coene <stef.coene at docum.org> writes:

>I installed the hobbit server and I was wondering how the local checks are 
>sending data to the hobbit server.  I found a bb executable.  Is this the bb 
>client from bb4.org ?

Hobbit ships with its own implementation of the "bb" utility. The naming is
identical to the BB one, mostly for historical reasons and to make migrating
from BB easier.

>Btw, I'm running ubunutu on my laptop and I use BigBrother at work to monitor 
>a lot of AIX servers for more then 6 years now.  But I want to use hobbit on 
>the AIX server to avoid license problems.
>So I also need information about installing up hobbit on a AIX server (I have 
>not tried to install hobbit yet on AIX, but I will try it next week).

Hobbit should compile fine on AIX - I believe there are other people using
it on both AIX 4.3 and 5.<something>.


Regards,
Henrik