[hobbit] Some info columns not working

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 02:03:31PM -0400, Epp, Matthew Contractor PEO EIS AKO wrote:
> > > Some of my info pages aren't coming up. Just get Internal Server Error
> > and
> > > Apache logs a "Premature end of script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh" when I
> > try to
> > > access them. At first I thought maybe it was just the systems relayed
> > > through bbproxy, but I've found some tested locally from the main
> > display
> > > server that also don't work, and there are relayed systems that DO have
> > > info. Checked all the hobbit logs and don't see any problems reported.
> > Any
> > > troubleshooting tips?
> > 
> > Try the following link to troubleshoot
> > 
> > http://hswn.dk/hobbiton/2006/08/msg00498.html
> 
> I think I found out what the problem was. Apparently you can't use the IP
> placeholder of 0.0.0.0 for relayed hosts if you want to be able to pull up
> the info column. I replaced the 0.0.0.0 with the real address and now the
> info works.

What do you mean by "relayed host" ?

I think the core problem is the 0.0.0.0 address. Hobbit then tries to do
a DNS lookup on the hostname to determine the current IP address of the
host. I haven't checked, but I would think that was the most likely
reason for the info page not showing up.


Regards,
Henrik