Hobbit client 4.2 running in local mode - FILE, LOG and DIR tests

[Frédéric Mangeant]

Hi again

I'm using a Hobbit 4.2 client (from latest snapshot) with the "--local" 
flag in ~client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg

Here's my ~client/etc/localclient.cfg :

DEFAULT
        UP      1h
        LOAD    5.0 10.0
        DISK    * 90 95
        MEMPHYS 100 101
        MEMSWAP 50 80
        MEMACT  90 97
        CLOCK   3600
        PROC    snmpd 1 1 yellow
        PROC    /usr/sbin/apache2 10 50 red
        PORT    "LOCAL=%([.:]80)$" state=LISTEN TEXT=HTTP
        PORT    "LOCAL=%([.:]22)$" state=ESTABLISHED max=20 color=yellow 
TRACK=ssh "TEXT=SSH logins"
        DIR     /home/hobbituser red SIZE<10000
        FILE    /var/log/apache2/access_log red SIZE<100M
        LOG     /var/log/apache2/error_log WARNING COLOR=yellow


Everything works but the FILE, DIR and LOG tests. I get "The client did 
not report any logfile data" and "No files checked".

I saw that commentary :

#NB: The directories you wish to monitor must be listed in a "dir:..."
#             entry in the client-local.cfg file, in order for the client to
#             report any data about them.

As I understand, a client in local mode sends directy its statuses to 
the Hobbit server, but it seems that some configuration has still to be 
made on the server...

Henrik, could you change this behaviour, so that a client in local mode 
doesn't need configuration on the server ?
I'd really appreciate, as it will allow us to upgrade from Big Brother 
Unix client to Hobbit client.


Another thing, I keep getting every 5 minutes this error message in 
~client/logs/hobbitclient.log :

2006-06-27 15:20:08 Failed to get a message, terminating

And the clientupdate command doesn't return anything :

$ ~client/bin/clientupdate --level

$


Thanks !

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Frédéric Mangeant

Steria EDC Sophia-Antipolis