[hobbit] Hobbit + MRTG + Multiple Net tester servers (IE BBNET boxes)

[Jeff Stuart]

Hmm.. ok.. here's my layout.

We've got 4 nocs setup across the US.
We've got bunches of servers in each noc.
We've also got a few resellers who have boxes in one or more nocs.

Here's what I want to do:
1) Setup a NET testing server in each noc.  That would probably also run the 
bbmrtg.sh script and send both the net tests AND the bandwidth data to the 
display server.

2) Have a separate URL for each reseller so that they can see the status of 
their own servers.

3) POSSIBLY also do external testing of all the servers.  (IE for each NOC, it 
not only does the internal net tests but will do say pings of all the servers 
in the other nocs.)  This data then gets merged so that I have an overall 
view of how things are going across the US.  (IE we have nocs in California, 
Texas, Virginia, and New York so kinda gives us a good feel how the net in 
general is doing. hehe)

4) Also test the main router at each NOC and if IT'S down, then of course 
don't do prop bad statuses of all the servers behind the router.

How to do these things:
1) I ASSUME this means I just setup a hobbit server on each of the net testers 
but I do NOT enable anything but the hobbitd, bbnet, bbreset, hobbitclient, 
clientdata, and bbmrtg programs in hobbitlaunch.cfg.  This would also use the 
NET:location keyword for each host + defining BBLOCATION on each BBNET 
server.  And in the hobbitserver.cfg make sure that my bbdisplay IP (plus 
other data) all points to my display server.

2) This is done via pagesets I assume?  (If so, I understand how this works 
already. :))

3) This one... I have no clue if it's possible or even IF advisable... 

4) I assume this will require that I use the depends and route keywords for 
each host set appropriately.

Does all this make sense?  Am I understanding how this thing works? :)  Is any 
of this doable/feasible?

P.S.
	If anyone is doing anything like any of the above, I'd LOVE to see sample 
configs if possible just to get an idea on how things need to be setup 
properly.

On Sunday 21 May 2006 10:13 am, Taylor, Robert wrote:
> I use MRTG and Hobbit to monitor routers and switches.  My config
> basically is a follows:
>
> 1.  bbmrtg.sh runs on a host that collects all of our bandwidth
> information.
> 2.  bbmrtg.sh sends the information to Hobbit.
> 3.  Hobbit displays it as a mrtg column similar to the way that it used
> to work in Big Brother.
>
> I have reconfigured bbmrtg.sh to work with the 14all.cgi application
> instead of the original configuration as 14all.cgi allowed me to display
> performance in a per-minute graph as opposed to the 5 minute graph that
> was originally displayed.
>
> The mrtg column shows a 6 hour bandwidth view and still alerts based on
> the pre-defined thresholds.  If there is a particular host that I want
> to represent the bandwidth for then I just add that port to the
> bbmrtg.sh configuration file.
>
> If I could get Hobbit to display graphs on finer detail for bandwidth
> then I would likely move things off of the mrtg host that I am using
> now, but I just haven't given it a good look.
>
> The other main reason that I like bbmrtg.sh is that I don't have to mess
> with any of my mrtg configuration files.  From what I have seen in other
> configurations I have to go into the mrtg files and edit them
> individually before Hobbit would recognize them.  I could be wrong on
> this, but that is what I recall.
>
> I have left things this way as opposed to moving them into the trends
> section of Hobbit as I prefer to have 1 minute averages versus the 5
> minute ones as it is a little easier to spot problem situations when
> there is greater granularity in the graph.
>
> Robert Taylor | Senior Manager of Information Systems | Hendrick
> Automotive Group

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Jeff Stuart
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