[hobbit] Newbie question: how to monitor hobbit client

[Ralph Mitchell]

On 9/7/06, Allan Spencer <allan at zandahar.net> wrote:
> Mike Shackelford wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is probably a dumb question, but how does hobbit server show
> > alert if the hobbitlaunch process has died or become hung.  I killed
> > it as a test, and it doesnt seem to get data until hobbitlaunch is
> > restarted.  I would imagine that the hobbit server would need to
> > interogate the client periodically beyond ping to ensure the main
> > client deamon is running ok.
> >
> > Any help appreciated. thx.  This is my first time using this type of
> > tool, and it look great overall.
> >
> > -mike
> >
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> The hobbit server will trigger a purple status for the client tests such
> as cpu disk etc if no events have been recieved for a period of time
>
> Cannot remember what the default time is for this but it can certainly
> be changed

The default is to flag purple if no data is received in 30 minutes.

Ralph Mitchell