[hobbit] Best way to monitor server in a DMZ ? or remote LAN ?

L.M.J. linuxmasterjedi at free.fr
Tue Feb 12 14:51:14 CET 2008


> On Monday 11 February 2008 14:05:17 L.M.J. wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 05 February 2008 16:01:48 linuxmasterjedi at free.fr wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >>   I would like to monitor servers inside a DMZ. Since the
>> Hobbit-Clients
>> >> push the information to the server, they are not able reach the LAN
>> >> Hobbit
>> >> server : communication from the DMZ to the LAN is forbidden...
>> >>
>> >>   What is your experience in that area guys ?
>> >
>> > I use msgcache and the pulldata tag, so that the Hobbit server
>> connects
>> > to the
>> > hosts being monitored ...
>>
>> Alright, I've added "pulldata" in the bb-hosts from the server. I've
>> removed "DISABLED" msgcache in the clientlaunch.cfg file client.
>>
>> Is there something else ?
>>  I still see my client inside the DMZ trying to reach the server without
>> success (blocked by the Firewall).
>>  I also see the server who make the request to the clients which is
>> normal
>> BUT my DMZ hosts switched to purple!
>>
>>  Did I mist something ?
>
> Configure the client to report to itself (the msgcache), by setting
> BBDISP=127.0.0.1 in hobbitclient.cfg.
>

BBDISP=127.0.0.1 + "pulldata" in the bb-hosts + removed "DISABLED"
msgcache in the clientlaunch.cfg

I see the Hobbit server connection to the DMZ client now. The DMZ clients
do not try to reach the Hobbit server anymore. Good point!

I *still* don't have any report from the DMZ host. Help please.







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