[hobbit] Hobbit Installation Issue

Josh Luthman josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Tue Nov 18 17:48:11 CET 2008


Note when I did a grep server\/www * in the server/etc/ directory I only got
the hobbit-apache.conf.  My output is definitely in server/www.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer


On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Larry Barber <lebarber at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since you changed the home directory from /usr/local/hobbit to
> /home/hobbit, I suspect that there may still be something pointing to
> /usr/local/hobbit. Grep through the configuration files in the Xymon etc
> directory looking for anything pointing to /usr/local. You might also check
> the scripts in bin.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry Barber
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Apache is fine in this case.  For whatever reason Xymon isn't outputting
>> html content in server/www
>>
>> I grep'ed through my config and I don't see where that is configurable.
>> It may be compiled in for all I know.  Would you have the capability to
>> recompile the source?
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
>> --- Henry Spencer
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Tanveer Siddiqui <tanveers at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I don't have any .html files in ~/server/www directory.
>>>
>>> Here's the 'ls -al' of the directory:
>>>
>>>
>>> hobbit at tidings:home/hobbit/server/www$ ls -al
>>> total 40
>>> drwxr-xr-x 10 hobbit hobbit 4096 2008-11-13 14:22 .
>>> drwxr-xr-x  9 hobbit hobbit 4096 2008-11-13 14:22 ..
>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2008-11-13 14:22 gifs
>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2008-11-13 14:22 help
>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2008-11-13 14:22 html
>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2008-11-13 14:22 menu
>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2008-11-13 14:22 notes
>>> drwxrwxr-x  2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2008-11-13 14:22 rep
>>> drwxrwxr-x  2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2008-11-13 14:22 snap
>>> drwxr-xr-x  2 hobbit hobbit 4096 2008-11-13 14:22 wml
>>>
>>>
>>> Contents (related to hobbit) of my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf files are:
>>>
>>> ######################## H O B B I T ########################
>>> # Add this to your Apache configuration, it makes
>>> # the Hobbit webpages and cgi-scripts available in the
>>> # "/hobbit" and "/hobbit-cgi" URLs.
>>>
>>>
>>> # NB: The "Alias" line below must NOT be used if you have
>>> #     the Hobbit webfiles as the root URL. In that case,
>>> #     you should instead set this:
>>> #
>>> #          DocumentRoot /home/hobbit/server/www
>>>
>>> Alias /hobbit/  "/home/hobbit/server/www/"
>>> <Directory "/home/hobbit/server/www">
>>>     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes MultiViews
>>>     Order allow,deny
>>>     Allow from all
>>> </Directory>
>>>
>>> ScriptAlias /hobbit-cgi/ "/home/hobbit/cgi-bin/"
>>> <Directory "/home/hobbit/cgi-bin">
>>>     AllowOverride None
>>>     Options ExecCGI Includes
>>>     Order allow,deny
>>>     Allow from all
>>> </Directory>
>>>
>>> ScriptAlias /hobbit-seccgi/ "/home/hobbit/cgi-secure/"
>>> <Directory "/home/hobbit/cgi-secure">
>>>     AllowOverride None
>>>     Options ExecCGI Includes
>>>     Order allow,deny
>>>     Allow from all
>>>
>>>     # Password file where users with access to these scripts are kept.
>>>     # Create it with "htpasswd -c /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitpasswd
>>> USERNAME"
>>>     # Add more users / change passwords with "htpasswd
>>> /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitpasswd USERNAME"
>>>     #
>>>     # You can also use a group file to restrict admin access to members
>>> of a
>>>     # group, instead of anyone who is logged in. In that case you must
>>> setup
>>>     # the "hobbitgroups" file, and change the "Require" settings to
>>> require
>>>     # a specific group membership. See the Apache docs for more details.
>>>
>>>     AuthUserFile /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitpasswd
>>>     AuthGroupFile /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitgroups
>>>     AuthType Basic
>>>     AuthName "Hobbit Administration"
>>>
>>>     # "valid-user" restricts access to anyone who is logged in.
>>>     Require valid-user
>>>
>>>     # "group admins" restricts access to users who have logged in, AND
>>>     # are members of the "admins" group in hobbitgroups.
>>>     # Require group admins
>>>
>>> </Directory>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
>>> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
>>> *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2008 7:40:54 PM
>>>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Hobbit Installation Issue
>>>
>>> index.html will be created - it is a softlink to bb.html
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>
>>> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
>>> --- Henry Spencer
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Jason Hand <jason at hands4christ.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Are you doing \hobbit\bb.html ?
>>>>
>>>> That is what mine is.
>>>>
>>>> Try that and see if it works for you.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
>>>> *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2008 6:08 PM
>>>> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
>>>>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Hobbit Installation Issue
>>>>
>>>>  If the processes are running and you're not filling that directory
>>>> with index/bb/bb2.html files then you probably have the output directory set
>>>> to another directory then where that Alias (or Vhost) is pointing.
>>>>
>>>> As was mentioned you do have to wait a good minute or two before that
>>>> directory is populated.  In my experience I never have that wait as I wait
>>>> between every step to accomplish something else.
>>>>
>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>> Suite 1337
>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>
>>>> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
>>>> --- Henry Spencer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Ralph Mitchell <
>>>> ralphmitchell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It can take a minute or two for the page generator to produce that
>>>>> first page.  Are you still getting that directory listing??
>>>>>
>>>>> Ralph Mitchell
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Tanveer Siddiqui <tanveers at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Yes, Hobbit is running. I have the following processes running.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hobbit    4727     1  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00
>>>>>> /home/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitlaunch
>>>>>> --config=/home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg
>>>>>> --env=/home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
>>>>>> --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log
>>>>>> --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.pid
>>>>>> hobbit    4728  4727  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd
>>>>>> --pidfile=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.pid
>>>>>> --restart=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk
>>>>>> --checkpoint-file=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk
>>>>>> --checkpoint-interval=600 --log=/var/log/hobbit/hobbitd.log --admin-senders=
>>>>>> 127.0.0.1 155.17.120.87 --store-clientlogs=!msgs
>>>>>> hobbit    4729  4727  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_channel
>>>>>> --channel=stachg --log=/var/log/hobbit/history.log hobbitd_history
>>>>>> hobbit    4730  4727  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_channel
>>>>>> --channel=clichg --log=/var/log/hobbit/hostdata.log hobbitd_hostdata
>>>>>> hobbit    4731  4729  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_history
>>>>>> hobbit    4732  4730  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_hostdata
>>>>>> hobbit    4733  4727  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_channel
>>>>>> --channel=page --log=/var/log/hobbit/page.log hobbitd_alert
>>>>>> --checkpoint-file=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk
>>>>>> --checkpoint-interval=600
>>>>>> hobbit    4734  4733  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_alert
>>>>>> --checkpoint-file=/home/hobbit/server/tmp/alert.chk
>>>>>> --checkpoint-interval=600
>>>>>> hobbit    4735  4727  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_channel
>>>>>> --channel=status --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd
>>>>>> --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd
>>>>>> hobbit    4736  4727  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_channel
>>>>>> --channel=data --log=/var/log/hobbit/rrd-data.log hobbitd_rrd
>>>>>> --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd
>>>>>> hobbit    4737  4735  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_rrd
>>>>>> --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd
>>>>>> hobbit    4738  4736  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_rrd
>>>>>> --rrddir=/home/hobbit/data/rrd
>>>>>> hobbit    4739  4727  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_channel
>>>>>> --channel=client --log=/var/log/hobbit/clientdata.log hobbitd_client
>>>>>> hobbit    4741  4739  0 13:58 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd_client
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  ------------------------------
>>>>>> *From:* Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>
>>>>>> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
>>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2008 2:30:55 PM
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Hobbit Installation Issue
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is *xymon* running?  Look for ps named "hobbit"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ps aux|grep hobb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
>>>>>> --- Henry Spencer
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Tanveer Siddiqui <tanveers at yahoo.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Hello everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For the first time, I am trying to install Hobbit on my Ubuntu Linux
>>>>>>> Server. I followed the installation instructions provided on
>>>>>>> http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Every step went fine but when I started hobbit and typed in the
>>>>>>> hobbit address [ http://server-ip/hobbit/ ] in the browser, instead
>>>>>>> of getting the main page, I get the directory structure (see below)? What am
>>>>>>> I missing here?
>>>>>>> Please assist. Thank you!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Index of /hobbit  [image: [ICO]] Name<http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/?C=N;O=D> Last
>>>>>>> modified <http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/?C=M;O=A> Size<http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/?C=S;O=A>
>>>>>>> Description <http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/?C=D;O=A>
>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>  [image: [DIR]] Parent Directory <http://155.17.120.87/>   -  [image:
>>>>>>> [DIR]] gifs/ <http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/gifs/> 13-Nov-2008 14:22 -
>>>>>>>  [image: [DIR]] help/ <http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/help/> 13-Nov-2008
>>>>>>> 14:22 -  [image: [DIR]] html/ <http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/html/> 13-Nov-2008
>>>>>>> 14:22 -  [image: [DIR]] menu/ <http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/menu/> 13-Nov-2008
>>>>>>> 14:22 -  [image: [DIR]] notes/ <http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/notes/> 13-Nov-2008
>>>>>>> 14:22 -  [image: [DIR]] rep/ <http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/rep/> 13-Nov-2008
>>>>>>> 14:22 -  [image: [DIR]] snap/ <http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/snap/> 13-Nov-2008
>>>>>>> 14:22 -  [image: [DIR]] wml/ <http://155.17.120.87/hobbit/wml/> 13-Nov-2008
>>>>>>> 14:22 -
>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>  Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) Server at x.x.x.x Port 80
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>>>> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
>>>> Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.4/1795 - Release Date:
>>>> 11/17/2008 5:24 PM
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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