Re: [hobbit] hobbit, bb-host and bb-client

[David Pullman <dpullman (at) cme.nist.gov>]

I recently started moving from an rsync server respository setup to 
using rsync with a command specific ssh key.  More of a push than a 
pull.  This was partly to avoid having a service running (the rsync 
server daemon, which has had a couple of security issues; although I 
have faith in the work by the SAMBA team in general).

The issue coming down the pike is key management and scaling of the 
distribution of keys, etc.  Currently not that many BBNET machines and 
not many "bb-client", but it's growing :)

--David

Christopher T. Beers wrote:
> I am starting to setup a Hobbit install here at the University.  We are 
> attempting to monitor our Windows and Unix/Linux machines (as well as 
> Netware) from both a Network perspective (read BBNET and hobbit server) 
> and local perspective (read bb-client checking df, cpu, error logs, 
> etc).  So I have some questions regarding this and appreciate any help 
> here.
>
> 1.  It appears there are some files that need to be synced on all 
> machines (ie bb-hosts, bb-cputab, etc).  I am trying to get around this 
> and have local files be only specific to the machines they are installed 
> on.  What is required in the bb-hosts file on a client machine?  Safe to 
> say the bb-[other] files need only definitions for the localhost machine?
>
> 2.  Just to be curious, how do people sync these files across their 
> enterprise securely?
>
> 3.  Is it safe to assume that the bb-hosts file for the hobbit server is 
> not compatable with bb-clients (ie subpage, include, distinclude, etc)?  
> If so, how do people create a sanitized file for syncing?