RE: [hobbit] Hobbit client

["Hubbard, Greg L" <greg.hubbard (at) eds.com>]

"There really shouldn't be a need to run the client and server on the
same machine."
 
Actually, I think the client is not *required* on the server, but it is
pretty handy.  When you launch the server, the client runs too, or else
you would not get those statistics about CPU, memory, disk, etc.  It
takes some work to disable it.
 
GLH


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	From: Gary Baluha [mailto:gumby3203 (at) gmail.com] 
	Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:28 PM
	To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
	Subject: Re: [hobbit] Hobbit client
	
	
	On Dec 26, 2007 12:29 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers
<FRamaekers (at) ailife.com> wrote:
	

		This is my first attempt at installing a hobbit client
on a Linux box,
		and I'm attempting to install it on the same box that
the server is
		running on.


	There really shouldn't be a need to run the client and server on
the same machine. 
	
	

		I have the client running, but the only items reported
are bbgen,
		bbtest, conn, hobbitd, info and trends.   I want
information on disk and 
		CPU utilization.   Is this possible?


	Yes.  See below for an example of my bb-hosts file for this
purpose.
	
	

		Is it possible to combine the client/server information?
Right now I'm
		getting two lnes:
		
		subpage Hobbit Hobbit Server
		127.0.0.1   Hobbit.domain.com         # bbd ssh ftp
		http://DoyleBrunson.ailife.com/ 
		apache=http://thisserver.domain.com/server-status?auto
		TRENDS:*,apache:apache|apache1|apache2|apache3
<http://DoyleBrunson.ailife.com/apache=http://thisserver.domain.com/serv
er-status?autoTRENDS:*,apache:apache%7Capache1%7Capache2%7Capache3> 
		10.2.0.99   Hobbit                      #


	1.2.3.4   hobbit          # BBDISPLAY BBPAGER BBNET bbd
http://hobbit.internal.net/ CLIENT:machine.alias.com
NOCOLUMNS:files,ports
	
	Where 1.2.3.4 is the public IP of the hobbit machine.  In my
case, the physical machine is called something different than the URL
used to get to the Hobbit display page, hence the CLIENT: option.  This
shouldn't be necessary in your case. 
	
	

		Also, I'm getting the following in msg.Hobbit.txt:
		
		[msgs:/var/log/messages] 
		Cannot open logfile /var/log/messages : Permission
denied
		
		[logfile:/var/log/messages]
		<SNIP>
		


	You have to change the permissions on /var/log/messages so it is
group readable by whatever group Hobbit is running as.  I believe the
default linux perms are 644 root:root, so you'll need something like 644
root:hobbit.