hobbit proxy config

["Asif Iqbal" <vadud3 (at) gmail.com>]

I am using this server as a bbproxy and for bbnet for internal
network. Does my configuration look kosher?

Also I pasted some logs, not sure if I should ignore them

bash-3.00# cat /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg

#
# The hobbitlaunch.cfg file is loaded by "hobbitlaunch".
# It controls which of the Hobbit modules to run, how often, and
# with which parameters, options and environment variables.
#

# This is the main Hobbit daemon. This must be running on at least
# one server in your setup. If you are setting up a server to do
# just network tests or run bbproxy, it is OK to disable this (then
# you also need to remove the "NEEDS hobbitd" lines for the tasks
# you want to run).
[hobbitd]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	CMD hobbitd --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.pid
--restart=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk --checkpoint-file=$BBTMP/hobbitd.chk
--checkpoint-interval=600 --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitd.log
--admin-senders=127.0.0.1,$BBSERVERIP --store-clientlogs=!msgs


# "bbstatus" saves status-logs in text- and html-format, like the old
Big Brother
# daemon does. Unless you are using add-ons that directly access the
log-files, you
# will not need to run this module, and it is recommended that you
keep it disabled
# since storing the raw logs on disk can cause a significant load on
your server.

[bbstatus]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=status --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/status.log
hobbitd_filestore --status --html


# "bbhistory" keeps track of the status changes that happen, in a manner that is
# compatible with the Big Brother history logs. You probably do want
to run this.

[bbhistory]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=stachg --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/history.log
hobbitd_history


# "hostdata" stores the Hobbit client messages on disk when some
status for a host
# changes. This lets you access a lot of data collected from a host
around the time
# when a problem occurred. However, it may use a significant amount of
disk space
# if you have lots of Hobbit clients.
# Note: The --store-clientlogs option for the [hobbitd] provides control over
#       which status-changes will cause a client message to be stored.
[hostdata]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=clichg --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/hostdata.log
hobbitd_hostdata


# "bbdata" saves information sent using the BB "data" protocol, like
the old Big Brother
# daemon does. Unless you are using add-ons that directly access the
data-files, you
# will not need to run this module, and it is recommended that you
keep it disabled
# since storing the raw data on disk can cause a significant load on
your BB server.
# RRD graphs uses data-files, but since RRD is handled by the
hobbitd_rrd module, you do
# not need to run the "bbdata" module to get RRD graphs.

[bbdata]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=data   --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/data.log
hobbitd_filestore --data


# "bbnotes" saves web note-files, that are sent using the BB "notes"
protocol. This is
# disabled by default; if you use the BB "notes" protocol, then you
should enable this.

[bbnotes]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=notes  --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/notes.log
hobbitd_filestore --notes


# "bbenadis" updates the files used to indicate that a host or test
has been enabled or disabled.
# Unless you are running server side scripts that look at these files,
you do not need this.

[bbenadis]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=enadis --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/enadis.log
hobbitd_filestore --enadis


# "bbpage" sends out alerts. Note that this module is NOT compatible
with the old Big Brother
# system - it uses a different configuration file to determine how
alerts get sent. If you want
# alerts to go out via pager, e-mail or some other means, then you
must run this module.

[bbpage]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=page  --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/page.log
hobbitd_alert --checkpoint-file=$BBTMP/alert.chk
--checkpoint-interval=600


# "rrdstatus" updates RRD files with information that arrives as
"status" messages.
# If you want RRD graphs of your monitoring data, then you want to run this.

[rrdstatus]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=status
--log=$BBSERVERLOGS/rrd-status.log hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=$BBVAR/rrd

# "rrddata" updates RRD files with information that arrives as "data" messages.
# If you want RRD graphs of your monitoring BB data, then you want to run this.

[rrddata]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=data   --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/rrd-data.log
hobbitd_rrd --rrddir=$BBVAR/rrd

# The client back-end module. You need this if you are running the
Hobbit client on any system.
[clientdata]
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=client
--log=$BBSERVERLOGS/clientdata.log hobbitd_client


# "bbproxy" is the Hobbit proxy server that allows you to forward
status messages
# from a protected network to your Hobbit server. It is not enabled by default,
# since it would conflict with the hobbitd task.
# If you need to run this, then disabled hobbitd and the hobbitd-modules
# above, then enable this. Make sure you enter the IP-address of your
# Hobbit server in the command-line, so that the proxy knows where to forward
# status messages.
[bbproxy]
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	CMD $BBHOME/bin/bbproxy --hobbitd --bbdisplay=28.7.0.3
--report=$MACHINE.bbproxy --no-daemon
--pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.pid
	LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bbproxy.log


# "hobbitfetch" is used when you have clients that cannot connect to
your Hobbit server,
# but the Hobbit server can connect to the client. Normally the
clients will initiate
# a connection to the Hobbit server to deliver the data they collect,
but this is
# forbidden in some firewall setups. By enabling the hobbitfetch task,
hosts that have
# the "pulldata" tag in the bb-hosts file will be polled by
hobbitfetch for their data.
#
# NOTE: On the clients you must enable the "msgcache" task, since this is what
#       hobbitfetch is talking to.
[hobbitfetch]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	CMD $BBHOME/bin/hobbitfetch --server=YOUR.HOBBIT.SERVER.IP
--no-daemon --pidfile=$BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitfetch.pid
	LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitfetch.log


# "bbdisplay" runs the bbgen tool to generate the Hobbit webpages from
the status information that
# has been received. Big Brother updated the webpages once every 5
minutes. The default here is to
# run it every minute for faster updates, but you can change it if you
have a highly loaded server
# and dont need updates that often.

[bbdisplay]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	GROUP generators
	CMD bbgen $BBGENOPTS --report
	LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-display.log
	INTERVAL 1m

# bbcombotest is an extension script for the Hobbit display server. It generates
# status messages that are combined from the status of one or more
normal statuses.
# It is controlled via the bbcombotest.cfg file.
[bbcombotest]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD $BBHOME/bin/bbcombotest
	LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bbcombotest.log
	INTERVAL 5m

# "bbnet" runs the bbtest-net tool to perform the network based tests
- i.e. http, smtp, ssh, dns and
# all of the various network protocols we need to test.

[bbnet]
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS bbproxy
	CMD bbtest-net --report --ping --checkresponse
	LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-network.log
	INTERVAL 5m


# "bbretest" picks up the tests that the normal network test consider
"failed", and re-does those
# tests more often. This enables Big Brother to pick up a recovered
network service faster than
# if it were tested only by the "bbnet" task (which only runs every 5
minutes). So if you have
# servers with very high availability guarantees, running this task
will make your availability
# reports look much better.

[bbretest]
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
	NEEDS bbproxy
	CMD $BBHOME/ext/bbretest-net.sh
	LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/bb-retest.log
	INTERVAL 1m


# "hobbitclient" runs the Hobbit client. The client is installed automatically
# when you install a Hobbit server (presumably, you do want to monitor the
# Hobbit server ?), but there's no need to have two hobbitlaunch instances
# running at the same time. So we'll just run it from here.
# Note: If you are using another client package, you should disable this one.

[hobbitclient]
	DISABLED
	ENVFILE /home/hobbit/client/etc/hobbitclient.cfg
	NEEDS hobbitd
	CMD /home/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient.sh
	LOGFILE $BBSERVERLOGS/hobbitclient.log
	INTERVAL 5m

bash-3.00# tail /var/log/hobbit/clientdata.log
2008-11-05 11:41:26 Failed to get a message, terminating
2008-11-05 11:41:31 Could not get shm of size 524288: No such file or directory
2008-11-05 11:41:31 Channel not available
2008-11-05 11:41:31 Failed to get a message, terminating
2008-11-05 11:41:36 Could not get shm of size 524288: No such file or directory
2008-11-05 11:41:36 Channel not available
2008-11-05 11:41:36 Failed to get a message, terminating
2008-11-05 11:41:41 Could not get shm of size 524288: No such file or directory
2008-11-05 11:41:41 Channel not available
2008-11-05 11:41:41 Failed to get a message, terminating

bash-3.00# tail /var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log
2008-11-05 11:31:00 Task clientdata terminated, status 1
2008-11-05 11:31:05 Task clientdata terminated, status 1
2008-11-05 11:31:10 Task clientdata terminated, status 1
2008-11-05 11:31:15 Task clientdata terminated, status 1
2008-11-05 11:41:16 Task clientdata terminated, status 1
2008-11-05 11:41:21 Task clientdata terminated, status 1
2008-11-05 11:41:26 Task clientdata terminated, status 1
2008-11-05 11:41:31 Task clientdata terminated, status 1
2008-11-05 11:41:36 Task clientdata terminated, status 1
2008-11-05 11:41:41 Task clientdata terminated, status 1

bash-3.00# tail /var/log/hobbit/bbproxy.log
2008-11-04 13:35:51 bbproxy version 4.2.0 starting
2008-11-04 13:35:51 Listening on 0.0.0.0:1984
2008-11-04 13:35:51 Sending to BBDISPLAY(s) 28.7.0.3:1984
2008-11-04 13:35:51 Sending to BBPAGER(s) 28.7.0.3:1984

I don't want web for this hobbit proxy server.

All I want it is to do the network tests and receive status from the
hobbit clients on this network.
And send all these status to hobbit server 28.7.0.3

I see sooo many emails on this, which really begs a wiki page on how
to setup a bbproxy.
T.J.? Henrik?

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Asif Iqbal
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