Re: [hobbit] Hobbit Installation Issue

["Ralph Mitchell" <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com>]

Take a look in your Apache log directory.  There should be an error_log file
there with some useful information about what broke.

Ralph Mitchell


On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Tanveer Siddiqui <tanveers (at) yahoo.com>wrote:

> I got it working :)
>
> Here's what I did, I checked /var/log/hobbit/bb-display.log file and there
> I saw the following error message repeating over and over:
>
> bbgen: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> Did google on this error, and found that I needed to add:
>
>    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
>
> to hobbitserver.cfg, and then restart Hobbit.
>
> Which fixed my issue.
>
> But I have another question:
> When I click on the status icons. I get the following error. Is this normal?
>
>
> Internal Server Error
>
> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable
> to complete your request.
>
> Please contact the server administrator, webmaster (at) localhost and inform
> them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that
> may have caused the error.
>
> More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Josh Luthman <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>
> *To:* hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:48:11 AM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Hobbit Installation Issue
>
> 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
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>