Re: [hobbit] Hobbit Installation Issue

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

I wouldn't wager a large amount of money on any of the other cgi scripts
working, unless you do the same to all of them...  :)

Ralph Mitchell


On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Tanveer Siddiqui <tanveers (at) yahoo.com>wrote:

> OK, I found the solution. Just want to share with you guys. Thank you
> everyone who helped me out in troubleshooting this issue.
>
>
> I editted the  /home/hobbit/cgi-bin/bb-hostsvc.sh file
>
> and added the following as top two lines:
>
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
>
> Now it's working :)
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com>
> *To:* hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:49:01 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Hobbit Installation Issue
>
> Does he need to??  He already fixed the error in bb-display.log by adding:
>
>    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
>
> to hobbitserver.cfg.  Shouldn't that also fix the cgi error??
> bb-hostsvc.cgi pulls in
>
>    /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitcgi.cfg
>
> which in turn does this:
>
>    # hobbitsvc.cgi options for a normal (current) status display
>    CGI_SVC_OPTS="--env=/home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg --no-svcid
> --histor
> y=top"
>
> so the cgi ought to pick up the LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  Or does Apache need to
> have LD_LIBRARY_PATH in *its* startup script so that the cgi gets it??
>
> Ralph Mitchell
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Josh Luthman <
> josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>
>> Try this...
>>
>> sudo apt-get install pcre-dev
>>
>> 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 1:31 PM, Tanveer Siddiqui <tanveers (at) yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>> In the /var/log/apache2/error.log file I see the following error:
>>>
>>> [Tue Nov 18 12:30:32 2008] [error] [client X.X.X.X] Premature end of
>>> script headers: bb-hostsvc.sh, referer: http://X.X.X.X/hobbit/
>>> /home/hobbit/server/bin/hobbitsvc.cgi: error while loading shared
>>> libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>>> directory
>>>
>>>
>>> How can I fix this?
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com>
>>> *To:* hobbit (at) hswn.dk
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:15:12 PM
>>>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Hobbit Installation Issue
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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