Re: [hobbit] Can't access xymon web page on new install.

[Josh Luthman <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>]

You're on Fedora too...

Follow my install guide for CentOS.  I'm sure most of it is exactly
the same, if not all.  It will get you up in running in just minutes.

On 6/10/09, Paul Ward <pnward (at) googlemail.com> wrote:
> Unfortunatley I think I had to at that point, as the rpm would not
> istall with the version of rrd installed at that time.
> You can see my efforts below for the versions of hobbit I tried.
>
> rpm -ivh hobbit-4.2.0-9.el3.re.i386.rpm
> warning: hobbit-4.2.0-9.el3.re.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key
> ID ba7a4a9e
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         fedora-usermgmt is needed by hobbit-4.2.0-9.el3.re
>         librrd.so.0 is needed by hobbit-4.2.0-9.el3.re
>
>
> [root (at) unix xymon - install last]# rpm -ivh hobbit-4.2.0-7.el3.re.i386.rpm
> warning: hobbit-4.2.0-7.el3.re.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key
> ID ba7a4a9e
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         librrd.so.0 is needed by hobbit-4.2.0-7.el3.re
>
> [root (at) unix xymon - install last]# rpm -qa|grep rrd
> perl-rrdtool-1.2.23-1.el3.rf
> rrdtool-1.2.23-1.el3.rf
> rrdtool-devel-1.2.23-1.el3.rf
>
> [root (at) unix xymon - install last]# rpm -e perl-rrdtool-1.2.23-1.el3.rf
> rrdtool-1.2.23-1.el3.rf rrdtool-devel-1.2.23-1.el3.rf
>
>
> [root (at) unix install-together]# rpm -ivh *.rpm
> warning: perl-rrdtool-1.0.50-3.el3.rf.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature:
> NOKEY, key ID 6b8d79e6
> Preparing...                ###########################################
> [100%]
>    1:rrdtool                ########################################### [
> 33%]
>    2:perl-rrdtool           ########################################### [
> 67%]
>    3:rrdtool-devel          ###########################################
> [100%]
>
> [root (at) unix xymon - install last]# rpm -ivh hobbit-4.2.0-7.el3.re.i386.rpm
> warning: hobbit-4.2.0-7.el3.re.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key
> ID ba7a4a9e
> Preparing...                ###########################################
> [100%]
>    1:hobbit                 ###########################################
> [100%]
>
>
> 2009/6/11 Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson (at) sas.com>:
>> If you use RRDTool 1.0.50, I'm fairly certain that you lose some of the
>> additional functionality of the graphs (like zooming in to a particular
>> time).  This functionality came with rrdtool 1.2.x, IIRC.
>>
>> =G=
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Ward [mailto:pnward (at) googlemail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:27 PM
>> To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
>> Subject: Re: [hobbit] Can't access xymon web page on new install.
>>
>> In case any one else goes through this I found the fix as follows for
>> redhat 3 Rhel3
>>
>> Looks like I got a crap rpm, do not download form the following url!!!
>> *** http://staff.telkomsa.net/packages/rhel3/xymon/i386/ ***
>>
>> Instead follow this.
>>
>> Install the following from http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/rrdtool/
>>
>> perl-rrdtool-1.0.50-3.el3.rf.i386.rpm
>> rrdtool-1.0.50-3.el3.rf.i386.rpm
>> rrdtool-devel-1.0.50-3.el3
>>
>> Also install from dag:
>> fping-2.4-1.b2.1.el3.rf.i386.rpm
>> and
>> pcre-devel-3.9-3.i386.rpm
>>
>> I also installed perl-Time-HiRes-1.9712-1.el3.rf.i386.rpm but not sure
>> if it is needed.
>>
>> Finally I installed hobbit from:
>> ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/rpm.razorsedge.org/centos-3/RE/hobbit-4.2.0-7.el3.re.i386.rpm
>>
>> And it works.
>>
>> Thanks guys for your suggestions.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/6/11 Josh Luthman <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>:
>>> Restart the processes and look at anything in the logs?
>>>
>>> If it were me I would just compile it, leaving defaults.  I've done it
>>> with every version of CentOS since 4.2 with issues.
>>>
>>> On 6/10/09, Paul Ward <pnward (at) googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> namei -m /usr/lib/xymon/server/www
>>>> f: /usr/lib/xymon/server/www
>>>>  drwxr-xr-x /
>>>>  drwxr-xr-x usr
>>>>  drwxr-xr-x lib
>>>>  drwxr-xr-x xymon
>>>>  drwxr-xr-x server
>>>>  lrwxrwxrwx www -> /var/lib/xymon/www
>>>>    drwxr-xr-x /
>>>>    drwxr-xr-x var
>>>>    drwxr-xr-x lib
>>>>    drwxr-xr-x xymon
>>>>    drwxrwxr-x www
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2009/6/11 Josh Luthman <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>:
>>>>> index.html should be a softlink to bb.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Why those files aren't there after an RPM install is beyond me, but my
>>>>> guess
>>>>> is a permissions issue at this point.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do a namei -m /usr/lib/xymon/server/www
>>>>>
>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>
>>>>> "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
>>>>> improbable, must be the truth."
>>>>> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Paul Ward <pnward (at) googlemail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes the services are running but I can not find the index.html.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [root (at) unix xymon]# ps -ef | grep xymon
>>>>>> xymon    25636     1  0 08:41 ?        00:00:00
>>>>>> /usr/lib/xymon/server/bin/hobbitlaunch
>>>>>> --config=/usr/lib/xymon/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg
>>>>>> --env=/usr/lib/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
>>>>>> --log=/var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.log
>>>>>> --pidfile=/var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid
>>>>>> xymon    25637 25636  0 08:41 ?        00:00:00 hobbitd
>>>>>> --pidfile=/var/log/xymon/hobbitd.pid
>>>>>> --restart=/usr/lib/xymon/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk
>>>>>> --checkpoint-file=/usr/lib/xymon/server/tmp/hobbitd.chk
>>>>>> --checkpoint-interval=600 --log=/var/log/xymon/hobbitd.log
>>>>>> --admin-senders=127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 --store-clientlogs=!msgs
>>>>>> root     25699 18362  0 08:48 pts/1    00:00:00 grep xymon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [root (at) unix xymon]# links --dump 127.0.0.1/xymon
>>>>>>                                Index of /xymon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Icon Name                    Last modified      Size  Description
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  [DIR] Parent Directory                             -
>>>>>>  [DIR] gifs/                   05-Dec-2009 16:28    -
>>>>>>  [DIR] help/                   05-Dec-2009 16:28    -
>>>>>>  [DIR] menu/                   05-Dec-2009 16:28    -
>>>>>>  [DIR] notes/                  26-Feb-2009 03:43    -
>>>>>>  [DIR] rep/                    26-Feb-2009 03:43    -
>>>>>>  [DIR] snap/                   26-Feb-2009 03:43    -
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Apache/2.0.46 (Red Hat) Server at 127.0.0.1 Port 80
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2009/6/10 Buchan Milne <bgmilne (at) staff.telkomsa.net>:
>>>>>> > On Wednesday 10 June 2009 06:55:24 Paul Ward wrote:
>>>>>> >> Hi,
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I am kicking myself for not knowng this but I'll ask anyway.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Just completed an install of xymon on rhel3, no problems. I choose
>>>>>> >> to
>>>>>> >> use the el3 xymon rpm.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> After it installed I tried to access the web page via
>>>>>> >> http://localhost/xymon but I can only see the directories not the
>>>>>> >> web
>>>>>> >> page.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> what am I not doing.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Successfull install --->
>>>>>> >> rpm -ivh xymon-4.2.3-1.rhel3.i386.rpm
>>>>>> >> xymon-client-4.2.3-1.rhel3.i386.rpm
>>>>>> >> warning: xymon-4.2.3-1.rhel3.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key
>>>>>> >> ID
>>>>>> >> 60d204a7 Preparing...
>>>>>> >> ########################################### [100%] Adding user
>>>>>> >> xymon
>>>>>> >> to
>>>>>> >> group adm
>>>>>> >>    1:xymon-client
>>>>>> >> ###########################################
>>>>>> >> [
>>>>>> >> 50%] 2:xymon
>>>>>> >>  ###########################################
>>>>>> >> [100%]
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > At this point, you should start xymon with:
>>>>>> > # service xymon start
>>>>>> > or similar
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> web page for localhost/xymon --->
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > bb.html, index.html etc. are created by the bbgen task of xymon ...
>>>>>> > and
>>>>>> > those
>>>>>> > only run if hobbitlaunch is running, which is (ultimately) started
>>>>>> > by
>>>>>> > the
>>>>>> > /etc/init.d/xymon script.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>>> > Buchan
>>>>>> >
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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