Re: [hobbit] Multiple Hobbit server clusters

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

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Josh Luthman
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"When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
improbable, must be the truth."
--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com>wrote:

> Oops...  :)
> Ralph
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Josh Luthman <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>wrote:
>
>> Try
>> http://xymon.com/hobbit/help/manpages/man8/bbproxy.8.html
>>
>> 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 Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> You might want to take a look at the bbproxy man page:
>>> http://192.168.1.50/xymon/help/manpages/man8/bbproxy.8.html
>>>
>>>  <http://192.168.1.50/xymon/help/manpages/man8/bbproxy.8.html>I haven't
>>> used it myself, but I'm sure others here have.
>>>
>>> If you have the option of setting up a private network between the 3
>>> hobbit servers, you ought to be able to push the bbproxy output over it,
>>> thereby keeping all the hobbit traffic off your main network.  Or I could be
>>> all wet - I have no idea if that would work...  :)
>>>
>>> Ralph Mitchell
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:42 PM, James <j.sansford (at) ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> We have a bit of a predicament at my work and I am hoping the knowledge
>>>> of this mailing list can help out! I shall explain what we have / need and
>>>> hopefully there shall be a solution :)
>>>>
>>>> We currently have 3 data centres, and would like a hobbit server in
>>>> each. Our design is to have all servers in one data centre communicating
>>>> with the hobbit within that data centre. We would then want the hobbit
>>>> servers to communicate between each other to share the knowledge of the
>>>> tests so each hobbit has a full view of all 3 data centres.
>>>>
>>>> I have currently configured each hobbit to have knowledge of the others
>>>> by changing BBDISP to 0.0.0.0 and BBDISPLAYS to the 3 hobbit server IP's. I
>>>> have then configured all our clients to talk only to the the hobbit within
>>>> the local data centre.
>>>>
>>>> So far I have observed that any server side test replicates fine across
>>>> all hobbits, however it seems for any client side scripts that are run, that
>>>> only the hobbit the client reports to will get the data and wont share it
>>>> with the other two. We don't want to have to configure each client to talk
>>>> to all 3 hobbits as this will increase the network chatter.
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully I've explained that well enough, does this make sense and is
>>>> there a way around it?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks in advance for your time,
>>>> James.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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