[hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit

Levin, Alexandre alevin at reveredata.com
Fri Sep 21 16:12:32 CEST 2007


       > -----Original Message-----
       > From: johan.boye at latecoere.fr [mailto:johan.boye at latecoere.fr]
       > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 3:25 AM
       > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
       > Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit
       > 
       > > -----Message d'origine-----
       > > De : Klomp, H. [mailto:klomph at nlr.nl]
       > > Envoyé : jeudi 20 septembre 2007 16:46
       > > À : hobbit at hswn.dk
       > > Objet : RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit
       > >
       > > Hi,
       > >
       > > The hobbit client isn't listening on any port, but sending
       > > the information to the hobbit server.
       > > On the hobbit server yoy should see the client data.
       > > It's always good to look at your ghost clients in hobbit.
       > > Sometimes the client sends the data with a different name than
       > > the name you expect from the system.
       > 
       > 
       > Where I could I find the data on the server and the ghost client
       > name ?
       > Is there  a log or something very explicit?

On the web interface:
Reports --> Ghost Clients ( http://hobbitserver/hobbit-cgi/hobbit-ghosts.sh )


       > 
       > 
       > 
       > > Regards,
       > >
       > > H. Klomp
       > > National Aerospace Laboratory NLR
       > > Dedicated to innovation in aerospace
       > >
       > >
       > > -----Original Message-----
       > > From: Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:sigurdur at raforninn.is]
       > > Sent: donderdag 20 september 2007 15:48
       > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
       > > Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit
       > >
       > > Hi.
       > >
       > > Did you configure the file /etc/default/hobbit-client to
       > > include the correct IP address on the linux machines?
       > >
       > > I think that the client doesn't listen if you've configured
       > > the client to send the data instead of cache'ing it.
       > > (unless you are using a server on each machine, in which case
       > > you have to proxy it forward to the main server).
       > >
       > > As for starting the client, I usually just run once
       > > '/etc/init.d/hobbit-client start' to get it running.
       > >
       > > The user "hobbit" should not have any extra special priv's
       > > unless you've configured your system to be anal in security.
       > >
       > > I use the hobbit-client package on my Linux clients and I
       > > don't have any hobbitd processes running, only hobbitlaunch.
       > > >From that information I would gather that you have installed
       > > a server. Thus to get the information about your system out
       > > to the main hobbit, linux wise, you have to configure your
       > > hobbitlaunch.cfg file to act as a proxy and forward all the
       > > messages to the main hobbit monitor.
       > >
       > > I don't know if this answers any of your questions, but this
       > > is the answer to the question that I think you're asking.
       > >
       > > With regards,
       > >
       > >
       > > -----Original Message-----
       > > From: johan.boye at latecoere.fr [mailto:johan.boye at latecoere.fr]
       > > Sent: 20. september 2007 13:23
       > > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
       > > Subject: RE: [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit
       > >
       > > In fact, any of my hobbitd is running on the clients.
       > > I started them with "client/runclient.sh start" but nothing
       > > listen in port 1984.
       > > /etc/services should be modified or something else ?
       > > The user "hobbit" should have special priviledges ?
       > >
       > > It happens to me on linux & with bbwin on Windows.
       > >
       > >    Thanks by advance
       > >
       > >
       > >
       > > > -----Message d'origine-----
       > > > De : Sigurður Guðbrandsson [mailto:sigurdur at raforninn.is]
       > Envoyé :
       > > > mercredi 19 septembre 2007 14:52 À : hobbit at hswn.dk Objet :
       > RE:
       > > > [hobbit] N00b starting to use Hobbit
       > > >
       > > > Hi.
       > > >
       > > >  Did you configure the clients properly? That is, did you
       > configure
       > > > the correct IP address in the config files? Also, is there
       > > a firewall
       > > > blocking this anywhere?
       > > >
       > > >  As for the port, you can change that in hobbitserver.cfg
       > > file. Just
       > > > remember to restart the hobbit server. And do tell the
       > > clients to send
       > > > to that port.
       > > >
       > > > With regards,
       > >
       > > "Les informations contenues dans ce message électronique
       > > peuvent être de nature confidentielles et soumises à une
       > > obligation de secret. Elles sont destinées à l'usage exclusif
       > > du réel destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le réel
       > > destinataire, ou si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci
       > > de le détruire immédiatement et de le notifier à son
       > > émetteur."
       > >
       > >  "The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged
       > > and confidential. It is intended for the exclusive use of
       > > the designated recipients named above. If you are not the
       > > intended recipient or if you receive this e-mail in error,
       > > please delete it and immediately notify the sender."
       > >
       > >
       > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to
       > > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk
       > >
       > >
       > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to
       > > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk
       > >
       > >
       > >
       > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to
       > > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk
       > >
       > >
       > >
       > 
       > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to
       > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk
       > 




More information about the Xymon mailing list