[hobbit] Setting up second network tester

Buchan Milne bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net
Fri Feb 1 09:30:38 CET 2008


On Thursday 31 January 2008 22:29:43 Eric Jacobs wrote:
> My Hobbit server does the display, network testing and alerting. Using the
> default 5 minute interval for network tests. Some have complained that
> connectivity tests to certain routers should happen more frequently. But,
> as far as I can see, network testing interval is an all or nothing
> variable. So I'm thinking of setting up second network tester and using NET
> variable in bb-hosts to have the particular routers in question tested by
> second network tester, running its tests more frequently.
>
> Preamble done - now, how do I go about setting up second network tester?
> Configuring another server and disabling all unnecessary tasks in
> hobbitlaunch.cfg? If so, which will I need for the tester to work properly?

Just the bbnet and bbretest tasks (and, maybe hobbitfetch if applicable), and 
the hobbitclient task if you want the second network tester to report as a 
client.

Regards,
Buchan



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