[hobbit] Server side EXT script not running or appearing on web page

[Mark Ashley]

That file isn't mentioned anywhere in the source code:

host:/var/tmp/hobbit-4.1.2p1 root# find . -print | xargs grep -i bbexttab
host:/var/tmp/hobbit-4.1.2p1 root#



Dan Vande More wrote:
> You shouldn't add external tests to bb-hosts. You add them to etc/bb-bbexttab.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> $ head -30 etc/bb-bbexttab
> # bb-bbexttab: configuration file for launching external scripts
> #
> # Format:
> #
> #    host: misc settings : external scripts list
> #    localhost: misc settings : external scripts list
> #    : misc settings : external scripts list
> #
> #    host can be FQDN (fully qualified domain name) or
> #       just a plain hostname but it is preferred that you
> #       use a FQDN.
> #    localhost: using this specifies that the scripts
> #       specified on the line are to be launched on all clients
> #
> #    The same host can be specified on multiple lines to aid readability
> #
> #    Misc settings field is unimplemented ...
> #        For future use...
> #
> #    You can override the default sleep between cycles
> #      by addding a time qualifier to the script:
> #      e.g.: localhost: script1;600
> #      **NOTE** The sleep delimiter in BBEXT of bbdef.sh was
> #               ':' (script1:600) but here it is ';'
> #               in order to keep the same format as the
> #               other bb-*tab files (the : is used to delimit
> #               file entry fields in all bb-*tab files) .
> #               The time qualifier is specified in SECONDS
> #
> 
> On 1/2/06, Mark Ashley <mark at mark.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to replace the inbuilt SSH test with one that does something
>> intelligent and have put this into ~hobbit/server/ext:
>>
>> hobbit% cat server/ext/NGssh
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> BBHTAG=NGssh           # What we put in bb-hosts to trigger this test
>> COLUMN=NGssh    # Name of the column, often same as tag in bb-hosts
>>
>> $BBHOME/bin/bbhostgrep $BBHTAG | while read L
>> do
>>    set $L    # To get one line of output from bbhostgrep
>>
>>    HOSTIP="$1"
>>    MACHINEDOTS="$2"
>>    MACHINE=`echo $2 | $SED -e's/\./,/g'`
>>    MSG="$BBHTAG status for host $MACHINEDOTS"
>>    reply = `ssh $MACHINE -l hobbit /usr/ucb/whoami`
>>    if [ "$reply" = "hobbit" ]
>>      COLOR=green
>>    else
>>      COLOR=red
>>    fi
>>    $BB $BBDISP "status $MACHINE.$COLUMN $COLOR `date`
>>        ${MSG}
>>        "
>> done
>> exit 0
>>
>>
>>
>> Then the script is added to bb-hosts:
>>
>> hobbit% grep NGssh ~hobbit/server/etc/bb-hosts
>> group-only conn|cpu|disk|info|memory|msgs|procs|NGssh|trends Campus
>> 123.123.5.52 hostert # noping NGssh
>> 123.123.1.12 hostick # noping NGssh
>> 123.123.16.9 hostker # noping NGssh
>> 123.123.3.11 hostel # noping NGssh
>> 123.123.8.8 hostay # noping NGssh
>> 123.123.5.49 hostmis # noping NGssh
>> 123.123.3.17 hosteus # noping NGssh
>> 123.123.1.11 hosty # noping NGssh
>> 123.123.9.13 hostger # noping NGssh
>>
>>
>> What else needs to be done to action this script?
>> The script doesn't seem to be running and nothing is appearing in a
>> column. Scripts from the deadcat site mention a BBEXT variable but
>> it's not in any of the hobbit config files.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>> mark at mark.com
>>
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