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

[Dan Vande More]

Oh geez, my fault, I'm sorry. I'm still using the bb client:)

Here ya go:

http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/docs/hobbit-tips.html#scripts

On 1/2/06, Mark Ashley <mark at mark.com> wrote:
> 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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