[hobbit] problem with CLASS definition (PATCH)

Josh Luthman josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
Thu Nov 1 03:11:59 CET 2007


I don't know for sure.  Other projects are always using the SF bug tracker,
so I assumed that Henrik used this one.  I couldn't find anything on the
project page for either the Shire or Hobbitmon.

How about it, Henrik =)

Josh

On 10/31/07, Charles Jones <jonescr at cisco.com> wrote:
>
>  Thanks for the info Josh. Is that the official place we are supposed to
> report bugs and submit patches? Since I see open bugs there that are
> literally years old, and assigned to "nobody", I'm not that confident that's
> the proper place.
>
> -Charles
>
> Josh Luthman wrote:
>
> *Psst*
>
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=128058&atid=710488
>
> On 10/31/07, Charles Jones <jonescr at cisco.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't want this to fall through the cracks, so I'm going to keep
> > bumping it until Henrik sees it :)
> >
> > -Charles
> >
> > Charles Jones wrote:
> > > Henrik,
> > >
> > > Just making sure that you saw this bug that I found, and hopefully
> > > implement a fix (I'm sure you have a more elegant way to fix it than I
> > > did) for Hobbit 4.3
> > > -Charles
> > >
> > > Charles Jones wrote:
> > >> Okay I came up with a workaround. The problem is that CONFIGCLASS
> > >> gets reset to a default value (in hobbitclient.cfg). So, I created
> > >> another variable, "CLASS". I then made a small mod to hobbitclient.sh
> > >> that checks to see if CLASS got set to something, and if it did, it
> > >> sets CONFIGCLASS to that value.  Here are the changes:
> > >>
> > >> --- runclient.sh        2006-08-09 20:09:58.000000000 +0000
> > >> +++ /tmp/runclient.sh   2007-10-10 18:55:00.000000000 +0000
> > >> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
> > >>                ;;
> > >>          --class=*)
> > >>                CONFIGCLASS="`echo $1 | sed -e 's/--class=//' | tr
> > >> '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`"
> > >> +                CLASS=$CONFIGCLASS # Use a variable that doesn't get
> > >> reset
> > >>                ;;
> > >>          --help)
> > >>                echo "Usage: $0 [--hostname=CLIENTNAME]
> > >> [--os=rhel3|linux22] [--class=CLASSNAME] start|stop
> > >> "
> > >> @@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
> > >>
> > >> MACHINE="`echo $MACHINEDOTS | sed -e 's/\./,/g'`"
> > >>
> > >> -export MACHINE MACHINEDOTS BBOSTYPE BBOSSCRIPT HOBBITCLIENTHOME
> > >> CONFIGCLASS
> > >> +export MACHINE MACHINEDOTS BBOSTYPE BBOSSCRIPT HOBBITCLIENTHOME
> > >> CONFIGCLASS CLASS
> > >>
> > >> case "$CMD" in
> > >>   "start")
> > >> @@ -128,6 +129,5 @@
> > >>        break;
> > >>
> > >> esac
> > >> -
> > >> exit 0
> > >>
> > >> -----
> > >>
> > >> --- hobbitclient.sh      2006-08-09 20:09:58.000000000 +0000
> > >> +++ /tmp/hobbitclient.sh        2007-10-10 18:55:28.000000000 +0000
> > >> @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
> > >>        echo "@@client#1|0|127.0.0.1|$MACHINEDOTS|$BBOSTYPE"<@@client#1%7C0%7C127.0.0.1%7C$MACHINEDOTS%7C$BBOSTYPE>>>
> > >> $MSGTMPFILE
> > >> fi
> > >>
> > >> +if [ -n "$CLASS" ]; then #If CLASS was set to something, override
> > >> the default
> > >> +   CONFIGCLASS=$CLASS
> > >> +fi
> > >> echo "client $MACHINE.$BBOSTYPE $CONFIGCLASS"  >>  $MSGTMPFILE
> > >> $BBHOME/bin/$BBOSSCRIPT >> $MSGTMPFILE
> > >> # logfiles
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Charles Jones wrote:
> > >>> I also just discovered that CONFIGCLASS gets converted to lowercase
> > >>> (which I should have seen plain as day in the sed command). However
> > >>> this is not the problem as the CONFIGCLASS in the client message is
> > >>> still using the default value of BBOSTYPE.  I'm currently attempting
> >
> > >>> to hack in a work around.
> > >>>
> > >>> -Charles
> > >>>
> > >>> Charles Jones wrote:
> > >>>> I did some poking around, and as far as I can tell, the problem is
> > >>>> due to hobbitclient.cfg overriding the CONFIGCLASS variable.
> > >>>> Here are some snippets from runclient.sh:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> --class=*)
> > >>>>                CONFIGCLASS="`echo $1 | sed -e 's/--class=//' | tr
> > >>>> '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`"
> > >>>>
> > >>>> export MACHINE MACHINEDOTS BBOSTYPE BBOSSCRIPT HOBBITCLIENTHOME
> > >>>> CONFIGCLASS
> > >>>>
> > >>>> hobbitclient.cfg contains this:
> > >>>> ./hobbitclient.cfg:CONFIGCLASS="$BBOSTYPE"         # Default
> > >>>> configuration class for logfiles
> > >>>>
> > >>>> hobbitclient.sh uses the CONFIGCLASS variable when sending the
> > >>>> client message:
> > >>>> ./bin/hobbitclient.sh:echo "client $MACHINE.$BBOSTYPE
> > >>>> $CONFIGCLASS"  >>  $MSGTMPFILE
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Heres the actual client message header Im sending (not that
> > >>>> CONFIGCLASS  is being set to "linux" instead of the specified
> > class:
> > >>>> client host-app-23.linux linux
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -Charles
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Charles Jones wrote:
> > >>>>> Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm currently dead in the water
> > >>>>> without this working as it should.  I tried emailing Henrik as
> > >>>>> well but I'm sure he is too busy to reply.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> -Charles
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Charles Jones wrote:
> > >>>>>> I have a host whose client was started via: "./runclient.sh
> > >>>>>> --class=APP_PRIMARY start"
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> In the hobbit servers hobbit-clients.cfg, I have something
> > >>>>>> similar to:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> CLASS=APP_PRIMARY
> > >>>>>>    PROC "someproc"
> > >>>>>>    PROC "/some/other/proc"
> > >>>>>> ....
> > >>>>>> DEFAULT
> > >>>>>>    PROC sshd
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> The problem is that only the default proc "sshd" is being checked
> >
> > >>>>>> on the host.  The expected behavior is that the CLASS would be
> > >>>>>> used and other other procs checked instead. I know this has
> > >>>>>> nothing to do with the DEFAULT setting, as using HOST=hostname
> > >>>>>> works fine. I just cant get it to check the procs by CLASS.  Is
> > >>>>>> there any way to debug this?  Shouldn't the CLASS show up in the
> > >>>>>> "info" section?  Do I need to put the class name in quotes on the
> >
> > >>>>>> command line?
> > >>>>>
> > >
> >
> > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to
> > hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk
> >
> >
> >
>


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