[hobbit] hobbit-clients configuration not taking

[Josh Luthman]

Confirmed - PROCS works on the host in which the server is getting client
data from.

I compiled on each client individually (see the last link of my last post).
Exact same commands on each - literally copy/paste short of root passwords.
I will recompile the two failing clients tonight to see what happens.

I wasn't aware of any client update.  Assuming this is not default, but
still, is there a man page detailing this?

Josh Luthman
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--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Greg Hubbard <glh.forums at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good.  So if you tried PROC on "two" you should get something.  Something
> is deeply wrong on the other two hosts.  And Xymon likes to silently ignore
> errors.
>
> My **guess** is that something crummy has happened to the failing clients.
> Since there is not much to them they should be easy enough to check out.
> Might be a good education.
>
> Did you install from RPM, or compile your own copy of the client?  Are you
> able to reinstall the client piece from a known working source?  Are you
> using the "client update" piece where the client can fetch a tarball from
> the server and install it on its own?
>
> GLH
>
>
> On 9/9/09, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>
>> Suggesting that the bbc is capable of labeling tests.  The hobbit-clients'
>> data is staying clear.
>>
>> two.myhost.com does have data and it is [ps] and [msgs:/var/log/messages]
>>
>> one.myhost.com and three.myhost.com has no data on the server.
>>
>> hobbitclient.log is full of:
>> 2009-09-09 14:38:44 Failed to get a message, terminating
>>
>> $bb server.fqdn.com ping #this command works
>> hobbit-4.2.0
>>
>> This is running a CentOS release 5.2 (Final) and CentOS release 5 (Final)
>> respectively - "Red Hat Linux".
>>
>> One thread on the archives was able to fix it by installing the Debian
>> package.  Obviously I can't do that.  The strange part is I executed the
>> exact same commands across all three - the same ones I put up here
>>
>> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Administration_Guide/Compiling_on_CentOS
>>
>> Perhaps there is a package missing of some sort?  Is there a way to get
>> more detailed logs from the hobbitclient.log?
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>> "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
>> improbable, must be the truth."
>> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
>>
>>
>>  On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Greg Hubbard <glh.forums at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Then what was this all about?  I guess I read it wrong.
>>>
>>> *"However on an bbc 1.9i btf (better then free) client it is pushing
>>> PROCs to the server:
>>>
>>> #cat ~bbuser/bbc1.9i-btf/etc/bbwarnsetup.cfg:
>>> ...
>>> PROCS="bbrun"                           # (YELLOW) WARN IF NOT RUNNING
>>> PAGEPROC="cron"                         # (RED) PAGE IF NOT RUNNING
>>> export PROCS PAGEPROC"
>>> *
>>> What you might want to do is track down the "raw data" being sent by
>>> these hosts to see if they contain a PROC secion.  I think you can get to it
>>> on each host through the
>>> http://<xymon-server>/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=<client<http://%3cxymon-server%3e/hobbit-cgi/bb-hostsvc.sh?CLIENT=%3Cclient>>
>>> link.  On Solaris you would look for a [ps] header, then a list of
>>> processes.  This will show you that the data is getting pumped over.  (For
>>> Linux, etc. there might be something different).
>>>
>>> And, if your config fragment is correct, you would not expect any PROC
>>> checks for one or two, just for three, since you only defined them for three
>>> and there are no PROC checks in the DEFAULT section.
>>>
>>
>>
>
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