[Xymon] Forwarding status messages - [resolved]

[Cook, Russell (IT Services - Operations)]

Hi Thomas,

I checked the /etc/hosts localhost entry and it is there ... but I am
happy to leave it using the servers IP address.

Thanks again for your help

Russell


-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Eckert [mailto:thomas.eckert at IT-Eckert.de] 
Sent: 04 April 2012 08:58
To: Cook, Russell (IT Services - Operations)
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Forwarding status messages

Hi Russell,

great to hear that it works fine.
Your "localhost not working"-problem might be due to missing entries in 
`/etc/hosts` it should contain a line like

	127.0.0.1	localhost

You could reply to the list so others can find this "resolved" (this 
email reached my personally).

All the best
Thomas

On 04/04/2012 09:50 AM, Cook, Russell (IT Services - Operations) wrote:
> Thanks Thomas,
>
> I tried the setup as you suggested, but found the localhost:1985
didn't
> work. I changed it to use the ip address instead and that worked.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Cheers
> Russell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
Behalf
> Of Thomas Eckert
> Sent: 03 April 2012 21:35
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Forwarding status messages
>
> The bbproxy-idea sounds good.
>
> The following _should_ work:
> - running bbproxy on the old installation listening on port 1984 to
> accept all incoming messages
> - re-configure the hobbitd on the old installation to listen on
another
> port (say 1985)
> - forward messages from bbproxy to localhost:1985 and newserver:1984
>
> I've done something similar with ssh tunnels and bbproxy. A test-setup
> would before going live with this may be helpful.
>
> Another option may be to add an additional IP to your server and
binding
>
> bbproxy and hobbitd to them?
>
> All the best
> Thomas
>
> On 04/03/2012 06:20 PM, Cook, Russell (IT Services - Operations)
wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am building a new XyMon server to replace an old Hobbit
installation
>> that is monitoring a few hundred devices. I would like to somehow
like
>> to forward the status messages to the new server while I am testing
> ...
>> anyone have any ideas ... I thought of trying to use bbproxy, but I
>> suspect hobbitd needs to be stopped ... which defeats the object I
> suppose.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> *Russell Cook
>> Senior NMS Engineer
>> IT Services
>> Capita
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