[Xymon] APT Check from Hobbit-Plugins Package - Purple Status

[Joseph De Nicolo]

this directory /usr/local/xymon/perl5  doesn't exist for me.

Clients are running Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Xymon server is running Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson at sas.com>wrote:

>  I'm surprised it worked initially.  I had to add the following above the
> other use statements:
>
> use lib "/usr/local/xymon/perl5";
>
> which is where I copied the Hobbit.pm file.   Unless /etc/perl is part of
> your Perl @INC path, it won't find it.  I think I may even have tweaked
> everything that said hobbit/bb to say xymon.
>
> =G=
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] on behalf of
> Joseph De Nicolo [denicoloj at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, January 14, 2013 12:44 PM
> *To:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* [Xymon] APT Check from Hobbit-Plugins Package - Purple Status
>
>  Xymon Users & Admins,
>
> I recently installed an apt check on my clients that I received from this
> hobbit-plugins package:
> https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hobbit-plugins
>
> Steps for Installation:
> 1. Copy over client-ext/apt script to client/ext/apt
> 2. Gave xymon user rights to execute the apt script
> 3. Copy over perl/Hobbit.pm to /etc/perl/Hobbit.pm
> 4. Copy and pasted the lines found in clientlaunch.d/apt.cfg to the end of
> client/etc/clientlaunch.cfg and modified the paths(ENVFILE & LOGFILE) to
> fit my client's environment
>
> The problem:
> I set this up last week on friday jan 11th. At that time I ran the
> client/ext/apt script as xymon user and it gave the report as expected.
> However, after the weekend the last report was the same one on the 11th so
> I am receiving a purple status for inactivity of the report. The clients
> are not automatically sending the apt check report to the server. Anything
> I missed in the installation or something I have to do server side?
>
> Any response appreciated
> Thanks,
> *                                                            *
> *Joseph De Nicolo*
> *Secure Database Administrator
> *
> *Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>*
> *Northeastern University*
>



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*Joseph De Nicolo*
*Secure Database Administrator
*
*Center for Complex Network Research <http://www.barabasilab.com>*
*Northeastern University*
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