Re: {bb} BB Client and firewall problem

[Galen Johnson <gjohnson@trantor.org>]

Matt.Allen@trustwave.com wrote:

> Sean,
>
> Sorry for the direct approach, but I haven’t seen my issue in the 
> Majordomo list. I was wondering if you have designed or were thinking 
> about a solution to BB clients unable to send cpu/disk information to 
> a BB server behind a firewall. I tried rigging it by ‘scp-ing’ the 
> html and log files, the server picks it up(bb.html) but the state 
> always remains in purple. I have a cron job on the client scp-ing the 
> files every 5 minutes. There isn’t an option(company policy) to create 
> a BB server where the BB clients reside. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Matt
Check out deadcat.net. There is a bb extension (bbfetch) which will use 
scp to bring the files across. However, I've had much better luck using 
the doc out there for ssh tunnels. If you can't find it let me know and 
I'll post it. bbfetch was always hit or miss and would eventually go purple.

=G=
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