Re: {bb} Larrd apache script

[Misty Stanley-Jones <misty@borkholder.com>]

I got it, thanks for all of your help.  :)

Misty

On Tuesday 31 August 2004 07:14, Homan, Charles wrote:
> Hi, Misty,
>
> In lieu of expert advice, here is mine. :-)
>
> I dug into this a little bit, and here is what I have come up with.  Yes,
> this is a BB-server-side script; it only needs to run on the machine that
> has your $BBVAR directory.  In apache-larrd.pl, the section starting around
> line 100 actually connects to the /server- status page on your apache
> server (as defined at about line 60 in the %host_h definition section) to
> gather the data.  It then stuffs the data into an RRD file.  So to have
> this working you need to have the URL
> http://myserver.my.dom/server-status?auto accessible from your BB server. 
> I believe the default for Apache is that this is not enabled.
>
> Here's how to enable the /server-status page.  In your httpd.conf file you
> need to uncomment the line: ExtendedStatus On
> and uncomment the section that starts:
>   <Location /server-status>
> and ends:
>   </Location>
> Then re-start Apache.
>
> Note that it is considered a (low) security risk to enable this, so you may
> want to tweak the "Allow from" line to only allow your BB server to access
> it.
>
> Regards,
> Charles
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-bb@bb4.com [mailto:owner-bb@bb4.com]On Behalf Of Misty
> > Stanley-Jones
> > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 6:01 PM
> > To: bb@bb4.com
> > Subject: Re: {bb} Larrd apache script
> >
> >
> > Now I'm really confused.  Is this a server-side script?  I
> > think Apache does
> > have some kind of statistics page that you can enable somehow
> > (through a
> > module?)  I am not an Apache expert.  I don't have LARRD
> > installed on any
> > clients at all and hope I don't have to.  I will await some
> > expert advice.
> >
> > Misty
> >
> > On Monday 30 August 2004 08:36, Homan, Charles wrote:
> > > Hmm, I think I owe you an apology, Misty.  I was under the misguided
> > > assumption that the Apache-LARRD stuff worked the same way
> >
> > that other LARRD
> >
> > > tests do.  That is, that there is a script on the client
> >
> > that gathers data,
> >
> > > then a second script on the server that stuffs that data
> >
> > into the RRD file.
> >
> > >  However, after looking at apache-larr.pl, I see that this
> >
> > is not the case.
> >
> > > In apache-larrd.pl, which should NOT be in the "bf"
> >
> > directory, but should
> >
> > > be in the $LARRDHOME, there is a %host_h section.  Have you
> >
> > configured that
> >
> > > to match your domain name, apache port, etc?  Now, having
> >
> > never set this up
> >
> > > before I have to plead ignorance about what should be in
> >
> > the "url" part.
> >
> > > It looks like it expects some CGI that responds with server
> >
> > status, but my
> >
> > > version of apache (1.3.26) has no such script.  I think
> >
> > this is likely to
> >
> > > be the part that is messing you up.  Perhaps someone more
> >
> > familiar with
> >
> > > Apache-LARRD integration can jump in here...
> > >
> > > [Note that this means you do NOT want "apache" in the
> >
> > BFMETS variable in
> >
> > > bf-larrd.sh, but you DO want it in @DATALIST in
> >
> > larrd-config.pl.  Also,
> >
> > > this should ONLY runon the server, as you had assumed.]
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Charles
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-bb@bb4.com [mailto:owner-bb@bb4.com]On Behalf Of Misty
> > > > Stanley-Jones
> > > > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 4:51 PM
> > > > To: bb@bb4.com
> > > > Subject: Re: {bb} Larrd apache script
> > > >
> > > > On Friday 27 August 2004 12:01, Homan, Charles wrote:
> > > > > Hi, Misty,
> > > > >
> > > > > I just noticed that you said the apache BF file is in
> > > >
> > > > $BBCLIENT/ext/bf.  It
> > > >
> > > > > should be in $LARRDHOME/bf.  Is $BBCLIENT/ext/bf a link to
> > > >
> > > > $LARRDHOME/bf?
> > > >
> > > > > Also, is the file called apache-bf.sh?
> > > >
> > > > One of these hosts is my BBNET/BBDISPLAY server.  Here is how
> > > > those files are
> > > > linked on it:
> > > > bb@baa:~/bbclient/ext> ls
> > > > bb-ncp.sh  bf  bf-larrd.sh  ext-proto  nwvol
> > > > bb@baa:~/bbclient/ext> ls -l bf
> > > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 bb users 19 2004-07-19 09:05 bf ->
> >
> > /usr/local/larrd/bf
> >
> > > > bb@baa:~/bbclient/ext> ls -l bf-larrd.sh
> > > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 bb users 28 2004-07-19 09:05 bf-larrd.sh
> > > > -> /usr/local/larrd/bf-larrd.sh
> > > >
> > > > The other one is just a bbclient, which I thought you didn't
> > > > have to install
> > > > LARRD onto.  On that host, I have got the entire bf/
> > > > directory and the
> > > > bf-larrd.sh just copied over.  It does work for all my other
> > > > BB scripts.
> > > >
> > > > On both hosts, it is called apache-larrd.pl and lives under bf/.
> > > >
> > > > WHOA.  It's looking for apache-bf.sh.  Why do I have
> > > > apache-larrd.pl?  Is this
> > > > a bug?
> > > >
> > > >
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