#500 I think, i dont unstand groups

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I try to configure the Grouping in BigSister and failed:

# put newly appearing hosts into group NEW
%Autojoin new NEW
# ... and every host into ALL
#%Autojoin all_hosts ALL
# ... and everything into UNIVERSE
#%Autojoin all UNIVERSE

%Groups
# any_host ALL HOSTS
ETLAN(ET LAN Server) ETLAN1
NEW(New Hosts) GLOBAL
ALL(All Hosts) GLOBAL
triton ETLAN1
cms2 ETLAN1
cms3 ETLAN1
ptsdev ETLAN1
eccedev ETLAN1
typodev ETLAN1
portadev ETLAN1
backup ETLAN1
border-ol ETLAN1

I want all this hosts should be add to ETLAN1 and ETLAN1 is part of the ETLAN Group. But i only see ALL on my display.

regards

Frank

[Thomas Aeby]

Your configuration says that ETLAN is a member of ETLAN1 while you wanted it to be vice-versa. In order to make ETLAN1 a member of group ETLAN, replace the ETLAN-entry with

ETLAN1(ET LAN Server) ETLAN

Best regards,
Tom

[Nobody/Anonymous]

I do this, but it dont happend what i want.

It could be, that i understand the group command in the wrong way. My goal is, that i can group the hosts in groups like i can do with BigBrother with the

group-compress <h3>Hamburg Server</h3>
1.1.1.1 triton # BBNET BBPAGER BBDISPLAY ssh pop3 smtp
1.1.1.2 titan # ssh pop3 smtp
group-compress <h3>Munich Server</h3>
2.1.1.1 deimos # BBNET BBPAGER BBDISPLAY ssh pop3 smtp
1.2.1.2 mars # ssh mysql
..

regards

Frank

[Nobody/Anonymous]

I look on the wrong block, i now do this:

%Page etlan ET-LAN
%title auto
%refto none
%itemref html
%sort severity
%table ETLAN

Now, it works. But .. i have much garbage now in my system based on my try-and-error. I delete the database and set it new, but the garbage is still there. Where are the data are stored in the filesystem, to clean the whole system and start collection data complete from the beginning ?

regards

Frank

[Thomas Aeby]

The state files end up in /var/lib/bigsister (the var sub-directory of the BigSister directory on non-FHS-installations). You might want to remove at least bsmon.state and grouping files. Remember to stop the BigSister server processes before removing files, since they are only read at startup.

Best regards,
Tom