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Re: NAV on FreeBSD
by Morten Brekkevold 21 Mai '08

21 Mai '08

On Fri, 9 May 2008 15:35:18 -0400 "Scorpion7" <scorpion7(a)iqonline.net> wrote: > Here's what happens: > > nav start getDeviceData <enter> > > (execution hangs - intr won't work, have to CTRL+Z and then do a kill -9 PID > to stop. The same occurs for nav start eventengine) > > Attached are 4 text files (extension to show which command was utilized to > generate the output. The first line of each file shows the command and > arguments utilized to generate the output. In getDeviceData it appears that > the last action was to chdir to the nav directory. Well, upon reading the truss output of "nav start getDeviceData", it seems that the "su" command is the one that hangs after the chdir command. Can you successfully execute "su - navcron" as root? Does the navcron user have a valid login shell? > What is the difference between 'nav start ....' and executing the process > directly, ie: > cd etc/init.d > ./getDeviceData start > > "nav start ..." fails and "./getDeviceData start" succeeds? I think the > inherent difference may help us to understand what is happening and why the > failure. Or at least may help me to locate more pertinent data. There's no difference, really. The nav command is a convenience tool to do all the starting and stopping in one go (plus the added crontab manipulation). It still calls the etc/init.d scripts in the end. Are you running both commands as root? >> Besides, you say that "nav start alertengine" seems to stall, and this >> command will not modify the crontab, since alertengine isn't a cronjob >> but a daemon. It will however look at the files in the cron.d >> directory, and look at the navcron user's crontab with "crontab -u >> navcron -l". > > This is an interesting point. I su'd to navcron, just to verify and this > command is denied (as I expected). Wait, are you saying that "su - navcron" fails? That would be a reasonable cause for your problem. Several of the init scripts are designed to be run as root, and use su to drop privileges to navcron before executing processes that cannot drop privileges by themselves (such as java). As I mentioned in less detail above, the navcron user must have a valid login shell for the su'ing to work. > there is a Python class for crontab but nothing that defines command line > arguments (not familiar with python). Crontab commands are hardcoded on lines 243 and 261 in startstop.py. The nav script requires root access to run properly (and will give a warning/error if executed by anyone but root). > I've also included the strace output - as it sounded like you are more > familiar with strace - may help to locate the issue. Thanks, although I found the complete truss (with forks) output more helpful this time around :-) -- mvh Morten Brekkevold UNINETT

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RE: NAV build on FreeBSD v7.x
by Scorpion7 15 Mai '08

15 Mai '08

Anders - that did the trick - THANKS! Output: Classpath: /usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/src/Logger/build:/usr/ports/net-m gmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/src/vlanPlot/build:/usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/n av-3.2.2/src/src/ConfigParser/build:/usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/s rc/src/Database/build:/usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/src/Util/bu ild:/usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/src/Event/build:/usr/ports/ne t-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/src/NetboxInfo/build:/usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/w ork/nav-3.2.2/src/src/eventEngine/build:/usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2 .2/src/src/SimpleSnmp/build:/usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/src/g etBoksMacs/build:/usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/src/getDeviceDat a/build:/usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/src/networkDiscovery/buil d:/usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/src/webapps/navAdmin/build:/usr /ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/src/webapps/vPServer/build:/usr/local /nav/lib/java/ConfigParser.jar:/usr/local/nav/lib/java/Database.jar:/usr/loc al/nav/lib/java/Event.jar:/usr/local/nav/lib/java/Logger.jar:/usr/local/nav/ lib/java/NetboxInfo.jar:/usr/local/nav/lib/java/SimpleSnmp.jar:/usr/local/na v/lib/java/Util.jar:/usr/local/nav/lib/java/postgresql.jar:/usr/local/nav/li b/java/snmp.jar:/usr/local/share/java/classes/postgresql.jar:/usr/local/shar e/java/classes/snmp.jar INSTALL_TARGETS: Logger_inst vlanPlot_inst ConfigParser_inst Database_inst Util_inst Event_inst NetboxInfo_inst eventEngine_inst SimpleSnmp_inst getBoksMacs_inst getDeviceData_inst networkDiscovery_inst webapps/navAdmin_inst webapps/vPServer_inst > -----Original Message----- > From: Anders Nordby [mailto:anders@fupp.net] > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:01 PM > To: nav-users(a)uninett.no; Scorpion7 > Cc: 'Morten Brekkevold' > Subject: Re: NAV build on FreeBSD v7.x > > Hi, > > The nav port uses GNU make, so try gmake debug instead of make debug. > > Cheers, > Anders. > > On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 03:50:49PM -0400, Scorpion7 wrote: > > When doing the "make debug": > > > > -------------- > > make debug > > "Makefile", line 44: Need an operator > > make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue > > -------------- > > > > If I comment out that line (line #44): > > export -> #export > > > > -------------- > > make debug > > Classpath: > > > > > > INSTALL_TARGETS: > > -------------- > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Morten Brekkevold [mailto:morten.brekkevold@uninett.no] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 5:15 AM > > > To: nav-users(a)uninett.no > > > Cc: Scorpion7 > > > Subject: Re: NAV build on FreeBSD v7.x > > > > > > On Fri, 2 May 2008 15:12:59 -0400 "Scorpion7" > <scorpion7(a)iqonline.net> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Here is what happens when building NAV 3.2.2 on FreeBSD v7.x via > the > > > "ports" collection: > > > [snip] > > > > compile: > > > > [javac] Compiling 1 source file to /usr/ports/net- > > > mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/Logger/build > > > > [javac] /usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav- > > > 3.2.2/src/Logger/src/no/ntnu/nav/logger/Log.java:33: package > > > no.ntnu.nav.ConfigParser does not exist > > > > [javac] import no.ntnu.nav.ConfigParser.*; > > > > [javac] ^ > > > > [javac] /usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav- > > > 3.2.2/src/Logger/src/no/ntnu/nav/logger/Log.java:34: cannot find > symbol > > > > [javac] symbol : class Path > > > > [javac] location: package no.ntnu.nav > > > > [javac] import no.ntnu.nav.Path; > > > > [javac] ^ > > > > [javac] /usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav- > > > 3.2.2/src/Logger/src/no/ntnu/nav/logger/Log.java:69: cannot find > symbol > > > > [javac] symbol : variable Path > > > > [javac] location: class no.ntnu.nav.logger.Log > > > > [javac] private static final String navConfigFile = > > > (Path.sysconfdir + "/nav.conf").replace('/', File.separatorChar); > > > > [javac] > ^ > > > > [javac] /usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav- > > > 3.2.2/src/Logger/src/no/ntnu/nav/logger/Log.java:88: cannot find > symbol > > > > [javac] symbol : class ConfigParser > > > > [javac] location: class no.ntnu.nav.logger.Log > > > > [javac] ConfigParser navCp; > > > > [javac] ^ > > > > [javac] /usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav- > > > 3.2.2/src/Logger/src/no/ntnu/nav/logger/Log.java:90: cannot find > symbol > > > > [javac] symbol : class ConfigParser > > > > [javac] location: class no.ntnu.nav.logger.Log > > > > [javac] navCp = new > > > ConfigParser(navConfigFile); > > > > [javac] ^ > > > > [javac] 5 errors > > > > > > > > BUILD FAILED > > > > /usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src/Logger/build.xml:30: > > > Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details. > > > [snip] > > > > BTW - How would one normally get the compiler error output? > > > > I can include the output with some insight on how one normally > > > > get's the output. > > > > > > You already pasted the compiler error output, it's all under the > > > "compile:" section. > > > > > > It says it can't find a couple of the NAV libraries, which is > strange. > > > It suggests the CLASSPATH hasn't been set correctly when building > the > > > Logger library, yet the build process should set the CLASSPATH to > > > include all the build directories under src/ . > > > > > > If you cd to /usr/ports/net-mgmt/nav/work/nav-3.2.2/src and type > "make > > > debug", what output do you get (it should tell you what CLASSPATH > is > > > used when building the Java sources). > > > > > > -- > > > mvh > > > Morten Brekkevold > > > UNINETT > > > > > -- > Anders.

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Services
by scorpion7＠iqonline.net 13 Mai '08

13 Mai '08

Good Evenin', Being new to nav..... Installation is on FreeBSD v6.x. Performed initial install from the 'ports' collection. After following instructions on basic configuration (included setup of Postgres, setting up a couple devices, room, location, etc.) it appears that some services still aren't starting: $$> nav start Starting: cricket iptrace logengine mactrace maintengine networkDiscovery pping smsd thresholdMon Failed: alertengine eventengine getDeviceData servicemon I've already done some research and had to hand-tool some .py files as there were errors for "import sre as re" and python stated that it was deprecated, ie: it should be "import re" (sre is now re) I'm not seeing any log data (even with debug=6 in nav.conf) for the failed services. Does anyone have information that may lead to this being more successful? BTW - we utilize Apache 2.x with AD authentication for internal resources. I've seen some errors with python and the web pages as well - is there an expectation that it would be Apache 1.x instead? Here are some specifics: OS: FreeBSD v6.x (Microsoft/BSD shop) Java: Diablo JDK-1.5.0 Tomcat: 6.0.14 Cricket: 1.0.5_4 nav: 3.2.2 Python: 2.5.2 Apache 2.2.8 ant: 1.7.0 Thanks!

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Announcement: NAV 3.4.0 RC1 released
by Morten Brekkevold 06 Mai '08

06 Mai '08

NAV 3.4.0 RC1 is now available for download at SourceForge, see http://sourceforge.net/projects/nav :-) This is a feature release candidate, the list of features and bugs fixed can be found in the attached changelog. If no new bugs are discovered/reported in the release candidate within the next 10 days, the candidate will be re-released as the final 3.4.0 version. Binary packages for Debian will be available soon. The Debian package is maintained by Morten Werner Forsbring, on commission from UNINETT. Happy NAVing everyone! -- mvh Morten Brekkevold UNINETT

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RE: NAV on FreeBSD (was: Services)
by Scorpion7 02 Mai '08

02 Mai '08

Superb. I have a 7.x machine that I'll give this a run on today. The production machine that I'm currently trying to get it running on is a 6.x machine though. :-( Factors outside of my control require that it remains a 6.x machine at present. THANKS! > -----Original Message----- > From: Roar Pettersen [mailto:edprp@uib.no] On Behalf Of Roar Pettersen > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 10:21 AM > To: nav-users(a)uninett.no; Morten Brekkevold > Cc: Scorpion7 > Subject: Re: NAV on FreeBSD (was: Services) > > Hello ! > > >> I'll have to look up who is responsible for maintaining the port > for > >> nav (for FreeBSD) and see if I can't figure out where things stand - > maybe I > >> can lend a hand (or at least some time here). I know on FreeBSD > v7.x the > >> port is listed as "broken" (ie: won't compile for some reason). > > > > That would be great :) The FreeBSD port is sponsored by the > University > > of Tromsø (and I think maybe the University of Bergen, both of which > > are FreeBSD proponents), but I'm not exactly sure who maintains the > > port (not being a FreeBSD guy myself). It's a shame no-one has > > contacted us if there is a build problem with the port. > > > Out main problem here is that the port maintainer doesn't do his job. > :-( > > I have made some patches, and I am able to complie NAV 3.3.3 on my > FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE system : > > --- Makefile.orig 2008-04-27 10:48:28.000000000 +0200 > +++ Makefile 2008-04-28 11:07:48.000000000 +0200 > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ > # > > PORTNAME= nav > -PORTVERSION= 3.2.2 > +PORTVERSION= 3.3.3 > CATEGORIES= net-mgmt > MASTER_SITES= ${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE} > MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= ${PORTNAME} > @@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ > USE_PYTHON= 2.3+ > USE_JAVA= yes > JAVA_VERSION= 1.4+ > -USE_APACHE= 2.0+ > +USE_APACHE= 2.2+ > USE_GETTEXT= yes > USE_GMAKE= yes > -USE_PHP= ctype gettext overload pcre pgsql posix \ > +USE_PHP= ctype gettext pcre gd pgsql posix \ > session tokenizer xml zlib > -DEFAULT_PHP_VER=4 > -IGNORE_WITH_PHP=5 > +DEFAULT_PHP_VER=5 > +IGNORE_WITH_PHP=4 > WANT_PHP_MOD= yes > USE_REINPLACE_CMD= yes > > --- distinfo.orig 2008-04-28 11:01:41.000000000 +0200 > +++ distinfo 2008-04-28 11:02:51.000000000 +0200 > @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ > -MD5 (nav-3.2.2.tar.gz) = 2132efb83ff47fd6e8568441024c3233 > -SHA256 (nav-3.2.2.tar.gz) = > a07fd4bc8545edf5f96f07432c859a4638863ffdc6edab845ee2b7838a06bbb6 > -SIZE (nav-3.2.2.tar.gz) = 4303657 > +MD5 (nav-3.3.3.tar.gz) = 79e016f37748177deed0ddb8cad2a83c > +SHA256 (nav-3.3.3.tar.gz) = > 2e6f01fc0cfd09ef847e4dd95a2d7686787c8940ad4365d548e41f6ff74b0635 > +SIZE (nav-3.3.3.tar.gz) = 4127650 > > > Delete the file : files/patch-src-Makefile.in > > > There is still more job to be done with the port, hopefully it will > be better and better (when we get a new port maintainer). > > > > -- > Med vennlig hilsen / Regards; > > Roar Pettersen > Universitetet i Bergen - The University of Bergen > Nygardsgt. 5 - N-5020 BERGEN - Norway > Tlf: +47 55 58 40 55 fax: +47 55 58 40 70 > roar.pettersen(a)it.uib.no - IT-Avd, UiB - http://www.uib.no

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Re: Problem with NAV 3.3.3 Machine Tracker
by Morten Brekkevold 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:36:45 +0100 "helder mendes" <helder.mendes.84(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am using one "test network" with few servers (WEB server, windows Server > 2003, SAMBA server), some computers and only ONE SWITCH (model: HP Procurve > J4900B Switch 2626). > > This Switch is suported by NAV 3.3.3 default installation, and has "RFC 826 > ARP". Using telnet access to the switch I can see the ARP table (mapping > MAC-IP), so I thought that NAV uses this information for mapping IP->MAC. The switch's ARP cache will only contain entries for addresses that are communicating directly with the switch on layer 3 (i.e. your workstation telnetting to the switch CLI). This information is mostly useless - NAV will only collect ARP caches from routers, which provides us with every active, routed IP address in your network (assuming you're using NAV to monitor all the routers in your network). > So, I need at least one router to search IP->MAC, and once I have the MAC I can > search is Switch/Module/Interface location. Correct :-) -- mvh Morten Brekkevold UNINETT P.S. I'm assuming you accidentally forgot to reply-to-all, so I'm Cc'ing the nav-users list.

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Problem with NAV 3.3.3 Machine Tracker
by Helder Vieira Mendes 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Hello, Helder Mendes from ISEP. I am using NAV 3.3.3 in Debian 4.0, but the Machine Tracker is not working well because if I do MAC Search NAV return´s the IP in the correct door / switch (by ARP table search), but if I search by IP does not return the MAC, does not return any thing ... The ARP tables are the same it should work ... Thanks for helpping. Helder Mendes, ISEP / IPP

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Migration from Subversion to Mercurial
by Morten Brekkevold 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

Hello everyone, Those of you who subscribe to the nav-dev list will already know that last week we migrated from Subversion to Mercurial as our version control software. Each official development branch now has its own repository at http://metanav.uninett.no/hg/ . The development branch named "default" represents what we called trunk in Subversion. If you have been using Subversion to get the latest development version, you should now use Mercurial, and clone the repository at http://metanav.uninett.no/hg/default/ . For more information about Mercurial, please see http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/ . Those of you who monitor NAV commit logs by subscribing to the nav-commit mailing list should now subscribe to the individual RSS or Atom feeds of the branch repositories at http://metanav.uninett.no/hg/ - the nav-commit mailing list will soon be taken offline. Have a great day! -- mvh Morten Brekkevold UNINETT

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NAV 3.3.3 AlertProfiles PHP Errorhandler
by Helder Vieira Mendes 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Hi, I have installed NAV 3.3.3 in Debian but the "Alert Profiles" return the two folowing errors when I try to "Edit alert service rules for a time period" ######################################### AlertProfiles PHP Errorhandler error AlertProfiles error-handler:Unkown error type: [2] pg_fetch_row() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given /var/www/nav/alertprofiles/databaseHandler.php on line [1969] ########################################## ############################################ AlertProfiles PHP Errorhandler error AlertProfiles error-handler:Unkown error type: [2] pg_exec() [function.pg-exec]: Query failed: ERROR: syntax error at end of input at character 40 /var/www/nav/alertprofiles/databaseHandler.php on line [1968] ################################################ In the place of this errors I should have all the equipment groups listed along with other things.

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Announcement: NAV 3.3.3 released
by Morten Brekkevold 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

NAV 3.3.3 is now available for download at SourceForge, see http://sourceforge.net/projects/nav :-) This is a bugfix release, the list of bugs fixed can be found in the attached changelog. The bugfixes require manual intervention, as there are two database trigger fixes, and a need to edit Cricket config. I've attached the relevant parts of the release notes to this announcement. If upgrading from other versions than 3.3.2, please refer to the complete release notes on Sourceforge or in the tarball. Binary packages for Debian will be available soon. The Debian package is maintained by Morten Werner Forsbring, on commission from UNINETT. -- mvh Morten Brekkevold UNINETT Upgrading from NAV 3.3.2 and earlier ==================================== NAV 3.3.2 and earlier had some serious bugs in database triggers, which would munge historic CAM and ARP data when IP devices or prefixes were deleted. To fix these bugs on upgrading to this version, you *must* remember to run the SQL script doc/sql/upgrade/3.3.0.sql (unless an automated package installer already did this for you). See doc/sql/README for more info on running SQL scripts. A bug in makecricketconfig would cause 32-bit traffic counters to be used for some non-Cisco devices, such as Juniper routers and switches. This would lead to serious errors in traffic graphs for interfaces with traffic over 500Mbit/s on these devices. The fixed makecricketconfig in NAV 3.3.3 also requires you to add the following three lines to the Defaults file in your top-level cricket configuration directory: targetType subv2-interface ds = "ifHCInOctets, ifHCOutOctets" view = "Octets: ifHCInOctets ifHCOutOctets" Upgrading from NAV 3.3.2 and earlier ==================================== NAV 3.3.2 and earlier had some serious bugs in database triggers, which would munge historic CAM and ARP data when IP devices or prefixes were deleted. To fix these bugs on upgrading to this version, you *must* remember to run the SQL script doc/sql/upgrade/3.3.0.sql (unless an automated package installer already did this for you). See doc/sql/README for more info on running SQL scripts. A bug in makecricketconfig would cause 32-bit traffic counters to be used for some non-Cisco devices, such as Juniper routers and switches. This would lead to serious errors in traffic graphs for interfaces with traffic over 500Mbit/s on these devices. The fixed makecricketconfig in NAV 3.3.3 also requires you to add the following three lines to the Defaults file in your top-level cricket configuration directory: targetType subv2-interface ds = "ifHCInOctets, ifHCOutOctets" view = "Octets: ifHCInOctets ifHCOutOctets"

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