What is BBWin ?

BBWin is an open source client for Windows working with BigBrother or Hobbit monitoring software. This project is currently in active development.

Where can I get BBWin ?

BBWin 0.11 is available on the sourceforge project page.

Using BBWin with Hobbit Centralized mode

To use the centralized hobbit mode of BBWin, you have to follow the following steps : You should use at least BBWin 0.11 or upper

With Hobbit stable release (4.2)

• Get the hobbit stable release on Hobbit download webpage
• Apply the all-in-one patch
• Get the bbwin patch for hobbit
• Apply the bbwin patch using GNU patch. "cd" to the hobbit-4.2.0 directory, then run "patch -p0 <bbwin_4.2.patch".
• Build and install hobbit as usual

With Hobbit snapshot release (4.3)

• Get the lastest hobbit snapshot release on Hobbit download webpage (The BBWin handle for centralized mode is included in hobbit sources)

Configure BBWin for the centralized mode

<!-- bbwin mode local or central -->
<setting name="mode" value="central" />
<setting name="configclass" value="win32" />

Example of hobbit-clients.cfg for Windows usage

HOST=%win.* #Your windows hosts
        LOAD 80 90 # Load threholds are in %
        DISK D 50 55 # Can be harddrive or mount points
        DISK InetPub 30 35
        MEMPHYS 90 101
        MEMSWAP 90 95
        MEMACT  90 97
        PORT "LOCAL=%([.:]80)$" state=LISTENING TEXT=http
        PROC BBWin.exe 1 1
        PROC svchost.exe 3 4
        LOG %.*  %.*error.* COLOR=yellow

Where can I get some help setting it up?

Help is available on the BBWin mailing list, bbwin-users@lists.sourceforge.net, or on the the project forums on the SourceForge project site.