> Hi, > > I'm setting up collectd for the first time and am having problems > getting data on a central server. To narrow the problem down and test I > only have the logfile, syslog, csv, memory, network and rrdtool plugins > enabled. > > The central server, server1, has the following config; > > <Plugin network> > <Listen "server1.domain.tld" "25826"> > SecurityLevel "Sign" > AuthFile "/etc/collectd/passwd" > Interface "venet0" > </Listen> > </Plugin> > What write plugin do you have enabled on the server?
> The 'clients' have the following; > > <Plugin network> > <Server "server1.domain.tld" "25826"> > SecurityLevel "Sign" > Username "username" > Password "password" > </Server> > </Plugin> > Try getting it to work without authentication first. Did you compile collectd against libgcrypt? If not the signing feature may not work. > I have logging set to 'notice' and nothing is being reported. When I run > a tcp dump with tcpdump -i venet0 -p -s 1500 udp port 25826 I can see > that the clients are connecting; > Try setting loglevel to 'debug'. > 17:06:19.760249 IP server3.domain.tld.38890> server1.domain.tld.25826: > UDP, length 1386 > 17:06:30.395712 IP server2.domain.tld.49709> server1.domain.tld.25826: > UDP, length 1379 > 17:15:19.755512 IP server3.domain.tld.38890> server1.domain.tld.25826: > UDP, length 1366 > 17:15:30.376233 IP server2.domain.tld.49709> server1.domain.tld.25826: > UDP, length 1377 > 17:24:19.753587 IP server3.domain.tld.38890> server1.domain.tld.25826: > UDP, length 1393 > 17:24:30.372344 IP server2.domain.tld.49709> server1.domain.tld.25826: > UDP, length 1382 Do these packets contain any collectd metrics in the payload of the UDP packets? > > I have the csv tool logging to /tmp/collectd to test. When I look in > /tmp/collectd on the central server there is no data for the other > servers? /var/lib/collectd/rrd/ also doesn't contain any data for the > clients. > > Where is the data being stored and how can I debug this further? I am > using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. You must have a write plugin enabled. Which is it? That plugin's config will determine where the data is being stored. > > Sorry new to all of this so I might be overlooking something obvious. I > have google'd to no avail. > Giovanni _______________________________________________ collectd mailing list collectd@verplant.org http://mailman.verplant.org/listinfo/collectd