Hi Alex You are correct - it should be /var/lib/ganglia/ec2.conf or maybe even /tmp/ganglia?
Also If the data does not need to persist between reboots then it could be /dev/shm/ganglia/ec2.conf... Regards -- Paul Hewlett X25250 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/25/rbs_natwest_what_went_wrong/ ARM Ltd 110 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge, CB1 9NJ Tel: +44 (0)1223 405923 skype: paul-at-arm www.arm.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Dean [mailto:a...@crackpot.org] > Sent: 12 October 2012 15:56 > To: ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Ganglia-developers] dynamic discovery of hosts in EC2 > > > On Oct 10, 2012, at 7:38 AM, Paul Hewlett wrote: > > > > > Hi Nick > > > > Modify gmond to write a special file /etc/ganglia/ec2.conf with the > discovered instances and then modify gmetric to read that file - using a > cmdline option perhaps > > This change should be lightweight enough for gmetric > > I haven't looked at this code specifically, but just a general > suggestion: A process shouldn't typically be able to write to files in > /etc. Any data that gmond needs to write out should probably go > somewhere in /var. > > alex > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly > what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app > Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Ganglia-developers mailing list > Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
