Eric Aiken wrote:
> Hi Gerd
>
> Hi Gerd
>
> I'm struggling with the "undocumented" interface-file feature. I have the
> same gaps problem. I've implemented your suggestions, but I'm confused about
> how the data get's converted into rrd's.
>
> with the pipe's version my command.cfg contained
> define command{
> command_name process-service-perfdata
> command_line /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/contrib/fifo_write.pl
> /var/log/nagios/rw/ngraph.pipe '$HOSTNAME$ $SERVICEDESC$
> $SERVICEOUTPUT$ $SERVICEPERFDATA$' 3
> }
> This passed the data into the pipe where the collect2.pl was watching and
> converted the data in rrd's
>
> with the file version, I removed that definition and replaced it with:
>
> define command{
> command_name process-service-perfdata-file
> command_line mv /usr/local/nagios/var/service-perfdata
> /usr/local/nagios/var/service-perfdata.$TIMET$
> }
>
> Now Nagios sends the data to service-prefdata, which is mv'd to a timestamped
> file periodically.
>
> How is the data supposed to get converted into rrd's now? How does the
> collect2.pl daemon know when to process the files? As it is now, no rrd
> files are generated. collect2.pl is running, nagios is sending the data to
> /dev/shm/service-perfdata and then they are moved to
> /dev/shm/service-perfdata.<stamp>.
The collect2.pl picks up the timestamped files,
processes them and deletes them. Provided that
the NagiosGrapher configuration file, i.e
/etc/nagios/ngraph.ncfg or something similar,
has the correct (file) settings.
As I said earlier, following Gerds instructions
to the letter worked just fine for me.
/L
> my fifo version worked, it just had gaps.
>
>
> thanks for your help
>
> - Eric Aiken (Eric.Aiken)
>
> - Eric Aiken (Eric.Aiken)
>
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