[hobbit] Custom graphs: RRD database won't populate

[Stef Coene]

On Wednesday 30 May 2007, Haertig, David F (Dave) wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, I've already been through that
> documentation over and over.
>
> But I think I stumbled onto the answer by just blindly guessing and
> changing things around.
>
> I changed my custom script to send in "green" status messages rather
> than "clear", and what do you know, an RRD datafile was created.
>
> My custom script was sending in data with an indication of "clear".
> This is what I normally use for tests I'm working on that are sending
> data, but I haven't applied any red/yellow condition checking yet.
> i.e., This is my way of saying "Here's some raw data to view on a web
> page, but without any interpretation applied to it yet".  I can't
> remember what the original intent of "clear" was, I stole that color for
> my own use years ago when I started with Big Brother.  I imagine Hobbit
> was applying the original meaning of "clear", whatever it was, and
> therefore not moving the data to an RRD file.    Maybe this hobbit
> operation is by design, and that's fine with me, ... it would be nice if
> the documentation on how to create custom graphs mentioned it however.
You are only allowed to send red/yellow/green as status.  The other colors 
are "internal" to hobbit.


Stef