[Xymon] Installing RetDS for bind statistics graphing

[Josh Luthman]

The log was empty...I think the log dir variable was wrong somehow.

Now that there is a log:
Can't locate Time/Piece.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at
/home/USERHIDDEN/server/ext/retds.pl line 58.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/USERHIDDEN/server/ext/retds.pl
line 58.

Whoops.  Installed (CentOS) with
$yum install perl-Time-Piece


Josh Luthman
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 3:34 AM, W.J.M. Nelis <Wim.Nelis at nlr.nl> wrote:

>
> The script itself doesn't have SSH commands to my knowledge.  The one SSH
> command is in hosts.cfg and that's just to pull named.stats.
>
> Correct. The script takes the command as specified, replaces the the
> substitutable parameters by their values, executes the resulting command
> and catches the resulting standard output.
>
> I did test this in (Xymon user)'s shell, it worked as expected.  I could
> also grab the named.stats file.
>
> So, manually it works but when invoked from the script it does not? Are
> there any messages in the logfile?
>
> Regards,
>   Wim Nelis.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 4:41 PM, William Pechter <pechter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Josh Luthman wrote:
>>
>>> https://wiki.xymonton.org/doku.php/monitors:retds
>>>
>>> Has anyone installed this recently?  I went through the instructions but
>>> I think my first snag is the lack of SSH to grab the named.stats file.
>>> Watching tcpdump on the client I get no 22/tcp traffic from the Xymon
>>> server.
>>>
>>> My host entry (IP host and user changed):
>>> 192.168.1.100 foobar.imaginenetworksllc.com <
>>> http://foobar.imaginenetworksllc.com> # dns RNAMED:"cmd(ssh -T username@%{H}
>>> 2>/dev/null),statsfile(named.stats)" TRENDS:*,bindstats
>>>
>>> I do have an SSH trust but it's not getting that far, Xymon isn't
>>> attempting to SSH at all.
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>
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>>
>> First thought is to try to do the ssh command in the scripts manually as
>> the Xymon user and see if it's wanting to update the known_hosts or
>> waiting for someone to accept the remote key... etc.
>>
>> I know it's kind of an obvious thing and you might have checked it but
>> I've seen fun with ssh scripts like that which timeout waiting for user
>> intervention.
>> After a manual run it's good to go for the rest of the life or until
>> modified.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> --
>> Digital had it then. Don't you wish you could buy it now!
>> pechter-at-gmail.com http://xkcd.com/705/
>>
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