[hobbit] "ports" RRD graph not showing up

[Gary B.]

Oh yeah... That makes sense...
I upgraded from an earlier version of Hobbit on the server that didn't
support the new PORTS monitoring tests.  So, hobbitserver.cfg didn't
include the appropriate entries for TEST2RRD and GRAPHS...  I added
that, and what do you know, it's working now ;-)

> I removed the HOST= trailing tags on the PORT tests.  I also insert ()
> between % and $ as suggested.  Still no graph.  But the RRD files
> *are* being generated.  They just aren't being displayed on the page.
> Is there any other file that I need to modify?  hobbitgraph.cfg?
>
>
> > just for testing, could you remove the HOST= part of it ? Did you insert ()
> > between % and $?
> >
> >
> > On 8/31/06, Gary B. < gmbfly98 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Not there either
> > >
> > > On 8/31/06, Jerry Yu < jjj863 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > what about the 'trends' column?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 8/31/06, Gary B. <gmbfly98 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > did you wait enough cycles? could you check if there's RRD actually
> > > > > > generated for the host under /var/lib/hobbit/rrd/ ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, I've waited enough cycles, but the graph still isn't showing up.
> > > > > Meanwhile, several other changes I've made have shown up.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, the RRD files have actually been generated.  They just don't want
> > > > > to show up on the "ports" page for this host...  It's time for lunch,
> > > > > so I'll check when I get back - maybe it'll work if I don't stare at
> > > > > it, like that pot of boiling water ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 8/31/06, Gary B. < gmbfly98 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > oh, you are using it under a wild-card (or multi-host) HOST=
> > section
> > > > > > thus
> > > > > > > > you want to limit the test to apply to that HOST alone. makes
> > sense
> > > > > > then.
> > > > > > > > I think the missing () is somewhat important too. If I recall
> > > > correctly,
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > didn't have much sucess until I inserted () myself.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hmm.  The actual tests seem to be working correctly, but the RRD
> > graph
> > > > > > > just isn't showing up...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 8/31/06, Gary B. < gmbfly98 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >  > I don't use HOST= in my working PORT tracking. I agree with
> > Greg
> > > > on
> > > > > > doing
> > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > via the RegExp itself.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The problem with that is, it will perform the PORT test on all
> > of
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > machines under the HOST= section the test is under.  I don't
> > want
> > > > > > > > this, as only one of the machines actually has the ports
> > running.  I
> > > > > > > > haven't had a problem using HOST= in this manner before, and
> > it's
> > > > > > > > described in the "rules to select hosts" section in the manpage
> > for
> > > > > > > > hobbit-clients.cfg
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > minor thing: not so sure TRACK= can take all numeric or not.
> > > > > > > > > I believe your RegExp needs (). Mine goes like below. I have
> > PORT
> > > > > > column
> > > > > > > > > show and alerts generated, plus RRD graph for counting of
> > > > TIME_WAIT
> > > > > > > > > connections to
> > > > > > > > >  PORT LOCAL=%([.:]3306)$ STATE=TIME_WAIT MIN=0 MAX=10000
> > > > COL=yellow
> > > > > > > > > TRACK=db_TimeWait TEXT=db_TimeWait
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I was wondering that myself.  I'll try changing to TRACK= to be
> > > > > > > > character-based and see if that helps.
> > > > > > > >
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