Re: [Perfparse-users] perfparse method 4

[Yves <yme...@pe...>]

> Yves wrote:
>> If you run nagios without perfparsed, nagios should create a file call=
ed PERFDATA. And
>> that file is a plain text file.
>
> You mean - before perfparsed? Documentation doesn't speak anything abou=
t
>   perfparsed in method 4...

I mean : without perfparsed :)

>
>> Now, remove that file. And in the perfparse.cfg config, set Service_Lo=
g as
>> "|PERFDATA".
>> Don't create that file yourself.
>> Then run perfparsed : it will create that file as a FIFO (eg: a named =
pipe). Run
>> nagios
>> and nagios will output the data in the fifo.
>
> When I run perfparsed, I get log named perfparse.log.20041214.log:
>
> 2004/12/14 17:48:06 [perfparsed.c:171   3680  ] No module was loaded.
> Check the Storage_Module_Load config option.
>
> I couldn't find anything about storage modul loading and method 4 in
> documentation.
> And it doesn't create pipe.

To improve the FAQ, tell me where you would search for it in
http://wiki.perfparse.org/tiki-list_faqs.php

Then, have a look on that answer (the question needs some rewriting :)
http://wiki.perfparse.org/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=3D7#q12

>
>> I also noticed that if your command *appends* data to the pipe, it doe=
s not work for
>> me.
>> WRONG : echo data >> pipe
>> OK    : echo data > pipe
>>
>> Other questions ? :)
>
> Yes, what *my* command?
>
> I have in perfparse.cfg line.
> Service_Log =3D                "|/var/log/nagios/perfdata-service.log"
>
> and in nagios_perfparse.cfg the following lines:
> define command{
>          command_name    process-service-perfdata
>          command_line    /usr/local/bin/perfparse_nagios_pipe_command.p=
l
> /var/log/nagios/perfdata-service.log "$TIMET$" "$HOSTNAME$"
> "$SERVICEDESC$" "$OUTPUT$" "$SERVICESTATE$" "$PERFDATA$"
>          }

This is correct.

>
> define command{
>          command_name    process-host-perfdata
>          command_line    /usr/local/bin/perfparse_nagios_pipe_command.p=
l
> /var/log/nagios/perfdata-host.log "$TIMET$" "$HOSTNAME$" "$OUTPUT$"
> "$PERFDATA$"
>          }
>
> Its still not working for me.

I have an idea...
What version of nagios are you using ? Let me guess : 1.2 :)
If you are using 1.2, how did you compile nagios ?
Compile with --with-default-perfdata and it should work better.
With --with-file-perfdata, it will not work
With both --with-default-perfdata and --with-file-perfdata I notice that =
it will not
work (is this a bug in nagios ?)

This is documented for methods 2 and 3, and also true for method 4.
I'm updating the doc (development version only today).

When you find a good answer that is not in the FAQ, could you reformulate=
 your question
? If you have time, could you also write it in the FAQ (it's a wiki) ?

Yves
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