[Perfparse-users] Problems Installing Perfparse Daemon Server

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Hello,

I've recently compiled nagios 2 and perfparse 0.105.6.  I've two Debian
sarge machines - perfparsemaster and perfparse1.  The machine named
perfparsemaster is running an instance of mysql5 and perfparsed.  The
machine I'm calling perfparse1 is running nagios2, perfparse-log2socket,
and mysql5.

Here's the perfparse configure line:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/nagios
- --with-imagedir=/usr/local/nagios/share/images/
- --with-cgidir=/usr/local/nagios/sbin --with-http_image_path=/nagios/images

perfparsed starts up on perfparsemaster without any errors and binds to
port 1976 as the configuration specifies.  However, whenever I try to
connect to port 1976, perfparsed dies.

I've tried connecting via perfparse-log2socket from perfparse1, via
telnet from perfparse1, and via telnet from perfparsemaster.  In all
cases, the daemon simply dies.

perfparse-log2socket produces the following messages in its log:
2006/03/15 22:48:55 [   storage.c:95    27894 ] storage_socket_output
module successfully loaded

perfparsed doesn't generate any log entries before it dies.

an strace of perfparsed (on perfparsemaster) during a connection attempt
generates the following:

perfparsemaster:/usr/local/nagios# strace -fp 17445
Process 17445 attached - interrupt to quit
select(6, [5], NULL, NULL, {0, 770000}) = 0 (Timeout)
utime("/usr/local/nagios/var/storage_modules.status", NULL) = 0
waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG)              = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
select(6, [5], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})      = 0 (Timeout)
utime("/usr/local/nagios/var/storage_modules.status", NULL) = 0
waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG)              = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
select(6, [5], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})      = 0 (Timeout)
utime("/usr/local/nagios/var/storage_modules.status", NULL) = 0
waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG)              = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
select(6, [5], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})      = 0 (Timeout)
utime("/usr/local/nagios/var/storage_modules.status", NULL) = 0
waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG)              = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
select(6, [5], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})      = 0 (Timeout)
utime("/usr/local/nagios/var/storage_modules.status", NULL) = 0
waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG)              = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
select(6, [5], NULL, NULL, {1, 0})      = 1 (in [5], left {0, 680000})
accept(5, 0, NULL)                      = 6
fcntl64(6, F_GETFL)                     = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR)
fcntl64(6, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)  = 0
write(5, "Hello", 5)                    = -1 EPIPE (Broken pipe)
- --- SIGPIPE (Broken pipe) @ 0 (0) ---
Process 17445 detached

Here's the running config for perfparsed:
perfparsemaster:/usr/local/nagios# ./bin/perfparsed -c etc/perfparse.cfg
 --show_config
Perfparsed [options]

# File where Perfparse logs messages
# Error_Log = "string"
Error_Log = "/var/log/perfparse.log"

# Rotate Perfparse log files
# Error_Log_Rotate = "Y/N"
Error_Log_Rotate = "Yes"

# Keep N days of error log. Compress recent logs and remove too old ones
# Error_Log_Keep_N_Days = "value"
Error_Log_Keep_N_Days = "7"

# When perfparse cannot parse a line, it drops it to that file
# Drop_File = "string"
Drop_File = "/tmp/perfparse.drop"

#
# Drop_File_Rotate = "Y/N"
Drop_File_Rotate = "Yes"

# Keep N days of drop file log. Compress recent logs and remove too old ones
# Drop_File_Keep_N_Days = "value"
Drop_File_Keep_N_Days = "7"

# Port for perfparsed server
# Put 0 or "" to disable the server
# Server_Port = "value"
Server_Port = "1976"

# Log source from nagios (or other tools) that perfparse will scan
# Authorized values: a file name, '-' for stdin, '|' for a fifo and '>'
for a host:port socket
# For sockets, a command 'history' will be sent before retreiving the data
# Service_Log = "string"
Service_Log = ""

# Save the read position in the nagios log file ? If yes, perfparse will
start from that position instead of from the beginning
# Service_Log_Save_Position = "Y/N"
Service_Log_Save_Position = "yes"

# Path for files containing the read position for nagios log files
# Service_Log_Position_Mark_Path = "string"
Service_Log_Position_Mark_Path = ""

# Lock file for perfparsed
# Daemon_Lock = "string"
Daemon_Lock = "/usr/local/nagios/var/perfparsed.lock"

# Run perfparsed as a daemon
# Daemonize = "Y/N"
Daemonize = "yes"

# Perform some periodic cleanup every day
# Periodic_Cleanup = "Y/N"
Periodic_Cleanup = "no"

# Lock file for perfparsed periodic cleanup process
# Periodic_Cleanup_Lock = "string"
Periodic_Cleanup_Lock =
"/usr/local/nagios/var/perfparsed_periodic_cleanup.lock"
# Perform some periodic cleanup every day at HHMM
# Periodic_Cleanup_Hour = "value"
Periodic_Cleanup_Hour = "0230"

# Dummy hostname if gethostname() does not work
# Dummy_Hostname = "string"
Dummy_Hostname = "dummy"

# Don't store raw data
# No_Raw_Data = "Y/N"
No_Raw_Data = "no"

# Don't store bin data
# No_Bin_Data = "Y/N"
No_Bin_Data = "no"

# Path where storage modules are
# Storage_Modules_Dir = "string"
Storage_Modules_Dir = "/usr/local/nagios/lib"

# Modules to load (Coma separated values)
# Storage_Modules_Load = "string"
Storage_Modules_Load = "mysql"

# File to contain Storage Modules Status
# Storage_Modules_Status_File = "string"
Storage_Modules_Status_File = "/usr/local/nagios/var/storage_modules.status"

# Storage Module : mysql
# ==============================

# Database user
# DB_User = "string"
DB_User = "OBFUSCATED"

# Database password
# DB_Pass = "string"
DB_Pass = "OBFUSCATED"

# Database name
# DB_Name = "string"
DB_Name = "perfparse"

# Database hostname
# DB_Host = "string"
DB_Host = "127.0.0.1"

Unfortunately, the "Broken Pipe" in the strace doesn't seem particularly
informative - I would expect it could be related to any number of
problems, depending on precisely what perfparsed does when a connection
is initially opened.  Google's not been particularly helpful in this
regard, and I've not been able to find anything pertinent in the
archives or the wiki.

I have difficulty believing this has anything to do with the client  and
I can't think of any way that the server's configuration would result in
such a symptom.  Before I fall back to my act-of-desperation option
(replicating the whole configuration from scratch on a different
platform) I thought I'd ask if A)anyone's seen behavior like this, B)
I've completely missed some key documentation, and C) anyone has
additional suggestions for how I could proceed.

Thanks for your time,
- --
Omar Buhidma

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