Re: [Perfparse-users] Nagios and Perfparse integration problem

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Hi,

i'm not too familiar with nagios 2.X yet, so my answer may not be complet=
e.
You choosed to let nagios write the perfdata files. Tho avoid duplicates=20
in the database it was once necessary to restart nagios to write a new=20
logfile from time to time. This is what your cron-script shall do. But=20
this is no more necessary. perfparse can record the file position and=20
uses this to avoid duplicates.
You have switched it already on with:

Service_Log_Save_Position =3D "yes"
Service_Log_Position_Mark_Path =3D "/usr/local/nagios/var"

You just should do a logrotate whenever the file gets too big (once a=20
week?). The frequent nagios restarts worked if you just had some service=20
checks. If you have some hundreds, then nagios cannot schedule all=20
within two restarts. That's bad.
Nagios 2 also offers a cron like performancefile processing command:=20
With the parameters

service_perfdata_file_processing_interval=3D30
service_perfdata_file_processing_command=3Dprocess-service-perfdata

you can tell nagios to do something with ther performance data log=20
everey 30 Minutes. You have defined a command here. If this command just=20
runs perfparse-log2mysql with the right parameters it could be enough=20
already.

So in short: Disable that cronjob and do a periodic perfparse-log2mysql=20
via cron or nagios.

What i don't know is if the nagios internal format of the performance=20
data has changed from 1.X to 2.X. If yes, then it may not work and you=20
have to define a command to write your performance logs - see pp docs.

Flo

Roberto Raffo schrieb:
> Q: what method are you using? http://perfparse.sourceforge.net/docs.php
>=20
> A: I think the method used be the sequent:=20
> Nagios Invokes Perfparse
> Description:
> When you compile Nagios, don't specify --with-file-perfdata but --with-=
default-perfdata. Then create a Nagios command to run=20
>=20
> perfparse-log2mysql every time a log is generated.=20
>=20
> We defined a shell script wich read from a file and send a kill signal =
to nagios to reset its log. This is the content of the script executed in=
 crontab every 10 minutes: perfparse.sh
> ***********************************************************************=
**
> #!/bin/sh
> CONFIG_FILE=3D"/usr/local/nagios/etc/perfparse.cfg"
> PERFPARSE=3D"/usr/local/nagios/bin/perfparse-log2mysql"
> NAGIOS_LOCK_FILE=3D"/usr/local/nagios/var/nagios.lock"
>=20
> ERROR_LOG=3D`egrep "^Error_Log *=3D" ${CONFIG_FILE} | sed -e 's/^Error_=
Log *=3D *"\(.*\)".*$/\1/'` PERF_FILE=3D`egrep "^Service_Log *=3D" ${CONF=
IG_FILE} | sed -e 's/^Service_Log *=3D *"\(.*\)".*$/\1/'` TMP_ERR=3D/tmp/=
perfparse.err.$$
>=20
> if [ ! -f $ERROR_LOG ] ; then
>         echo Error_Log undefined in ${CONFIG_FILE}
>         echo Cannot continue
>         exit 1
> fi
>=20
> if [ ! -f $PERF_FILE ] ; then
>         exit
> fi
>=20
> if [ "x${NAGIOS_LOCK_FILE}" =3D "x" ] ; then
>         echo "No Nagios Lock file defined."
>         exit 1
> fi
>=20
> if [ ! -f $NAGIOS_LOCK_FILE ] ; then
>         NAGIOS_LOCK=3D
> else
>         NAGIOS_LOCK=3D`cat ${NAGIOS_LOCK_FILE}`
> fi
>=20
> # Run:
> mv ${PERF_FILE} ${PERF_FILE}1
> if [ "x$NAGIOS_LOCK" !=3D "x" ] ; then
>         kill -1 $NAGIOS_LOCK
> fi
> cat ${PERF_FILE}1 |${PERFPARSE} --serviceperf-log - -c ${CONFIG_FILE} 2=
> ${TMP_ERR} RETURN=3D$? rm ${PERF_FILE}1
>=20
> # Did run?
> case ${RETURN} in
> 0)
>         # Completed successfully.
>         if [ -f ${TMP_ERR} ] ; then cat ${TMP_ERR} >> ${ERROR_LOG} ; fi
>         ;;
> 120)
>         # Another copy running
>         if [ -f ${TMP_ERR} ] ; then cat ${TMP_ERR} >> ${ERROR_LOG} ; fi
>         ;;
> *)
>         # Error
>         # Let this be picked up by cron and emailed
>         # to default administrator
>         if [ -f ${TMP_ERR} ] ; then cat ${TMP_ERR} >> ${ERROR_LOG} ; fi
>         ;;
> esac
>=20
>=20
> if [ -f ${TMP_ERR} ] ; then rm ${TMP_ERR} 2> /dev/null ; fi
>=20
> exit
> ***********************************************************************=
**
>=20
>=20
> This is the pertinent content of the config file nagios.cfg=20
> ***********************************************************************=
**
> cfg_file=3D/usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios_perfparse.cfg
> xpdfile_host_perfdata_file=3D/usr/local/nagios/var/perfdata-host.log
> xpdfile_host_perfdata_template=3D$TIMET$\t$HOSTNAME$\t$OUTPUT$\t$PERFDA=
TA$
> xpdfile_service_perfdata_file=3D/usr/local/nagios/var/perfdata-service.=
log
> xpdfile_service_perfdata_template=3D$TIMET$\t$HOSTNAME$\t$SERVICEDESC$\=
t$OUTPUT$\t$SERVICESTATE$\t$PERFDATA$
>=20
> perfdata_timeout=3D5
> process_performance_data=3D1 host_perfdata_command=3Dprocess-host-perfd=
ata
> service_perfdata_command=3Dprocess-service-perfdata
> # host_perfdata_file=3D service_perfdata_file=3D/usr/local/nagios/var/p=
erfdata.log
> # host_perfdata_file_template=3D service_perfdata_file_template=3D$LAST=
SERVICECHECK$||$HOSTNAME$||$SERVICEDESC$||$SERVICEOUTPUT$||$SERVICESPERDA=
TA$
> # host_perfdata_file_mode=3D
> service_perfdata_file_mode=3Da
> # host_perfdata_file_processing_interval=3D
> service_perfdata_file_processing_interval=3D30
> # host_perfdata_file_processing_command=3D
> service_perfdata_file_processing_command=3Dprocess-service-perfdata
> *************************************
>=20
>=20
> And this is the content of the config file perfparse.cfg
> ***********************************************************************=
***
> Error_Log =3D "/usr/local/nagios/var/perfparse.log"
> Error_Log_Rotate =3D "yes"
> Error_Log_Keep_N_Days =3D "7"
> Drop_File =3D "/usr/local/nagios/var/perfparse.drop"
> Drop_File_Rotate =3D "yes"
> Drop_File_Keep_N_Days =3D "7"
> Server_Port =3D "1976"
> Service_Log =3D "/usr/local/nagios/var/perfdata-service.log"
> Service_Log_Save_Position =3D "yes" Service_Log_Position_Mark_Path =3D =
"/usr/local/nagios/var" Daemon_Lock =3D "/usr/local/nagios//var/perfparse=
d.lock"
> Daemonize =3D "no"
> Periodic_Cleanup =3D "yes"
> Periodic_Cleanup_Lock =3D "/usr/local/nagios//var/perfparsed_periodic_c=
leanup.lock"
> Periodic_Cleanup_Hour =3D "0230"
> Dummy_Hostname =3D "LinuxSAM"
> No_Raw_Data =3D "no"
> No_Bin_Data =3D "no"
> Storage_Modules_Dir =3D "/usr/local/nagios//lib" Storage_Modules_Load =3D=
 "mysql" Storage_Modules_Status_File =3D "/usr/local/nagios/var/storage_m=
odules.status"
>=20
> # Storage Module : mysql
> # =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> DB_User =3D "nagios"
> DB_Pass =3D ""
> DB_Name =3D "nagios"
> DB_Host =3D "LinuxSAM"
> ***********************************************************************=
**
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Q: how is your process-service-perfdata command defined?
>=20
> A: this is the content of the config file nagios_perfparse.cfg
> *************************************
> define command{
>         command_name    process-service-perfdata
>         command_line    /usr/local/nagios/bin/perfparse_nagios_command.=
pl /usr/local/nagios/var/perfdata-service.log "$TIMET$"=20
>=20
> "$HOSTNAME$" "$SERVICEDESC$" "$SERVICEOUTPUT$" "$SERVICESTATE$" "$SERVI=
CEPERFDATA$"
>         }
> define command{
>         command_name    process-host-perfdata
>         command_line    /usr/local/nagios/bin/perfparse_nagios_command.=
pl /usr/local/nagios/var/perfdata-host.log "$TIMET$"=20
>=20
> "$HOSTNAME$" "$HOSTOUTPUT$" "$HOSTPERFDATA$"
>         }
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> =20
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: per...@li... [mailto:perfparse-u=
sers-
>>> ad...@li...] On Behalf Of Florian Gleixner
>>> Sent: venerd=EC 12 maggio 2006 23.45
>>> To: per...@li...
>>> Subject: Re: [Perfparse-users] Nagios and Perfparse integration probl=
em
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> what method are you using?
>>> http://perfparse.sourceforge.net/docs.php
>>> how is your process-service-perfdata command defined?
>>>
>>> Flo
>>>
>>> Roberto Raffo schrieb:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi folks!
>>>>
>>>> We use Nagios to monitor approximately 120 hosts with a total of 400
>>>> checks.
>>>>
>>>> This worked fine but when we have installed perfparse many checks ap=
pear
>>>> to have problems.
>>>>
>>>> In some cases they are rescheduled without produce output. In other
>>>> cases they simply do not work without even be rescheduled.
>>>>
>>>> Only a few checks go on working correctly, but, after a few hours, a=
ll
>>>> the ckecks appear to stop working and rescheduling.
>>>>
>>>> The worse thing is that no error message is recorded on the event lo=
g.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Other informations:
>>>>
>>>> - We use Nagios 2.1 and Perfparse 0.105.6.
>>>>
>>>> - Perfparse is scheduled in crontab every 10 minutes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * Roberto Raffo  *
>>>>
>>>> Application & Service Providing
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Via Galbani, n=B0 55 00156 - Roma
>>>>
>>>> rob...@en...
>>>>
>>>> www.enterpriseda.com <http://www.enterpriseda.com/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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