[mrtg] Re: Can mrtg just read from file instead of SNMP?

[Stieers, Ken]

Clint, 

Yes, MRTG polls the routers for data, passes that data to rateup and RATEUP
builds the log files.  If you want to build your own log files the format is
in the /doc directory in a file called logfile-format.txt.  Then you'll need
to figure out how to call rateup again so that it builds the gifs.  There
may be info on how to do this hidden in something in the contrib directory.


HTH, 

Ken 

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Ken Stieers
Lan Administrator
Dain Rauscher Information Services


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clint Alexander [mailto:Clint.Alexander at corp.ptd.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 8:25 AM
> To: mrtg-l (E-mail)
> Subject: [mrtg] Re: Can mrtg just read from file instead of SNMP?
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, I'm aware that cfgmaker --vendor community at router > mrtg.cfg
> will give u a proper config file. You run ./mrtg mrtg.cfg  afterward.
> However, I mean, when ./mrtg mrtg.cfg runs, does it not query 
> the routers
> again to pull down stats, and build the log files for rateup?
> This is what we want to make on our own.
> 
>  
> > MRTG reads its cfg file fromt the disk.  CFGmaker will make 
> > that cfg file by
> > pulling data from the router you want to monitor.  You can 
> > write your own
> > cfg files as long as you do it in the proper format. 
> > 
> > I'm not sure what you mean by a command switch as MRTG only 
> takes one
> > parameter, the cfg file. 
> > 
> > HTH, 
> > 
> > Ken 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Clint Alexander [mailto:Clint.Alexander at corp.ptd.net]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 8:09 AM
> > > To: 'MRTG List'
> > > Subject: [mrtg] Can mrtg just read from file instead of SNMP?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Curious...
> > > Can you configure mrtg to read configurations from a file, 
> > instead of
> > > querying the router via snmp?
> > > I keep hearing there is a command switch that mrtg uses, but 
> > > I can't seem to
> > > find it.
> > > Does anyone know of this ?
> > >  
> > > Thanks In Advance.
> > >  
> > > 
> > > ------------------------------------------- 
> > > Clint Alexander 
> > > clinta at corp.ptd.net 
> > > PenTeleData Engineering Dept. 
> > > 
> > > [- Over-Estimate everything, and nothing will surprise you -] 
> > >                                                               
> > >               
> > >              -HV 
> > > 
> > >  
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