[mrtg] Re: running mrtg against multiple devices from one .cfg fi le

[Rippe, Mark (CCI-Warwick)]

i'm sure that there are more ways to do this but;
both method-1 and method-2 have worked for me. i currently use method-2
because my systems are constantly changing. i find small .cfg files easier
to manage.

method-1

use this command line to append devices to the mrtg.cfg file

      ./cfgmaker ( options, device, etc )  >>mrtg.cfg < or whatever your
.cfg file is named

============================================================================
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method-2

make a file called run_mrtg.sh
see sample below

---- snip ----

#! /bin/sh

cd /usr/local/mrtg-2.9.4/bin

./mrtg /usr/local/mrtg-2.9.4/www/system1.cfg # list all of your .cfg files
here
./mrtg /usr/local/mrtg-2.9.4/www/system2.cfg
./mrtg /usr/local/mrtg-2.9.4/www/system3.cfg
./mrtg /usr/local/mrtg-2.9.4/www/system4.cfg
./mrtg /usr/local/mrtg-2.9.4/www/system5.cfg

---- snip ----

then 

The crontab entry for five min intervals is:

---- sip ----

0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * *
/usr/local/mrtg-2.9.4/bin/run_mrtg.sh

---- snip ----


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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	MALCOLM DOWN -1851 [SMTP:down.malcolm at abc.net.au]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 28, 2000 10:54 PM
> To:	mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject:	[mrtg] running mrtg against multiple devices from one .cfg
> file
> 
> 
> Hi I'm quite new to MRTG and have been learning more each day.
> 
> I would like to run a single instance of MRTG to monitor ports on multiple
> devices on our network. At the moment I'm doing this by running multiple
> instances of MRTG, each against its own .cfg file.
> 
> Is there any way of getting a single .cfg file to call multiple .cfg files
> for
> the actual devices?
> 
> I vaguely remember something about an 'include' function but can't find
> any
> doc's on it.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Mal Down
> Network Engineer
> Information Technology Services
> Australian Broadcasting Corporation Pty Ltd
> 
> Email:   down.malcolm at abc.net.au
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