[mrtg] Re: Newbie question
Alex van den Bogaerdt
alex at ergens.op.het.net
Sun Sep 15 12:13:57 MEST 2002
On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 08:32:13PM -0700, jo smith wrote:
> I've read the docs about MRTG. I've got it compiled.
> I would like to use nagios output as a front-end to
> MRTG. How can I configure MRTG to take nagios data
> as input? I've never used MRTG before, so please be
> gentle. Thanks.
Right. What is nagios ? (don't answer that)
As with *any* data source: just read the documentation and
follow the instructions. Depending on the data available
and the way it is made available, you can define your target.
You need to read reference.{txt|html} and look at the target
section included therein. If that doesn't help and you need
help on a specific item, just ask again.
Hint:
Q:Nagios delivers output in text format: "delivered 123 letters"
How do I program MRTG to take this as input?
I would have answered:
A:Use the external program interface and call nagios from a
wrapper that removes the text. For example:
Target[nagios]: `/path/to/nagios parameters | cut -f2`
but even then I probably would have told you to RTFM.
HTH
Alex
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