[mrtg] How to monitor ipsec vpn in mrtg

[Stuart J. Browne]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amos Shapira
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:56 PM
> To: mrtg at lists.oetiker.ch
> Subject: Re: [mrtg] How to monitor ipsec vpn in mrtg
> 
> On 30/03/07, Craig Metzer <ucantspamthis at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > What I do is write a script to walk the Tunnel Index:
> > 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.171.1.2.3.1.1 and then loop through all the 
> instances to
> > build the respective graphs for whichever measurement you 
> want to make.  You
> > can do all that in the host template.
> 
> Hi Craig,
> 
> About that "host template" that you mention - could you elaborate
> about this? (format, documentation, how-to's, whatever)?
> 
> I've been looking for template solutions for MRTG and so far came up
> with nothing.

Look at 'cfgmaker --host-template <templatefile>'.

We use them extensivly here.. Simply put, they allow you to do custom
actions for every host to generate a more dynamic mrtg configuration.

bkx