[mrtg] How to Daemonize

[Steve Shipway]

> 1) on the mrtg startup scripts I've inserted a
> "CONFIG="/etc/mrtg/*.cfg" to "catch" all the cfg files.
>  If I do a "ps aux | grep mrtg" I see one single mrtg instance that
> (it seems) processes all the files.
>
> 2) I've create a master cfg files with "Include" directive and then
> modified the above  variable with "CONFIG="/etc/mrtg/master.cfg"
> As per the first solution I see the same "ps" output.
>
> The result is the same in both cases, only the first cfg file loaded
> is truly processed, the others rrd files remains untouched and nothing
> is draw...

Try doing it this way.

Create your master.cfg file, and have something like:

Forks: 10
RunAsDaemon: yes
Routers.cgi*Ignore: yes
Include: /etc/mrtg/device1.cfg
Include: /etc/mrtg/device2.cfg
# and so on, remember you cannot use wildcards in the Include

You should tune the Forks: statement to your system; higher values run quicker but use more CPU and memory, lower values may not finish within the 5-min window.  The Ignore line prevents routers2 from processing the file.

Remember you cannot use wildcards in an Include: statement.

Then, call MRTG with

mrtg /etc/mrtg/master.cfg

and all should be well.  You will not see the additional files on the command line, but you should see the files updating; you will get a number of threads corresponding to the Forks: setting.

Steve