[mrtg] adding second device not generating data - advice needed

Lyle Giese lyle at lcrcomputer.net
Wed Jan 6 02:41:27 CET 2010 

Emily wrote:
> Hello, I have added a 2nd device to my mrtg but it's not capturing any
> data :-(  I'm pretty to new to linux and just started working with mrtg
>  
> so on my index page, I have 6 graphs, 3 from one router (which are
> showing nice traffic - 65.205.26.196) and 3 from newly added router
> (65.205.26.197)which has no traffic showing.
> I am running Fedora 9, mrtg-2...I stopped mrtg and restarted it and I
> stopped & started httpd
>  
> these are my commands... any help would be greatly appreciated.
>  
> [root at dns mrtg]# cd /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin
> [root at dns bin]# ./cfgmaker --output=/home/mrtg/cfg/rtr2.cfg \
> > --global "workdir: /var/www/html" \
> > --global 'options[_]: growright,bits' \
> > public at 65.205.26.197 <mailto:public at 65.205.26.197>

> [root at dns bin]# env LANG=C ./mrtg /home/mrtg/cfg/mrtg.cfg
> /home/mrtg/cfg/rtr2.cfg

> Daemonizing MRTG ...
> [root at dns bin]# pwd
> /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin
> [root at dns bin]# ./indexmaker --output=/var/www/html/index.html \
> > /home/mrtg/cfg/mrtg.cfg /home/mrtg/cfg/rtr2.cfg
> [root at dns bin]#
> [root at dns html]# cd /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin
> [root at dns bin]# env LANG=C ./mrtg /home/mrtg/cfg/rtr2.cfg
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup
> could not read the primary log file for 65.205.26.197_3
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup The
> backup log file for 65.205.26.197_3 was invalid as well
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup
> Can't remove 65.205.26.197_3.old updating log file
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup
> Can't rename 65.205.26.197_3.log to 65.205.26.197_3.old updating log file
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup
> could not read the primary log file for 65.205.26.197_5
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup The
> backup log file for 65.205.26.197_5 was invalid as well
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup
> Can't remove 65.205.26.197_5.old updating log file
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup
> Can't rename 65.205.26.197_5.log to 65.205.26.197_5.old updating log file
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup
> could not read the primary log file for 65.205.26.197_6
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup The
> backup log file for 65.205.26.197_6 was invalid as well
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup
> Can't remove 65.205.26.197_6.old updating log file
> 2010-01-05 09:39:22, Rateup WARNING: /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/rateup
> Can't rename 65.205.26.197_6.log to 65.205.26.197_6.old updating log file
> [root at dns bin]# cd /var/www/html
> [root at dns html]# ls -lat
> total 752
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  4096 2010-01-05 09:39 .
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2125 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.196_3-day.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6800 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.196_3.html
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58701 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.196_3.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4390 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.196_5-day.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6903 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.196_5.html
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71755 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.196_5.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2398 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.196_6-day.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6859 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.196_6.html
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67985 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.196_6.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2925 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.196_6-week.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1414 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_3-day.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6508 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_3.html
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48179 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_3.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1345 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_3-month.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1380 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_3-week.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1674 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_3-year.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1414 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_5-day.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6456 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_5.html
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48178 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_5.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1345 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_5-month.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1380 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_5-week.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1674 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_5-year.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1414 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_6-day.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6456 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_6.html
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48177 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_6.log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1345 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_6-month.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1380 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_6-week.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1674 2010-01-05 09:39 65.205.26.197_6-year.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3972 2010-01-05 09:35 index.html
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58701 2010-01-05 09:34 65.205.26.196_3.old
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71755 2010-01-05 09:34 65.205.26.196_5.old
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67985 2010-01-05 09:34 65.205.26.196_6.old
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2010-01-05 09:29 mrtg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2439 2010-01-05 09:21 65.205.26.196_3-week.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4741 2010-01-05 09:21 65.205.26.196_5-week.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3397 2010-01-05 09:21 65.205.26.196_6-month.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2748 2010-01-05 08:46 65.205.26.196_3-month.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4146 2010-01-05 08:01 65.205.26.196_5-month.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2052 2010-01-04 10:14 65.205.26.196_3-year.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2273 2010-01-04 10:14 65.205.26.196_5-year.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2119 2010-01-04 10:14 65.205.26.196_6-year.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   538 2009-12-15 10:00 mrtg-l.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   414 2009-12-15 10:00 mrtg-m.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1759 2009-12-15 10:00 mrtg-r.png
> drwxr-xr-x 8 root root  4096 2009-12-14 15:01 ..
> [root at dns html]#
> EnableIPv6: no
> WorkDir: /var/www/html
> Options[_]: bits,growright
> RunasDaemon: Yes
> ######################################################################
> # System: Core-RTR1-MiddleT.experis.com
> <http://Core-RTR1-MiddleT.experis.com>
> [root at dns cfg]# vi rtr2.cfg
> [root at dns cfg]#
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[root at dns bin]# env LANG=C ./mrtg /home/mrtg/cfg/mrtg.cfg
/home/mrtg/cfg/rtr2.cfg

I think this line is the problem.  Instead of two config files on the
command line, add this to mrtg.cfg

Include: /home/mrtg/cfg/rtr2.cfg

Then change the above line to:

[root at dns bin]# env LANG=C ./mrtg /home/mrtg/cfg/mrtg.cfg

And I agree with the other answer, drop rateup and go to rrdtool with
routers2 frontend.  You get a lot more flexability and horsepower out of
your system.  It will be hugely more expandable running rrdtool than
with the native db and rateup.

Lyle Giese
LCR Computer Services, Inc.

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