[rrd-users] rrdcached + MRTG

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi José,

Today José Luis Megías Martín wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to run 'rrdcached + MRTG', but I'm not sure if the following steps are ok:
>
> I set RRDCACHED_ADDRESS environment variable:
>   export  RRDCACHED_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1
>
> I run rrdcached as:
>   rrdcached -l 127.0.0.1 <some typical params>
>
> but when I run mrtg, I get this error message:
>   ERROR: Cannot update file.rrd with '1257937902:14296586674:19866901102' The "RRDCACHED_ADDRESS" environment variable is defined, but "dummy" cannot work with rrdcached. Either unset the environment variable or use "update" instead
>
> It's necessary to apply some kind of patch to mrtg ?
> What does '"dummy" cannot work with rrdcached' mean ?

this can only work if you run with a unix domain socket ... for ip
access you need an application that is aware of the cached.

cheers
tobi

>
> Thanks in advance
>

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