[smokeping-users] Re: Understanding SmokePing Graphs..

[Roberts, Larry]

Well, I'm gonna take a guess here..

First, I'm assuming a linux/apache install and you configured it to support
cgi files.

Did you put your smokeping.cgi file inside your /cgi-bin directory and
verify that it has correct permissions?

In my case, I'm using a virtual host directive, and have told apache to look
for /cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi under the URL.

Hence http://smokeping.mycompany.com is the URL I give out, and inside the
httpd.conf file I have:
<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4>
    ServerAdmin me at mycompany.com
    DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache2/smokeping
    ServerName smokeping.mycompany.com:80
    ErrorLog logs/smokeping.mycompany.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/smokeping.mycompany.com-access_log common
    DirectoryIndex /cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi
</VirtualHost>

The path to my cgi-bin directory, under apache2 is:
/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/
And the permissions on my smokeping.cgi file in that directory is 644.

The directions can be someone confusing, however I took them one step at a
time and was able to piece all the stuff together.
I thought about documenting my install procedure and passing it along, but I
have yet to actually have a chance.

I would try the following url:

http://10.50.3.207/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi

Verify that smokeping is running by doing:

Ps -ax | grep smokeping

You can look into the server error logs to see what the server thinks the
problem is. I suspect you *may* have just copied the default html file over
to the webserver directory, which will not work. That is a template that the
cgi script uses to build the web page. 

That is a couple things to at least try. Good luck!


Thanks

Larry 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dayo Adeyeye [mailto:dayo at ipnxnigeria.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 8:09 PM
To: Roberts, Larry
Cc: Smokeping Users
Subject: Re: [smokeping-users] Re: Understanding SmokePing Graphs..
Importance: High


Hello Robert,

Im having a problem getting my Smokeping installation up. When I try to view
my installation at http://10.50.3.207/basepage.html, I get the following:

Select Target:

      <##menu##>





--------------------------------------------------------------------------


      Maintained by:
      <##owner##>

      Created using <##author##>'s <##smokeping##>

      <##smokelogo##>


      <##rrdlogo##>
      <##title##>
      <##remark##>

      <##overview##>

      <##body##>


Please help. How can I correct this error so that I can view my monitored
devices correctly .

Dayo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roberts, Larry" <Larry.Roberts at expanets.com>
To: "'Naman Latif'" <naman.latif at inamed.com>;
<smokeping-users at list.ee.ethz.ch>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:07 AM
Subject: [smokeping-users] Re: Understanding SmokePing Graphs..


> Think of it a distribution.
> Each time a response comes back at a given level, draw a line. Each 
> time a response comes back at that same level, you draw another line 
> over the
last.
> It will get darker and darker, hence the darker colors are near the
median,
> and fade as they go away.
>
> It allows you to see how much variance that you have in your latency. 
> The best graph would be no grey whatsoever, with only a colored line 
> meaning that every ping responded with the same value, however I 
> wouldn't hold
your
> breath waiting on it to happen.
> If you are having a large amount of grey on your graph, it just means 
> that your latency was very varied. I typically see the large blotches 
> of grey
on
> circuits that are being heavily utilized ( <PLUG> As monitored by 
> MRTG! </PLUG> ).
>
> Thanks
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Naman Latif [mailto:naman.latif at inamed.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:57 PM
> To: smokeping-users at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject: [smokeping-users] Understanding SmokePing Graphs..
>
>
> Hi,
> I have just started using Smokeping and have searched through the 
> documentation but I cannot figure out , how to interpret the Greyed 
> bars
in
> Smokeping graphs ? E.g  Each Median line has some associated vertical 
> light\medium\dark greyed bar , what does that mean ?
>
> Regards \\ Naman
>
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