[smokeping-users] Do I need multiple instances to have smokeping maintain separate URLs?

[Tobi Oetiker]

Hi James,

the trick is to run multiple instances of smoekping.cgi with
different config files ...

using @include you can setup a system where you have a single
smokeping daemon and multiple smokeping.cgi instances ...

cheers
tobi

Yesterday James Long wrote:

> I have a server that runs smokeping to monitor a customer's WAN.
> The customer's smokeping page is password-protected by a simple
> .htpasswd authentication in Apache.
>
> We have another customer that wants a similar network set up.
> We are pleased with smokeping and would like to deploy it again,
> and have smokeping maintain the viewable statistics under a
> separate URL that will also be password protected, so that one
> customer cannot view the other's network latency stats.
>
> Do I need to run a separate instance of smokeping for each
> customer to do this?  Or can I just create a config file which
> lists the first customer's general parameters, alerts, and
> targets, followed by the second customer's general parameters,
> alerts, and targets, followed by a third, etc.
>
> >From the little bit of poking around I've done to look at
> how smokeping stores things under $datadir, it appears that
> if we can keep everything in one config file, then we will
> have to take care that the top-level target group names are
> unique for each customer, such as the "+ ABC_WAN_sites" and
> "+ ABC_WAN_sites" in the example below.  Duplication of host
> names, as shown by use of curly, larry, and moe, would be
> allowed, because they are stored heirarchically under the
> top-level ABC_WAN or XYZ_WAN directory.  True?
>
> Are there other gotchas that must be kept unique in the single-
> instance model?
>
> And if we have to do it the hard way, with multiple instances,
> is there any mechanism built in to smokeping to facilitate
> this, or will I have to patch some/all of the perl/cgi scripts?
> Any pointers as to which config file variables must be
> instantiated to avoid having the smokeping instances trip
> over each other's files?
>
> Thank you very much, Tobi, and others.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim
>
>
> *** BEGIN CUSTOMER ABC ***
> *** General ***
>
> owner    = My Name Here
> contact  = support at example.com
> mailhost = localhost
> sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail
> imgcache = /usr/local/smokeping/htdocs/img
> imgurl   = /abc/wan/smokeimg
> datadir  = /usr/local/var/smokeping
> piddir  = /usr/local/var/smokeping
> cgiurl   = http://www.example.com/abc/wan/smokeping/smokeping.cgi
> smokemail = /usr/local/etc/smokeping/smokemail
> tmail = /usr/local/etc/smokeping/tmail
> # specify this to get syslog logging
> syslogfacility = local0
> # each probe is now run in its own process
> # disable this to revert to the old behaviour
> # concurrentprobes = no
>
> *** Alerts ***
> to = support at example.com
> from = smokealert at www.example.com
>
> +bigloss
> type = loss
> # in percent
> pattern = ==0%,==0%,==0%,==0%,>0%,>0%,>0%
> comment = suddenly there is packet loss
>
> +someloss
> type = loss
> # in percent
> pattern = >0%,*12*,>0%,*12*,>0%
> comment = loss 3 times  in a row
>
> +startloss
> type = loss
> # in percent
> pattern = ==S,>0%,>0%,>0%
> comment = loss at startup
>
> +rttdetect
> type = rtt
> # in milli seconds
> pattern = <10,<10,<10,<10,<10,<100,>100,>100,>100
> comment = routing mesed up again ?
>
> *** Database ***
>
> step     = 300
> pings    = 20
>
> # consfn mrhb steps total
>
> AVERAGE  0.5   1  1008
> AVERAGE  0.5  12  4320
>     MIN  0.5  12  4320
>     MAX  0.5  12  4320
> AVERAGE  0.5 144   720
>     MAX  0.5 144   720
>     MIN  0.5 144   720
>
> *** Presentation ***
>
> template = /usr/local/etc/smokeping/basepage.html
>
> + overview
>
> width = 600
> height = 50
> range = 10h
>
> + detail
>
> width = 600
> height = 200
> unison_tolerance = 2
>
> "Last 3 Hours"    3h
> "Last 30 Hours"   30h
> "Last 10 Days"    10d
> "Last 30 Days"    30d
> "Last 400 Days"   400d
>
> *** Probes ***
>
> + FPing
>
> binary = /usr/local/sbin/fping
>
> *** Targets ***
>
> probe = FPing
>
> menu = Top
> title = Network Latency Grapher
> remark = Please choose one of the target categories on the left.
>
>
> + ABC_WAN_sites
> menu = ABC WAN
> title = Hosts on the ABC WAN
> ++ curly
> host = curly.example.com
> ++ larry
> host = larry.example.com
> ++ moe
> host = moe.example.com
>
>
>
>
> *** BEGIN CUSTOMER XYZ ***
> *** General ***
>
> owner    = My Name Here
> contact  = support at example.com
> mailhost = localhost
> sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail
> imgcache = /usr/local/smokeping/htdocs/img
> imgurl   = /xyz/wan/smokeimg
> datadir  = /usr/local/var/smokeping
> piddir  = /usr/local/var/smokeping
> cgiurl   = http://www.example.com/xyz/wan/smokeping/smokeping.cgi
> smokemail = /usr/local/etc/smokeping/smokemail
> tmail = /usr/local/etc/smokeping/tmail
> # specify this to get syslog logging
> syslogfacility = local0
> # each probe is now run in its own process
> # disable this to revert to the old behaviour
> # concurrentprobes = no
>
> *** Alerts ***
> to = support at example.com
> from = smokealert at www.example.com
>
> +bigloss
> type = loss
> # in percent
> pattern = ==0%,==0%,==0%,==0%,>0%,>0%,>0%
> comment = suddenly there is packet loss
>
> +someloss
> type = loss
> # in percent
> pattern = >0%,*12*,>0%,*12*,>0%
> comment = loss 3 times  in a row
>
> +startloss
> type = loss
> # in percent
> pattern = ==S,>0%,>0%,>0%
> comment = loss at startup
>
> +rttdetect
> type = rtt
> # in milli seconds
> pattern = <10,<10,<10,<10,<10,<100,>100,>100,>100
> comment = routing mesed up again ?
>
> *** Database ***
>
> step     = 300
> pings    = 20
>
> # consfn mrhb steps total
>
> AVERAGE  0.5   1  1008
> AVERAGE  0.5  12  4320
>     MIN  0.5  12  4320
>     MAX  0.5  12  4320
> AVERAGE  0.5 144   720
>     MAX  0.5 144   720
>     MIN  0.5 144   720
>
> *** Presentation ***
>
> template = /usr/local/etc/smokeping/basepage.html
>
> + overview
>
> width = 600
> height = 50
> range = 10h
>
> + detail
>
> width = 600
> height = 200
> unison_tolerance = 2
>
> "Last 3 Hours"    3h
> "Last 30 Hours"   30h
> "Last 10 Days"    10d
> "Last 30 Days"    30d
> "Last 400 Days"   400d
>
> *** Probes ***
>
> + FPing
>
> binary = /usr/local/sbin/fping
>
> *** Targets ***
>
> probe = FPing
>
> menu = Top
> title = Network Latency Grapher
> remark = Please choose one of the target categories on the left.
>
>
> + XYZ_WAN_sites
> menu = XYZ WAN
> title = Hosts on the ABC WAN
> ++ curly
> host = curly.example.com
> ++ larry
> host = larry.example.com
> ++ moe
> host = moe.example.com
>
>
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