[smokeping-users] Master/Slave Configuration Help Please!

[Chris Hawkinson]

Hi Everyone,

I'm a newbie to Smokeping, but it looks like an great tool, and should
be perfect for my application.

Unfortunately, I'm having trouble getting a Master/Slave configuration
to start up.

Every time I try to start the slave with the command ...

./smokeping --cache-dir=/opt/smokeping/data
--master-url=http://smokepingmaster/smokeping/smokeping.cgi
--shared-secret=/opt/smokeping/etc/smokeping_secrets

... I get the error message ...

"WARNING Master said 500 read timeout
ERROR: we did not get config from the master. Maybe we are not
configured as a slave for any of the targets on the master ?"

Both the MASTER and SLAVE machines are Centos 5.5 32 bit Linux systems.

My configuration is as follows...
On the MASTER...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
/opt/smokeping/etc/config looks like ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

*** General ***

owner    = CENIC
contact  = chawkinson at cenic.org
mailhost = my.mail.host
sendmail = /usr/sbin/sendmail
# NOTE: do not put the Image Cache below cgi-bin
# since all files under cgi-bin will be executed ... this is not
# good for images.
imgcache = /var/www/html/smokeping/img
imgurl   = http://www.how2centos.com/smokeping/img
datadir  = /opt/smokeping/data
piddir  = /opt/smokeping/var
cgiurl   = http://www.how2centos.com/smokeping/smokeping.cgi
smokemail = /opt/smokeping/etc/smokemail
tmail = /opt/smokeping/etc/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 = alertee at address.somewhere
from = smokealert at company.xy

+someloss
type = loss
# in percent
pattern =>0%,*12*,>0%,*12*,>0%
comment = loss 3 times  in a row

*** 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 = /opt/smokeping/etc/basepage.html

+ charts

menu = Charts
title = The most interesting destinations

++ stddev
sorter = StdDev(entries=>4)
title = Top Standard Deviation
menu = Std Deviation
format = Standard Deviation %f

++ max
sorter = Max(entries=>5)
title = Top Max Roundtrip Time
menu = by Max
format = Max Roundtrip Time %f seconds

++ loss
sorter = Loss(entries=>5)
title = Top Packet Loss
menu = Loss
format = Packets Lost %f

++ median
sorter = Median(entries=>5)
title = Top Median Roundtrip Time
menu = by Median
format = Median RTT %f seconds

+ 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 400 Days"   400d

#+ hierarchies
#++ owner
#title = Host Owner
#++ location
#title = Location

*** Probes ***

+ FPing

binary = /usr/sbin/fping

*** Targets ***
slaves = pipes-la-1

menuextra =<a target='_blank' href='/smokeping/tr.html{HOST}'
class='{CLASS}' \
onclick="window.open(this.href,this.target, \
'width=800,height=500,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,scrollbars=no'); \
return false;">(TR)</a>

probe = FPing

menu = Top
title = Network Latency Grapher
remark = Welcome to the SmokePing website of xxx Company. \
          Here you will learn all about the latency of our network.

+ hosts
menu= Targets

++ How2CentOS

menu = How2CentOS.com
title = How2CentOS.com
alerts = someloss
host = www.how2centos.com

++ CentOS

menu = CentOS.org
title = CentOS.org
alerts = someloss
host = www.centos.org

*** Slaves ***
secrets=/opt/smokeping/etc/slavesecrets.conf

+pipes-la-1
display_name=pipes-la-1
location=LAX
color=ff0000

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
/opt/smokeping/etc/slavesecrets.conf contains ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

pipes-la-1:test1234

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Permissions/Ownership of slavesecrets.conf is...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

-rw-r----- 1 apache root 51 Jan 24 10:28 slavesecrets.conf

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ON THE SLAVE
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
hostname is ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[root at pipes-la-1 bin]# hostname
pipes-la-1

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
smokeping_secrets contains ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

test1234

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Permissions/Ownership od smokeping_secrets is...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

-rw------- 1 root root 14 Jan 19 10:21 smokeping_secrets


Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Chris