[smokeping-users] fcgid and config changes

[Ryan Becker]

Unfortunately I can't reproduce this.  A restart of Smokeping is all I
needed to add a monitored host, and the web interface updated immediately.
 Maybe someone else can reproduce?

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:51 AM, <Vinny_Abello at dell.com> wrote:

>  I have the same behavior on two different boxes so far. Both are FreeBSD
> (8.2 on one and 9.0 on another) with Apache2.2 and mod_fcgi 2.3.6 and
> Smokeping 2.6.7.****
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> -Vinny****
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> *From:* Ryan Becker [mailto:rb14060 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 08, 2012 12:49 AM
> *To:* Abello, Vinny
> *Cc:* smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
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> *Subject:* Re: [smokeping-users] fcgid and config changes****
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> I can't say I've ever seen that issue but I can test it on my end if you
> like to see if I experience the same thing.****
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> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:46 AM, <Vinny_Abello at dell.com> wrote:****
>
> Literally any modification to the config file that affects the web
> interface html content, including but not limited to adding or removing new
> items being monitored by smokeping. The issue is not what’s being modified
> but I think the fact that the old cgi process never dies and continues
> using the old config file until…. I don’t know when. I’ve always had to
> kill the process or restart Apache which also ends the process to make the
> web interface reflect the current configuration file. I’m talking
> specifically about the web interface and not the daemon. There is no
> problem with that piece. I just never had this issue with SpeedyCGI.
> Perhaps I have something configured wrong.****
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> -Vinny****
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> *From:* smokeping-users-bounces+vinny_abello=dell.com at lists.oetiker.ch[mailto:
> smokeping-users-bounces+vinny_abello=dell.com at lists.oetiker.ch] *On
> Behalf Of *Ryan Becker
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 08, 2012 12:40 AM
> *To:* smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> *Subject:* Re: [smokeping-users] fcgid and config changes****
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> What "changes" are we talking about?****
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> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:24 AM, <Vinny_Abello at dell.com> wrote:****
>
> I’ve noticed in the newer versions of smokeping using fgcid, that any
> config changes aren’t reflected in the web interface until the existing
> process is ended and a new one spawned. Is it just expected that after each
> change you will kill the old process to get the web interface to reflect
> the changes that the daemon is already aware of? Is the smokeping supposed
> to kill the old web process on reload? I never had this issue with
> SpeedyCGI in 2.4.2 and earlier.****
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> Thanks!****
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> -Vinny****
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