From pbrunnen at bccglobal.com  Thu Mar  1 06:34:55 2012
From: pbrunnen at bccglobal.com (=?utf-8?Q?Peter_Brunnengr=C3=A4ber?=)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 00:34:55 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [smokeping-users] smokeping and nagios
In-Reply-To: <16261514.68508.1330579517831.JavaMail.root@gw-mail1.roc.in.bccnetworks.net>
Message-ID: <32102564.68510.1330580095736.JavaMail.root@gw-mail1.roc.in.bccnetworks.net>

Hello all,
  I recently upgraded from a 32-bit to 64-bit debian and I did the export and import of my RRD files.  All seemed ok and my smokeping charts are working fine.   But I also use the nagios extension "check_smokeping.pl" from Mr. Larry Low.   From the looks of the code, it seems to reference RRD perl library.  The check script is querying and getting no results and as a result is reporting "RRD file somefile.rrd has no data in last n seconds." with n being seconds since I went live on the 64-bit os.

  My initial thoughts are that it is either a bug in the RRDs.pm library or possibly an issue with the time parameter.

  Has anyone else had problems using RRDs.pm on 64-bit or any other thoughts/ideas on the matter?

Thank you.
With kind regards. -Peter


From ged at jubileegroup.co.uk  Thu Mar  1 15:55:06 2012
From: ged at jubileegroup.co.uk (G.W. Haywood)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:55:06 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [smokeping-users] smokeping and nagios
In-Reply-To: <32102564.68510.1330580095736.JavaMail.root@gw-mail1.roc.in.bccnetworks.net>
References: <32102564.68510.1330580095736.JavaMail.root@gw-mail1.roc.in.bccnetworks.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1203011438130.4204@mail5.jubileegroup.co.uk>

Hi there,

On Thu, 1 Mar 2012, Peter Brunnengr??ber wrote:

> I recently upgraded from a 32-bit to 64-bit debian ...  The check
> script is querying and getting no results and as a result is
> reporting "RRD file somefile.rrd has no data in last n seconds."

> Has anyone else had problems using RRDs.pm on 64-bit or any other
> thoughts/ideas on the matter?

I use both Nagios and Smokeping on AMD64 with Debian Squeeze but I
don't use the check_smokeping.pl script.  I think it's unlikely that
Perl scripts will be baffled by the change from a 32-bit to a 64-bit
system but one thing I noticed when I first started using the AMD64
(Opteron-based) system was that ping times were all multiples of four
milliseconds because of HPET problems.  That was under Debian Etch, a
2.4 kernel, years ago; I had to supply a kernel parameter at boot time
to get the time resolution I wanted.  The problems seem to be handled
without my kernel command line tweaks now Debian uses a 2.6 kernel.

You don't say in your mail whether or not you changed the machine
which you're using to run Nagios and Smokeping but if you did I wonder
if endianness is causing problems somewhere.

--

73,
Ged.

From pbrunnen at bccglobal.com  Thu Mar  1 17:49:14 2012
From: pbrunnen at bccglobal.com (=?utf-8?Q?Peter_Brunnengr=C3=A4ber?=)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:49:14 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [smokeping-users] smokeping and nagios
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1203011438130.4204@mail5.jubileegroup.co.uk>
Message-ID: <12575001.69351.1330620554632.JavaMail.root@gw-mail1.roc.in.bccnetworks.net>

Hi Ged,
  Sorry... it was a move from 32-bit Lenny on a basic P4 server to 64-bit Squeeze on a new quad-core Intel xeon.  Both being x86 based, I do believe that it is little endian for both.  Both are 2.6 kernel based...

Thanks again!  :)

With kind regards. -Peter


----- Original Message -----
From: "G.W. Haywood" <ged at jubileegroup.co.uk>
To: "Peter Brunnengr?ber" <pbrunnen at bccglobal.com>
Cc: smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:55:06 AM
Subject: Re: [smokeping-users] smokeping and nagios

Hi there,

On Thu, 1 Mar 2012, Peter Brunnengr?ber wrote:

> I recently upgraded from a 32-bit to 64-bit debian ...  The check
> script is querying and getting no results and as a result is
> reporting "RRD file somefile.rrd has no data in last n seconds."

> Has anyone else had problems using RRDs.pm on 64-bit or any other
> thoughts/ideas on the matter?

I use both Nagios and Smokeping on AMD64 with Debian Squeeze but I
don't use the check_smokeping.pl script.  I think it's unlikely that
Perl scripts will be baffled by the change from a 32-bit to a 64-bit
system but one thing I noticed when I first started using the AMD64
(Opteron-based) system was that ping times were all multiples of four
milliseconds because of HPET problems.  That was under Debian Etch, a
2.4 kernel, years ago; I had to supply a kernel parameter at boot time
to get the time resolution I wanted.  The problems seem to be handled
without my kernel command line tweaks now Debian uses a 2.6 kernel.

You don't say in your mail whether or not you changed the machine
which you're using to run Nagios and Smokeping but if you did I wonder
if endianness is causing problems somewhere.

--

73,
Ged.


From lars at thegler.dk  Thu Mar  1 18:48:20 2012
From: lars at thegler.dk (Lars Thegler)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 18:48:20 +0100
Subject: [smokeping-users] smokeping and nagios
In-Reply-To: <32102564.68510.1330580095736.JavaMail.root@gw-mail1.roc.in.bccnetworks.net>
References: <16261514.68508.1330579517831.JavaMail.root@gw-mail1.roc.in.bccnetworks.net>
	<32102564.68510.1330580095736.JavaMail.root@gw-mail1.roc.in.bccnetworks.net>
Message-ID: <CAO7rfHF-HCD2-o7S7LO=fqe7insiEmsNqf_v0DDfGkUFb9yrmw@mail.gmail.com>

Since your charts look fine, your RRD files are ok. The export/import
dance is needed because the binary format is different, so maybe the
version of the RRD library that the check script is using, is still
expecting the old format? just a guess.

/Lars

2012/3/1 Peter Brunnengr?ber <pbrunnen at bccglobal.com>:
> Hello all,
> ?I recently upgraded from a 32-bit to 64-bit debian and I did the export and import of my RRD files. ?All seemed ok and my smokeping charts are working fine. ? But I also use the nagios extension "check_smokeping.pl" from Mr. Larry Low. ? From the looks of the code, it seems to reference RRD perl library. ?The check script is querying and getting no results and as a result is reporting "RRD file somefile.rrd has no data in last n seconds." with n being seconds since I went live on the 64-bit os.
>
> ?My initial thoughts are that it is either a bug in the RRDs.pm library or possibly an issue with the time parameter.
>
> ?Has anyone else had problems using RRDs.pm on 64-bit or any other thoughts/ideas on the matter?
>
> Thank you.
> With kind regards. -Peter
>
> _______________________________________________
> smokeping-users mailing list
> smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users


From pbrunnen at bccglobal.com  Fri Mar  2 00:23:52 2012
From: pbrunnen at bccglobal.com (=?utf-8?Q?Peter_Brunnengr=C3=A4ber?=)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 18:23:52 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [smokeping-users] smokeping and nagios
In-Reply-To: <CAO7rfHF-HCD2-o7S7LO=fqe7insiEmsNqf_v0DDfGkUFb9yrmw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <16539849.70076.1330644232345.JavaMail.root@gw-mail1.roc.in.bccnetworks.net>

Hi all,
  Thought I would share my success... A coworker threw on Data::Dumper on the script and we output the unix second that were being passed off to the RRDs.pm library.  Interestingly...  the last update time reported from the RRD file looks right, the current time is right, but the RRDs.pm fetch function reports back a start time in the future when a computed timestamp of ($lastupdatetime - 120) is requested...  obviously rrd is not able to look into the future, so the results are undefined.

lastupdatetime=1330642128 ; lasttimestamp=1330642221 ; $start = 1330642200 ;

Until I get a chance to dig into the RRDs.pm, here is a quick fix for the "check_smokeping.pl"...

@@80
-- my ($start,$step,$ds_names,$data) = RRDs::fetch($rrd_file,"AVERAGE","-s",$lastupdatetime - 120,"-e","now");
++ my ($start,$step,$ds_names,$data) = RRDs::fetch($rrd_file,"AVERAGE","-s","-2m","-e","now");


Hope this helps someone...
With kind regards. -Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lars Thegler" <lars at thegler.dk>
To: "Peter Brunnengr?ber" <pbrunnen at bccglobal.com>
Cc: smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:48:20 PM
Subject: Re: [smokeping-users] smokeping and nagios

Since your charts look fine, your RRD files are ok. The export/import
dance is needed because the binary format is different, so maybe the
version of the RRD library that the check script is using, is still
expecting the old format? just a guess.

/Lars

2012/3/1 Peter Brunnengr?ber <pbrunnen at bccglobal.com>:
> Hello all,
> ?I recently upgraded from a 32-bit to 64-bit debian and I did the export and import of my RRD files. ?All seemed ok and my smokeping charts are working fine. ? But I also use the nagios extension "check_smokeping.pl" from Mr. Larry Low. ? From the looks of the code, it seems to reference RRD perl library. ?The check script is querying and getting no results and as a result is reporting "RRD file somefile.rrd has no data in last n seconds." with n being seconds since I went live on the 64-bit os.
>
> ?My initial thoughts are that it is either a bug in the RRDs.pm library or possibly an issue with the time parameter.
>
> ?Has anyone else had problems using RRDs.pm on 64-bit or any other thoughts/ideas on the matter?
>
> Thank you.
> With kind regards. -Peter
>
> _______________________________________________
> smokeping-users mailing list
> smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users


From almgren at gmail.com  Mon Mar  5 03:37:04 2012
From: almgren at gmail.com (Matt Almgren)
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 18:37:04 -0800
Subject: [smokeping-users] How to increase RRD history?
Message-ID: <CACeB1bmCM6SkfCXQXhrPurkcQhvjEbf+jw7b7oLG2zM6bvcNXg@mail.gmail.com>

With the default smokeping installation, I only seem to keep about 3 weeks
worth of data.  How do increase this to say 6 months?

Any estimates on database size and growth patterns with that length of
history?

Thanks, Matt
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From alter3d at alter3d.ca  Mon Mar  5 04:02:32 2012
From: alter3d at alter3d.ca (Peter Kristolaitis)
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:02:32 -0500
Subject: [smokeping-users] How to increase RRD history?
In-Reply-To: <CACeB1bmCM6SkfCXQXhrPurkcQhvjEbf+jw7b7oLG2zM6bvcNXg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CACeB1bmCM6SkfCXQXhrPurkcQhvjEbf+jw7b7oLG2zM6bvcNXg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4F542CC8.5070005@alter3d.ca>

You have to modify the RRD structure by changing the "*** Database ***" 
section of the config file.   Refer to the docs here:  
http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/doc/smokeping_config.en.html

The specific settings you need to achieve 6 months of history will 
depend on your 'step' value.   There's a bit of math involved, but it's 
not too hard to figure out (number of seconds in 6 months divided by 
your step value).

The file size of RRD files is static once the file is created -- the 
file size is directly related to how many rows you store in the RRD 
files, and that varies with the amount of history and the levels of 
aggregation you set up.

Note that if you're reconfiguring the RRD files, you'll have to delete 
all of the existing ones (losing the historical data in the process) 
unless you're willing to manually reconfigure all of the existing 
files... Smokeping won't update this automatically.  It's possible to 
port the existing data over to the new configuration, but it's a bit of 
work.

- Pete



On 3/4/2012 9:37 PM, Matt Almgren wrote:
> With the default smokeping installation, I only seem to keep about 3 
> weeks worth of data.  How do increase this to say 6 months?
>
> Any estimates on database size and growth patterns with that length of 
> history?
>
> Thanks, Matt
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> smokeping-users mailing list
> smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users
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From gregs at sloop.net  Mon Mar  5 17:51:16 2012
From: gregs at sloop.net (Gregory Sloop)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 08:51:16 -0800
Subject: [smokeping-users] How to increase RRD history?
In-Reply-To: <4F542CC8.5070005@alter3d.ca>
References: <CACeB1bmCM6SkfCXQXhrPurkcQhvjEbf+jw7b7oLG2zM6bvcNXg@mail.gmail.com>
	<4F542CC8.5070005@alter3d.ca>
Message-ID: <592338681.20120305085116@sloop.net>

There are three columns in the database section.
"Average" [What kind of calc to do on the "raw" data.]
0.5 [which I don't recall what that means.]
1 [How many "steps" are included in this row.] (The first set are full
resolution data, the others, with say, a 12, means we're going to
aggregate 12 individual samples into 1.) {So, you can tinker with this
aggregation, depending on how you want your non-full-resolution data
aggregated. Perhaps it would be useful, but easier to leave it alone.}

Then, the next column is how many samples we'll keep for this series.
So, if you have one minute samples {step} and want to keep 7 days,
you'll need 7(days)*24(hours)*60(minutes) = 10080 rows.

These aren't files - it's more that if you have hundreds or thousands
of devices you're sampling, there's a lot of them.

I'd guess that I/O would become the problem, not actual disk space.
---
IIRC, I had three days of full resolution data at 1 minute steps, and
then I left most everything else alone.

That made an 8.5MB file for each device. [i.e. - if I had a 48 port
switch I was monitoring, there were 48 files of 8.5MB each.]

Still, we're not talking very much space, really.

But you'll probably do best to just tinker a bit. Shoot for the moon,
and store 30 days of full resolution data and then run it and see how
big the files are.

[You might find that full res data for a longer time can be traded off
with shorter aggregate data (fewer rows{fourth column}), or more steps aggregated
into one (greater aggregation step {the third column}).]

-Greg

PK> You have to modify the RRD structure by changing the "*** Database ***"
PK> section of the config file.   Refer to the docs here:  
PK> http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/doc/smokeping_config.en.html

PK> The specific settings you need to achieve 6 months of history will 
PK> depend on your 'step' value.   There's a bit of math involved, but it's
PK> not too hard to figure out (number of seconds in 6 months divided by 
PK> your step value).

PK> The file size of RRD files is static once the file is created -- the 
PK> file size is directly related to how many rows you store in the RRD 
PK> files, and that varies with the amount of history and the levels of 
PK> aggregation you set up.

PK> Note that if you're reconfiguring the RRD files, you'll have to delete
PK> all of the existing ones (losing the historical data in the process) 
PK> unless you're willing to manually reconfigure all of the existing 
PK> files... Smokeping won't update this automatically.  It's possible to 
PK> port the existing data over to the new configuration, but it's a bit of
PK> work.

PK> - Pete



PK> On 3/4/2012 9:37 PM, Matt Almgren wrote:
>> With the default smokeping installation, I only seem to keep about 3 
>> weeks worth of data.  How do increase this to say 6 months?
>>
>> Any estimates on database size and growth patterns with that length of 
>> history?
>>
>> Thanks, Matt
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> smokeping-users mailing list
>> smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
>> https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users

-- 
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Voice: 503.251.0452 x82
EMail: gregs at sloop.net
http://www.sloop.net
---


From gregs at sloop.net  Mon Mar  5 17:57:04 2012
From: gregs at sloop.net (Gregory Sloop)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 08:57:04 -0800
Subject: [smokeping-users] How to increase RRD history?
In-Reply-To: <592338681.20120305085116@sloop.net>
References: <CACeB1bmCM6SkfCXQXhrPurkcQhvjEbf+jw7b7oLG2zM6bvcNXg@mail.gmail.com>
	<4F542CC8.5070005@alter3d.ca> <592338681.20120305085116@sloop.net>
Message-ID: <919628440.20120305085704@sloop.net>

GS> These aren't files - it's more that if you have hundreds or thousands
GS> of devices you're sampling, there's a lot of them.

Sorry Peter, I accidentally replied direct to you, as well as the
list...

Also, a typo above.

These aren't *huge* files - it's more that if you have hundreds or thousands
of devices you're sampling, there's a lot of them.

And I'll clarify about I/O - with that much disk activity, - writing
to thousands of files very often, your disk may not keep up. But you
would have enough space to store everything, if it could...

HTH

-Greg



From sovrevage at gmail.com  Thu Mar 15 14:37:57 2012
From: sovrevage at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Stian_=D8vrev=E5ge?=)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:37:57 +0100
Subject: [smokeping-users] Does smokeping support rrdcached?
Message-ID: <CAGvr99JHSmAURZayZZf8epH406vbhB611x4+OkL0xc4e2HGDAQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I just added a hundred new targets, and it seems smokeping cannot keep
up with updating the files anymore.

I have googled a bit but I cannot find any mention of smokeping using
rrdcached? I must surely not be the first to be in this situation.

Brgds,
Stian ?vrev?ge


From Al_Sorrell at troweprice.com  Thu Mar 15 15:29:38 2012
From: Al_Sorrell at troweprice.com (Sorrell, Al)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:29:38 -0400
Subject: [smokeping-users] Any way to 'include' another file in the config?
Message-ID: <3899F44EE8372C44926752C5C84C13D3016F4831C3@OMTCP36040.corp.troweprice.net>

Toby,

First off, thanks for continuing to evolve this great software! Let me explain what I'm looking for...

I have several systems which are all polling the same set of devices; one is our primary system, one is at our DR site, and one is being setup now to eventually replace our current primary. The config file for each is *almost* identical.

Specifically the *** General ** section needs to be different in order to specify the correct server in the cgiurl= section; potentially, others might have different paths for the various directories, though that's not a problem for me.

What I'd like to see would be something like an
Include /path-to-file

That way, I could have my $SMOKEPING/etc/config with statements like:
========================
*** General ***
owner=...
contact=...
imgurl=...
cgiurl=http://myserver/...

Include $SMOKEPING/etc/common_config

========================

Where $SMOKEPING/etc/common_config would have everything which isn't system-specific.

This would certainly make it much easier to keep multiple systems in sync without the need to use 'sed' prior to copying configs between systems.

Thanks for your consideration.
Al
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From throck+smokeping at gmail.com  Fri Mar 16 14:10:53 2012
From: throck+smokeping at gmail.com (Tom Throckmorton)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:10:53 -0400
Subject: [smokeping-users] Any way to 'include' another file in the
	config?
In-Reply-To: <3899F44EE8372C44926752C5C84C13D3016F4831C3@OMTCP36040.corp.troweprice.net>
References: <3899F44EE8372C44926752C5C84C13D3016F4831C3@OMTCP36040.corp.troweprice.net>
Message-ID: <CACZ_MeY83bo-WsXJKZqKikQbPnf1VOjAJROCbDrZuesOTrDo=Q@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Sorrell, Al <Al_Sorrell at troweprice.com>wrote:

> Toby,
>
> First off, thanks for continuing to evolve this great software! Let me
> explain what I'm looking for...
>
> I have several systems which are all polling the same set of devices; one
> is our primary system, one is at our DR site, and one is being setup now to
> eventually replace our current primary. The config file for each is
> *almost* identical.
>
> Specifically the *** General ** section needs to be different in order to
> specify the correct server in the cgiurl= section; potentially, others
> might have different paths for the various directories, though that's not a
> problem for me.
>
> What I'd like to see would be something like an
> Include /path-to-file
>
> That way, I could have my $SMOKEPING/etc/config with statements like:
> ========================
> *** General ***
> owner=...
> contact=...
> imgurl=...
> cgiurl=http://myserver/...
>
> Include $SMOKEPING/etc/common_config
>
> ========================
>
> Where $SMOKEPING/etc/common_config would have everything which isn't
> system-specific.
>
> This would certainly make it much easier to keep multiple systems in sync
> without the need to use 'sed' prior to copying configs between systems.
>

SmokePing certainly supports @includes - see
http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/doc/smokeping_config.en.html#IGENERAL_SYNTAX

I use this feature to break my target configs into logical chunks, even
using nested @includes.  I believe you could do it as you suggest above,
with the main config differentiated; another alternative, and depending on
how you manage your distributed configs, is to keep the main config the
same, with the variable items pulled in via @includes.  Six of one...

Cheers,

-tt
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From Al_Sorrell at troweprice.com  Fri Mar 16 14:44:25 2012
From: Al_Sorrell at troweprice.com (Sorrell, Al)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:44:25 -0400
Subject: [smokeping-users] Any way to 'include' another file in the
 config?
In-Reply-To: <CACZ_MeY83bo-WsXJKZqKikQbPnf1VOjAJROCbDrZuesOTrDo=Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <3899F44EE8372C44926752C5C84C13D3016F4831C3@OMTCP36040.corp.troweprice.net>
	<CACZ_MeY83bo-WsXJKZqKikQbPnf1VOjAJROCbDrZuesOTrDo=Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3899F44EE8372C44926752C5C84C13D3016F4831CF@OMTCP36040.corp.troweprice.net>

Thanks to the several folks who pointed out my glaring lack of RTFM!
I've been using Smokeping for a number of years now - but TOTALLY missed the @include and @define right at the top of the General Syntax section of the web page!

________________________________
From: throck at gmail.com [mailto:throck at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tom Throckmorton
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 9:11 AM
To: Sorrell, Al
Cc: smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
Subject: Re: [smokeping-users] Any way to 'include' another file in the config?

SmokePing certainly supports @includes - see http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/doc/smokeping_config.en.html#IGENERAL_SYNTAX

I use this feature to break my target configs into logical chunks, even using nested @includes.  I believe you could do it as you suggest above, with the main config differentiated; another alternative, and depending on how you manage your distributed configs, is to keep the main config the same, with the variable items pulled in via @includes.  Six of one...

Cheers,

-tt




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From tobi at oetiker.ch  Fri Mar 16 16:22:26 2012
From: tobi at oetiker.ch (Tobias Oetiker)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:22:26 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [smokeping-users] smokeping 3.0 ...
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1203161617310.4239@born.oetiker.ch>

As mentioned in other context, smokeping is going to get a new web
frontend at some point in the not so far future ... it will be
based on extopus ...

extopus is steadily learning new things, like for example building
dashboards ...

so I guess some of you might be interested in throwing a glance at
the future ... the demo below is NOT hooked up to smokeping, but to
torrus, but it will look pretty similar except for the charts being
smokeping charts and not torrus charts.

   http://oss.oetiker.ch/extopus-demo/ep-admin.fcgi

cheers
tobi
-- 
Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900


From lionel at gentil.name  Fri Mar 16 16:28:29 2012
From: lionel at gentil.name (Lionel Gentil)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:28:29 -0700
Subject: [smokeping-users] smokeping 3.0 ...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1203161617310.4239@born.oetiker.ch>
References: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1203161617310.4239@born.oetiker.ch>
Message-ID: <EE67C2A0-0A03-4BB2-B08F-7C8AF02935DD@gentil.name>

Nice Tobi!

I was wondering if there was a way to have Smokeping + Holt-Winters using the cURL probe ?

Would you have any example somewhere ?

Your work is absolutely amazing.

Thanks!

Lionel

On Mar 16, 2012, at 8:22 AM, Tobias Oetiker wrote:

> As mentioned in other context, smokeping is going to get a new web
> frontend at some point in the not so far future ... it will be
> based on extopus ...
> 
> extopus is steadily learning new things, like for example building
> dashboards ...
> 
> so I guess some of you might be interested in throwing a glance at
> the future ... the demo below is NOT hooked up to smokeping, but to
> torrus, but it will look pretty similar except for the charts being
> smokeping charts and not torrus charts.
> 
>   http://oss.oetiker.ch/extopus-demo/ep-admin.fcgi
> 
> cheers
> tobi
> -- 
> Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
> http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900
> 
> _______________________________________________
> smokeping-users mailing list
> smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users


From tobi at oetiker.ch  Fri Mar 16 16:52:35 2012
From: tobi at oetiker.ch (Tobias Oetiker)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:52:35 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [smokeping-users] smokeping 3.0 ...
In-Reply-To: <EE67C2A0-0A03-4BB2-B08F-7C8AF02935DD@gentil.name>
References: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1203161617310.4239@born.oetiker.ch>
	<EE67C2A0-0A03-4BB2-B08F-7C8AF02935DD@gentil.name>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1203161652060.4239@born.oetiker.ch>

Hi Lionel,

smokeping doesn't have HW support built in ...

cheers
tobi

Today Lionel Gentil wrote:

> Nice Tobi!
>
> I was wondering if there was a way to have Smokeping + Holt-Winters using the cURL probe ?
>
> Would you have any example somewhere ?
>
> Your work is absolutely amazing.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lionel
>
> On Mar 16, 2012, at 8:22 AM, Tobias Oetiker wrote:
>
> > As mentioned in other context, smokeping is going to get a new web
> > frontend at some point in the not so far future ... it will be
> > based on extopus ...
> >
> > extopus is steadily learning new things, like for example building
> > dashboards ...
> >
> > so I guess some of you might be interested in throwing a glance at
> > the future ... the demo below is NOT hooked up to smokeping, but to
> > torrus, but it will look pretty similar except for the charts being
> > smokeping charts and not torrus charts.
> >
> >   http://oss.oetiker.ch/extopus-demo/ep-admin.fcgi
> >
> > cheers
> > tobi
> > --
> > Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
> > http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > smokeping-users mailing list
> > smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> > https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users
>
>

-- 
Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900


From nahliel.steinberg at gmail.com  Fri Mar 16 16:58:23 2012
From: nahliel.steinberg at gmail.com (Nahliel Steinberg)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:58:23 +0100
Subject: [smokeping-users] Need help
Message-ID: <20120316155823.GA20752@srvdebian.info-cr.fr>

Hello,

I have installing smokeping on debian squeeze and i try to make a menu and add server on it.

I add too server with 4 checking website on https, i don't understand why the first graph successfully, but the second don't graph pic.

My Probes file

*** Probes ***

+ FPing

binary = /usr/bin/fping

# these expect to find echoping in /usr/bin
# if not, you'll have to specify the location separately for each probe
# + EchoPing         # uses TCP or UDP echo (port 7)
# + EchoPingDiscard  # uses TCP or UDP discard (port 9)
# + EchoPingChargen  # uses TCP chargen (port 19)
+ EchoPingSmtp       # SMTP (25/tcp) for mail servers
+ EchoPingHttps      # HTTPS (443/tcp) for web servers
+ EchoPingHttp       # HTTP (80/tcp) for web servers and caches
+ EchoPingIcp        # ICP (3130/udp) for caches
# these need at least echoping 6 with the corresponding plugins
+ EchoPingDNS        # DNS (53/udp or tcp) servers
+ EchoPingLDAP       # LDAP (389/tcp) servers
+ EchoPingWhois      # Whois (43/tcp) servers

And i make Tagets file :

*** Targets ***

# default probe
probe = FPing

menu = Top
title = Network Latency Grapher
remark = Welcome to this SmokePing website.

+ Serveurs

menu = Serveurs Externes
title = Serveurs du Conseil R?gional d'Aquitaine Externes

### first server

++ Serveurs-Web-Elyre-APP
menu = Serveurs Web Elyre APP
title = Latence du Serveur Web (Externe elyre-app) / ICMP
 # probe = FPing propagated from top
host = elyreapp

+++ Elyre-Formation
menu = Elyre-Formation
title = Elyre-Formation-Aquitaine.fr / HTTPS
probe = EchoPingHttps
host = elyre-formation.aquitaine.fr

+++ SSO-Formation
menu = SSO-Formation (CAS)
title = SSO-Formation-Aquitaine.fr / HTTPS
probe = EchoPingHttps
host = sso-formation.aquitaine.fr

### second server 

++ Serveurs-Web-Elyre-APP2
menu = Serveurs Web Elyre APP2
title = Latence du Serveur Web (Externe elyre-app2) / ICMP
 # probe = FPing propagated from top
host = elyre-app2

+++ Lycees-Formation
menu = Lycees-Formation
title = Lycees-Formation-Aquitaine.fr / HTTPS
probe = EchoPingHttps
host = lycees-formation.aquitaine.fr

+++ Gestelyre-Formation
menu = Gestelyre-Formation
title = Gestelyre-Formation-Aquitaine.fr / HTTPS
probe = EchoPingHttps
host = gestelyre-formation.aquitaine.fr

It's simple configuration but don't work, just the first server icmp graph and too host on https graph
but the second graph the ICMP but not https lycees-formation.aquitaine.fr and gestelyre-formation.aquitaine.fr

-- 
Nahliel


From dpacheco at unap.cl  Mon Mar 19 14:00:21 2012
From: dpacheco at unap.cl (Dago Pacheco)
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:00:21 -0300
Subject: [smokeping-users] smokeping 3.0 ...
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1203161617310.4239@born.oetiker.ch>
References: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1203161617310.4239@born.oetiker.ch>
Message-ID: <000c01cd05d0$3eb33200$bc199600$@unap.cl>

Grate! .... I'll be waiting to try smokeping v3.0 ..... thanks for your
excellent work!

Dago Pacheco Bravo
Administrador de Infraestructura y Servicios
Unidad de Inform?tica y Comunicaciones 
Anexo: 2388 - Fono: (57) 394388 - Cel: 88059332
Universidad Arturo Prat - Sede Iquique


-----Mensaje original-----
De: smokeping-users-bounces+dpacheco=unap.cl at lists.oetiker.ch
[mailto:smokeping-users-bounces+dpacheco=unap.cl at lists.oetiker.ch] En nombre
de Tobias Oetiker
Enviado el: viernes, 16 de marzo de 2012 12:22
Para: smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
Asunto: [smokeping-users] smokeping 3.0 ...

As mentioned in other context, smokeping is going to get a new web frontend
at some point in the not so far future ... it will be based on extopus ...

extopus is steadily learning new things, like for example building
dashboards ...

so I guess some of you might be interested in throwing a glance at the
future ... the demo below is NOT hooked up to smokeping, but to torrus, but
it will look pretty similar except for the charts being smokeping charts and
not torrus charts.

   http://oss.oetiker.ch/extopus-demo/ep-admin.fcgi

cheers
tobi
--
Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900

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smokeping-users mailing list
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From ameer.m at acttv.in  Tue Mar 20 17:07:34 2012
From: ameer.m at acttv.in (Ameer M)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:37:34 +0530
Subject: [smokeping-users] Jitter graph on smokeping
Message-ID: <016801cd06b3$90168500$b0438f00$@acttv.in>

Hello!

How to monitor  Jitter on smokeping to graph?

Thank you!
Ameer.M
	




From murray.g.davis at gmail.com  Wed Mar 21 19:20:03 2012
From: murray.g.davis at gmail.com (Murray Davis)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:20:03 -0700
Subject: [smokeping-users] how to enforce username/password logons to access
	smokeping
Message-ID: <CAK3x9Gkh5Ezt6668J6ecC3MxiHURM_u=drugR4h9GACLioET2g@mail.gmail.com>

I am trying to set up user-based access to smokeping on a system with the
following characteristics:

2.6.32-39-generic Linux Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS \n \l
apache2  2.2.14-5ubuntu8
smokeping  2.3.6-5

I have modified /etc/apache2/conf.d/smokeping as folllows...and restarted
apache and smokeping.

ScriptAlias /smokeping/smokeping.cgi
/usr/share/smokeping/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi
Alias /smokeping /usr/share/smokeping/www

<Directory "/usr/share/smokeping/www">
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride AuthConfig
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Password Required"
    AuthUserFile /etc/passwd
</Directory>

However, when I go to http://servername/smokeping, I am taken directly to
the smokeping home page.

I then added an .htaccess file to:

/usr/share/smokeping/cgi-bin...the location of smokeping.cgi.

/usr/share/smokeping/www, the Alias referenced
in  /etc/apache2/conf.d/smokeping.

The .htaccess file contains:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Password Required"
AuthUserFile /etc/passwd

Even with these .htaccess files, I still am not prompted for a username and
password. I would like to specify a specific local user, but any local
username would be sufficient.

What do I need to do to get this working?
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From alter3d at alter3d.ca  Wed Mar 21 19:25:42 2012
From: alter3d at alter3d.ca (Peter Kristolaitis)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:25:42 -0400
Subject: [smokeping-users] how to enforce username/password logons to
 access smokeping
In-Reply-To: <CAK3x9Gkh5Ezt6668J6ecC3MxiHURM_u=drugR4h9GACLioET2g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAK3x9Gkh5Ezt6668J6ecC3MxiHURM_u=drugR4h9GACLioET2g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4F6A1D26.7040600@alter3d.ca>

This isn't really a SmokePing specific issue;  it's a webserver-level thing.

That said, I don't see a "Require" directive anywhere in your config.   
Try adding "Require valid-user" to your <Directory ...> block.

- Pete



On 12-03-21 02:20 PM, Murray Davis wrote:
> I am trying to set up user-based access to smokeping on a system with 
> the following characteristics:
>
> 2.6.32-39-generic Linux Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS \n \l
> apache2  2.2.14-5ubuntu8
> smokeping  2.3.6-5
>
> I have modified /etc/apache2/conf.d/smokeping as folllows...and 
> restarted apache and smokeping.
>
> ScriptAlias /smokeping/smokeping.cgi 
> /usr/share/smokeping/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi
> Alias /smokeping /usr/share/smokeping/www
>
> <Directory "/usr/share/smokeping/www">
>     Options FollowSymLinks
>     AllowOverride AuthConfig
>     AuthType Basic
>     AuthName "Password Required"
>     AuthUserFile /etc/passwd
> </Directory>
>
> However, when I go to http://servername/smokeping, I am taken directly 
> to the smokeping home page.
>
> I then added an .htaccess file to:
>
> /usr/share/smokeping/cgi-bin...the location of smokeping.cgi.
>
> /usr/share/smokeping/www, the Alias referenced 
> in  /etc/apache2/conf.d/smokeping.
>
> The .htaccess file contains:
>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "Password Required"
> AuthUserFile /etc/passwd
>
> Even with these .htaccess files, I still am not prompted for a 
> username and password. I would like to specify a specific local user, 
> but any local username would be sufficient.
>
> What do I need to do to get this working?
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> smokeping-users mailing list
> smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users

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From dano at northpb.com  Wed Mar 21 19:29:12 2012
From: dano at northpb.com (Dan O'Neill)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:29:12 -0700
Subject: [smokeping-users] how to enforce username/password logons to
 access smokeping
In-Reply-To: <CAK3x9Gkh5Ezt6668J6ecC3MxiHURM_u=drugR4h9GACLioET2g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAK3x9Gkh5Ezt6668J6ecC3MxiHURM_u=drugR4h9GACLioET2g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CACCnszFfNDw9uXu+TRVS02syE2PPRrtY=LWiD8YBHDXefiQ=5g@mail.gmail.com>

The /etc/passwd file is not the same format as an authentication file
for Apache. Here is the Apache Basic Auth tutorial

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html

Change your .htaccess file to have something like this:


AuthUserFile /usr/share/smokeping.passwords

Then use the 'htpasswd' command to create the file

/usr/bin/htpasswd -c /usr/share/smokeping.passwords murray

But do read the above tutorial. If that isn't enough, google 'apache
basic auth' and you'll find additional guidance.

Best,

dano

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Murray Davis <murray.g.davis at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to set up user-based access to smokeping on a system with the
> following characteristics:
>
> 2.6.32-39-generic Linux?Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS \n \l
> apache2 ?2.2.14-5ubuntu8
> smokeping ?2.3.6-5
>
> I have modified /etc/apache2/conf.d/smokeping as folllows...and restarted
> apache and smokeping.
>
> ScriptAlias /smokeping/smokeping.cgi
> /usr/share/smokeping/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi
> Alias /smokeping /usr/share/smokeping/www
>
> <Directory "/usr/share/smokeping/www">
> ? ? Options FollowSymLinks
> ? ? AllowOverride AuthConfig
> ? ? AuthType Basic
> ? ? AuthName "Password Required"
> ? ? AuthUserFile /etc/passwd
> </Directory>
>
> However, when I go to http://servername/smokeping, I am taken directly to
> the smokeping home page.
>
> I then added an .htaccess file to:
>
> /usr/share/smokeping/cgi-bin...the location of smokeping.cgi.
>
> /usr/share/smokeping/www, the Alias referenced
> in??/etc/apache2/conf.d/smokeping.
>
> The .htaccess file contains:
>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "Password Required"
> AuthUserFile /etc/passwd
>
> Even with these .htaccess files, I still am not prompted for a username and
> password. I would like to specify a specific local user, but any local
> username would be sufficient.
>
> What do I need to do to get this working?
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> smokeping-users mailing list
> smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users
>



-- 
Dan O'Neill
dano at northpb.com
619-885-1961


From murray.g.davis at gmail.com  Wed Mar 21 20:26:14 2012
From: murray.g.davis at gmail.com (Murray Davis)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:26:14 -0700
Subject: [smokeping-users] how to enforce username/password logons to access
	smokeping
Message-ID: <CAK3x9G=mehptaUQDaLLkKvRn6cHpOELgc8Vn9TVKT5NFNziq1Q@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you to Peter and Dan for their replies. After reading Peter's
response, I started looking at Apache's documentation and got things
working. As I was about to respond to the list server, I noticed Dan's
response which basically confirmed my approach. Here goes:

Step 1: Created an apache username:

htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/passwords smokeping

Step 2: Modified the smokeping config file.../etc/apache2/conf.d/smokeping

ScriptAlias /smokeping/smokeping.cgi
/usr/share/smokeping/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi
Alias /smokeping /usr/share/smokeping/www

<Directory "/usr/share/smokeping/www">
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride AuthConfig
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Restricted Files"
    AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwords
    Require user cacti
</Directory>

I changed AuthName from "Require Password" to "Restricted Files".

Step 3 Placed an .htaccess file in the root of smokeping's home directory.
I started with placing it in /usr/share/smokeping/www and cgi-bin, but
ended up placing it at the parent level.

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Files"
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwords
Require user smokeping

I restarted Apache and smokeping and I am now prompted for a
username/password. Only the smokeping user gets in. If I click on the
"Cancel" button on the logon window, I am then met with an Failed
Authorization window whereas when AuthName was "Require Password", I would
be taken to the smokeping webpage.

Thanks for the help...

mgd
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From darren at victoriajd.com  Thu Mar 22 06:34:34 2012
From: darren at victoriajd.com (Darren Murphy)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:34:34 +0800
Subject: [smokeping-users] how to enforce username/password logons to
 access smokeping
In-Reply-To: <CAK3x9G=mehptaUQDaLLkKvRn6cHpOELgc8Vn9TVKT5NFNziq1Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAK3x9G=mehptaUQDaLLkKvRn6cHpOELgc8Vn9TVKT5NFNziq1Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJYt4JvzXuiL3wQBkbpGa2Ay73dMnSQM3BBgDnwJBv1agectWQ@mail.gmail.com>

Just as an aside to this - if you _are_ using HTTP authentication,
there is a trivial modification you can make to Smokeping.pm, that
will make the logged-in user name available for use in the HTML
template.

See https://github.com/mcdarren/SmokePing/commit/50333cf052a6fc2ed29f16639ac1d0c891978b38

With that change in place, you can then use something like the
following in basepage.html

<h3>Logged in as <##authuser##></h3>

cheers,
Darren

PS. Tobi - is this worth a pull request?

On 22 March 2012 03:26, Murray Davis <murray.g.davis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you to Peter and Dan for their replies. After reading Peter's
> response, I started looking at Apache's documentation and got things
> working. As I was about to respond to the list server, I noticed Dan's
> response which basically confirmed my approach. Here goes:
>
> Step 1: Created an apache username:
>
> htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/passwords smokeping
>
> Step 2: Modified the smokeping config file.../etc/apache2/conf.d/smokeping
>
> ScriptAlias /smokeping/smokeping.cgi
> /usr/share/smokeping/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi
> Alias /smokeping /usr/share/smokeping/www
>
> <Directory "/usr/share/smokeping/www">
> ? ? Options FollowSymLinks
> ? ? AllowOverride AuthConfig
> ? ? AuthType Basic
> ? ? AuthName "Restricted Files"
> ? ? AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwords
> ? ? Require user cacti
> </Directory>
>
> I changed AuthName from "Require Password" to "Restricted Files".
>
> Step 3 Placed an .htaccess file in the root of smokeping's home directory. I
> started with placing it in /usr/share/smokeping/www and cgi-bin, but ended
> up placing it at the parent level.
>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "Restricted Files"
> AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwords
> Require user smokeping
>
> I restarted Apache and smokeping and I am now prompted for a
> username/password. Only the smokeping user gets in. If I click on the
> "Cancel" button on the logon window, I am then met with an Failed
> Authorization window whereas when AuthName was "Require Password", I would
> be taken to the smokeping webpage.
>
> Thanks for the help...
>
> mgd
>
> _______________________________________________
> smokeping-users mailing list
> smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users
>


From adjam.heath at gmail.com  Thu Mar 22 19:43:47 2012
From: adjam.heath at gmail.com (Adam Heath)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:43:47 +0000
Subject: [smokeping-users] remote fping
Message-ID: <CAKq5ogwDvtb6KEnQyjxqOBpgpZhm-atw72sttYozpPBW7SUu9g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Guys,

I have just installed smokeping and so far not hit many road blocks.
Howerver I am trying to setup remote fpinging to check outbound
connections from my various servers but I have 1 issue. I run all my
servers on a non-standard ssh port. How do I specify what port to
attempt ssh on in the Probes file?

Cheers
Adam


From lars at thegler.dk  Thu Mar 22 20:55:15 2012
From: lars at thegler.dk (Lars Thegler)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:55:15 +0100
Subject: [smokeping-users] remote fping
In-Reply-To: <CAKq5ogwDvtb6KEnQyjxqOBpgpZhm-atw72sttYozpPBW7SUu9g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKq5ogwDvtb6KEnQyjxqOBpgpZhm-atw72sttYozpPBW7SUu9g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAO7rfHHfQ2YrKDF3hCLqHb9O9egYRTCq=wmeabKaQCVC0AH9Fg@mail.gmail.com>

Smokeping::probes::RemoteFPing just uses the system ssh, and that in
turn reads ~/.ssh/config for e.g. port numbers.

/Lars

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Adam Heath <adjam.heath at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I have just installed smokeping and so far not hit many road blocks.
> Howerver I am trying to setup remote fpinging to check outbound
> connections from my various servers but I have 1 issue. I run all my
> servers on a non-standard ssh port. How do I specify what port to
> attempt ssh on in the Probes file?
>
> Cheers
> Adam
>
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From clinton at scripty.com  Mon Mar 26 00:27:25 2012
From: clinton at scripty.com (Clinton Work)
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:27:25 -0600
Subject: [smokeping-users] smokeping SNMP probe?
Message-ID: <4F6F9BCD.5030802@scripty.com>

I have an application of smokeping where I could really use a SNMP probe 
to test connectivity to devices behind a firewall.  I'm considering 
writing an SNMP probe, but I'm not sure if anybody else has already 
started work on one.  I have the most experience with perl module 
Net::SNMP, but it looks like most of the other probes are written using 
the SNMP_Session module.  The idea with the SNMP probe is that it would 
probe the devices using a configurable OID (I would default to sysName) 
and record the response time/success.

Clinton.


From rb14060 at gmail.com  Sat Mar 31 06:21:45 2012
From: rb14060 at gmail.com (Ryan Becker)
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:21:45 -0400
Subject: [smokeping-users] Creating a custom alerting rule
Message-ID: <CAAjykhaC7b4wnE=FV6FW8+aUNQjkTtA7s34sFv+_Gz8yG5ED2w@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all,
I just set up SmokePing and I like it very much.  However, I need a way to
make an alerting rule work and I'm not quite sure how to.  Right now I have
this:
pattern = >30%,*12*,>30%,*12*,>30%
How would I make it so that it has to be above 30% but below 90% to
trigger? IE I don't want anything higher than 90% to trigger it.  Thanks in
advance guys!
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