[smokeping-users] Need a hand with configuration files please.

[David Thompson]

Re: [smokeping-users] Need a hand with configuration files please.

Interesting…seems as if a whitespace or some character that wasn’t being
seen by vi snuck in there somewhere. Ended up moving things around a little
bit and the issue cleared. Doesn’t make any sense to me as the file was
intact from a backup so I’m officially freaked out.



David Thompson
Network Services Support Technician
(O) 858.357.8794
(F) 858-225-1882
(E) dthompson at esi-estech.com
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*From:* smokeping-users [mailto:smokeping-users-bounces+dthompson=
esi-estech.com at lists.oetiker.ch] *On Behalf Of *Gregory Sloop
*Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 12:05 PM
*To:* smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
*Subject:* Re: [smokeping-users] Need a hand with configuration files
please.



1) >Okay so I was finally able to push past the other issues I was having
...
Could you tell the list what was wrong before? It may be slightly
embarrassing, but could be useful for others in the same predicament.

2) How about removing the underscores. IIRC, underscores causes problems in
multiple places. [i.e. "ClientsA" or "Clients-A" or "Clients.A"]

3) How about really simplifying the config and seeing what works and what
doesn't.
Setting this up in a VM, for example, for testing is not that much work,
and then you don't whack your production install.

4) I'm skeptical that this exact same config worked elsewhere fine. Perhaps
I'm wrong, but it sounds fishy. [Not blaming you, but pointing out that I
suspect something's changed, even if you don't realize it.] And if it
DIDN'T, then the job is to do a compare of the one that worked and the one
that doesn't. That should probably be helpful.

[And yeah, I'm a bit grumpy today, and it seems, to me at least, like you
haven't done your homework, and that doesn't help my grumpiness! <grin>]

HTH

-Greg

Nope that’s not it unfortunately.

#*** Targets Stating with 'A' ***

#probe = FPing
#slaves = nysandbox

## You have to edit and uncomment all what you want below this.
# Please, refer to smokeping_config man page for more info
# The given adresses aren't real to avoid DoS.

+ ClientsStartingWithA
menu = Clients_A
title = Clients that start with 'A'
#host = Clients

ERROR: /etc/smokeping/config.d/Targets_A, line 11: unknown variable 'menu'

David Thompson
Network Services Support Technician
(O) 858.357.8794
(F) 858-225-1882
(E) dthompson at esi-estech.com
(W) www.esi-estech.com

*From:* Sorrell, Al [mailto:Al_Sorrell at troweprice.com]
*Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 11:26 AM
*To:* 'David Thompson'; smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
*Subject:* RE: [smokeping-users] Need a hand with configuration files
please.

Make sure there’s a space between the ‘+’  and ‘Clients StartingWith A’

*From:* smokeping-users [
mailto:smokeping-users-bounces+al_sorrell=troweprice.com at lists.oetiker.ch
<smokeping-users-bounces+al_sorrell=troweprice.com at lists.oetiker.ch>] *On
Behalf Of *David Thompson
*Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 11:58 AM
*To: *smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
*Subject:* [smokeping-users] Need a hand with configuration files please.

Okay so I was finally able to push past the other issues I was having but
now I’m running in this and I really don’t know what I’m doing wrong and
why Smokeping is complaining as this is how the original config files were
setup.

ERROR: /etc/smokeping/config.d/Targets_A, line 11: unknown variable 'menu'

Here’s a copy and paste from the Targets_A file.

#*** Targets Stating with 'A' ***

#probe = FPing
#slaves = nysandbox

## You have to edit and uncomment all what you want below this.
# Please, refer to smokeping_config man page for more info
# The given adresses aren't real to avoid DoS.

+ClientsStartingWithA

*menu = Clients_A*title = Clients that start with 'A'
#host = Clients

Why in the heck is Smokeping complaining about that??? I highlighted it in
red above.
David Thompson
Network Services Support Technician
(O) 858.357.8794
(F) 858-225-1882
(E) dthompson at esi-estech.com
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