Apan - but no graphs

[Sean Knox]

The rrdtool path in generate.cgi also threw me for a loop. To everyone 
configuring Apan, here are a couple "gotchas":

1. As Ralph points out, generate.cgi is hardcoded to use 
/usr/local/bin/rrdtool as the rrdtool location. Be sure to change to the 
actual location. (on Debian, for example, rrdtool is located in 
/usr/bin/rrdtool)
2. Apan resolves hosts defined in the apan.cfg via /etc/hosts and DNS, 
not through nagios. Be sure to use FQDN with your hosts or define them 
in /etc/hosts.
3. Make sure your permissions on your rrd files are correct. For the 
longest time I had the graphs themselves generated, but no data was 
being put into them. (I stupidly created them as root. yes, i know that 
was bad). It's still unclear which user accesses the .rrd files... the 
webserver? nagios? nobody?
4. Apan currently has little or no error-checking...i.e. just about 
everything is case sensitive...be careful!

Those are the ones I remember off the top of my head. Apan has a ton of 
potential- I can't wait to explore it.

Sean


Ralph Zimmermann wrote:

>I meant, these red colored "X" replacements instead of pictures.
>
>But I found the mistake myself now. It wasn't in the documentation
>that you need to adjust generate.cgi as well !!!
>
>In my case it was the path to rrdtool. Now "rrdtool graph" gets started
>properly and does create the required graphs.
>
>Ralph.
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von:	Sean Knox [SMTP:sean.knox at sbcglobal.net]
>Gesendet am:	Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2002 09:09
>An:	ralph.zimmermann at salt-ag.com
>Betreff:	Re: [Nagios-users] Apan - but no graphs
>
>By no graphs, do you mean no graphics at all (i.e. pngs/gifs) or graphs 
>with no data?
>
>Sean
>
>Ralph Zimmermann wrote:
>
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>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've just configured Apan according to the documentation 
>>and the hints of the last postings. The config itself went 
>>fine and checks (ping) are running successfully, but if I 
>>click on the graph icon in Nagios, which leads to the url, 
>>I get a page with all required text but NO GRAPHS.
>>
>>As I see from the dead-pictures properties it tries to 
>>generate the pictures from the follwing call: 
>>http://.../nagios/cgi-bin/generate.cgi?server&Ping&600
>>
>>Anyone aware what my fault may be ?
>>
>>However I'm glad about Apan, always been waiting for a 
>>rrdtool to easily integrate into Nagios.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Ralph.
>>
>>
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