perfparse doesn't display hosts, services

[Andreas Ericsson]

John Christian wrote:
> Hi Gurus,
> 
> I'm trying to integrate PerfParse with Nagios. When I
> access the PerfData Graphs page, I get the PerfParse
> logo, but no hosts or services are listed. I read that
> these fields should be auto-populated if the
> performance data is being delivered correctly. As a
> result, I suspect the performance data is not making
> it all the way to PerfParse.
> 
> Nagios is logging performance data when I point it to
> a file. But when I connect Nagios to PerfParse via a
> pipe, I don't know how to check that the performance
> data is going into the pipe or arriving in the MySQL
> database. How do I "look" at the pipe? Or view the
> contents of the 'perfparse' database in MySQL?
> 
> Any suggestions on what may be broken or how to
> continue diagnosing the problem? TIA! -John
> 
> Additional Info:
> 
> Nagios 2.04b
> PerfParse v0.105.6
> SunOS 5.9 Generic_112233-12 Sun-Fire-880
> 
> It seems PerfParse can connect to the MySQL database:
> /usr/local/nagios/bin/check_perfparse_version
> OK Perfparse Database Version Correct: 0.19. |
> pp_ver=0.19 true_ver=0.19
> 
> I start perfparsed first and it creates a pipe in
> /usr/local/nagios/var:
> prw-r-----   1 root     other          0 Sep 13 12:08
> perfdata-service.log


Read these permissions again, and think about what they actually mean.
Hint: Nagios has dropped privileges by the time it tries to open this 
node for writing.

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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