blank perfdata: not parsing macros

[M P]

Just wanted to update the mailing list on how this was fixed.

All howtos mention that you need to add a line:

process_performance_data=1

to nagios.cfg

But what they fail to mention is that further down in the default  
nagios.cfg there is a line like this:

process_performance_data=0

So if you add your new config lines close to the top of the file, they  
get happily overwritten by the defaults at the bottom.
This mistake will bite you regardless if you install from repositories  
or compile from source.


The rest is history.


M


On 18-Mar-09, at 5:06 AM, Jim Avery wrote:

> 2009/3/17 M P <reg at eyesopen.org>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have nagios3 running (installed via apt-get on Debian).  
>> Everything worked
>> pretty well until I tried to add graphing support.
>>
>> As described in numerous how-tos, I added the following to  
>> nagios.cfg:
>> ...
>
> What kind of graphing support are you trying to add?  There are
> various kinds including Nagiosgrapher and PNP.
>
> Don't forget that if the plugin doesn't produce any performance data,
> there will be nothing to graph!  Check the service detail screen for
> the service you're interested in and check that there is some
> performance data there.
>
> I'd recommend installing Nagios using the standard instructions rather
> than from the repositories.  You'll learn more about how it works that
> way, and will find installation of various add-ons much easier than
> battling with whatever directory layout whoever built the packages
> decided on.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jim.
>
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