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32 lines
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Post-Installation Procedure
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Before starting the rrdbot daemon for the first time, you need to
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perform some necessary steps:
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1. Create configuration file(s) of what you wish to monitor, and
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and place them in %%PREFIX%%/etc/rrdbot
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2. Create the RRD files based on the above configuration file(s),
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using %%PREFIX%%/sbin/rrdbot-create
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When creating your rrdbot configuration files which use the "archive"
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feature, be sure your archive durations are correct mathematically
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when compared to the actual SNMP polling interval. For example,
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assuming your SNMP polling interval is 30:
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6/minute -- won't work (6*30 = 180 seconds)
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2/minute -- will work (2*30 = 60 seconds)
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Otherwise you'll receive this kind of warning when using rrdbot-create:
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rrdbot-create: my.conf: archive has too many data points for polling interval. ignoring
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Once you've followed these steps, you can start the daemon by setting
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rrdbot_enable="yes" in rc.conf, and then execute:
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%%PREFIX%%/etc/rc.d/rrdbot start
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If you forgot to run rrdbot-create, rrdbotd will start but will silently
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fail when trying to write data to the non-existent RRD. So please be
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sure to follow the above!
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