cacti + not plotting graphs

[aeby]

Hi all,

i have installed cacti but instead of displaying the grpahs it gives me a page with the following errors. I cant figure out why the graphs are not being plotted.




/usr/bin/rrdtool graph - \
--imgformat=PNG \
--start=1188137031 \
--end=1188223131 \
--title="Localhost - Memory Usage" \
--rigid \
--base=1000 \
--height=120 \
--width=500 \
--alt-autoscale-max \
--lower-limit=0 \
COMMENT:"From 2007/08/26 16\:03\:51 To 2007/08/27 15\:58\:51\c" \
COMMENT:" \n" \
--vertical-label="kilobytes" \
--slope-mode \
DEF:a="/var/www/html/cacti/rra/localhost_mem_buffers_3.rrd":mem_buffers:AVERAGE \
DEF:b="/var/www/html/cacti/rra/localhost_mem_swap_4.rrd":mem_swap:AVERAGE \
AREA:a#FF4105:"Free" \
GPRINTLAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s" \
GPRINTAVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s" \
GPRINTMAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s\n" \
AREA:b#FFC73B:"Swap":STACK \
GPRINTLAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s" \
GPRINTAVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s" \
GPRINTMAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s"



Thanks in advance.
Kind Regards

[gandalf]

Please run

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/usr/bin/rrdtool graph /tmp/foo.png \
--imgformat=PNG \
--start=1188137031 \
--end=1188223131 \
--title="Localhost - Memory Usage" \
--rigid \
--base=1000 \
--height=120 \
--width=500 \
--alt-autoscale-max \
--lower-limit=0 \
COMMENT:"From 2007/08/26 16\:03\:51 To 2007/08/27 15\:58\:51\c" \
COMMENT:" \n" \
--vertical-label="kilobytes" \
--slope-mode \
DEF:a="/var/www/html/cacti/rra/localhost_mem_buffers_3.rrd":mem_buffers:AVERAGE \
DEF:b="/var/www/html/cacti/rra/localhost_mem_swap_4.rrd":mem_swap:AVERAGE \
AREA:a#FF4105:"Free" \
GPRINT:a:LAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s" \
GPRINT:a:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s" \
GPRINT:a:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s\n" \
AREA:b#FFC73B:"Swap":STACK \
GPRINT:b:LAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s" \
GPRINT:b:AVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s" \
GPRINT:b:MAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s"

from command line and post your findings
Reinhard

[aeby]

Hi gandhalf,
i see the text file i displayed only when i zoom into the page that gets diplayed, when i click on the graphs display option it gives me a page with a zooming icon but it doesnt didplay the graph, when i click on the zooming icon it gives me a link for viewing the source and diaplys the text file.

When i add a device it also gives me an SNMP error.

I tried running th text i displayed it gives me
ERROR: opening '/var/www/html/cacti/rra/localhost_mem_buffers_3.rrd': No such file or directory

Thanks for the help

[gandalf]

Please read careful installation instructions given at http://docs.cacti.net/node/5. And please post a screenshot of the failing graph along with version info for cacti, rrdtool, mysql, php, snmp. Make sure, cacti is fully patched http://www.cacti.net/download_patches.php
Reinhard

[aeby]

Thanks gandhalf for all the help . sorry for the cross posting.

cacti -0.8.6
rrdtool- 1.2.21
mysql - 5.0.2
php- 5.1.6
snmp NET-SNMP version: 5.4.1

i have followed the installtion in the cacti.net site. i have attched the screenshot.


Regards

[gandalf]

When i add a device it also gives me an SNMP error.

Please have a look at http://docs.cacti.net/node/411 for help on correct setup of snmpd. Then, please try to use "ucd/net SNMP Host" Host template instead of "local Linux machine" and retry
Reinhard

[aeby]

Hi gandhalf,
the snmp error is gone but still it doesnot want to plot,it gives me the same page as before. i added a device and turned the debugging for the graphs. on it gives me the following error.


ERROR: opening '/var/www/html/cacti/rra/testmachine_load_1min_35.rrd': No such file or directory.
i checked the permission on the rra folder it is owned by cacti user
drwxr-xr-x 2 cactiuser root 4096 Aug 29 10:26 rra

how do i fix this. what else should i look into.
cacti is not creating files in rra ..?????????????????

Thanks gandhalf.

[aeby]

Hi Gandhalf,
i have not installed php-cli, i am running FC2 and i it is not installing via yum , it is running php-4.3 version,
but on another version running Centos 5 i manually ran php -q poller.php and it is generating the .rrf files and i have installed php-cli it is running on php-5., but the cron is not running, and i am able to see empty graphs .
is it coz the php-cli package is not there that it is not genertaing the .rrd files,

how will i get to generate the rrd files.

please advice
thanks for all the help

Regards

[gandalf]

Unless the following procedure produces reasonable output, you won't see anything:

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login as cactiuser
cd to the cacti directory
run "php -q poller.php"

Now, you should see reasonable output. If not, I suppose your php is broken
Reinhard

[aeby]

Hi gandhalf,
when i run php -q poller.php ot gives me the following error.

08/31/2007 09:33:06 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
08/31/2007 09:33:06 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:292.7530 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:3 HostsPerProcess:3 DataSources:18 RRDsProcessed:0
PHP Warning: pclose(): 45 is not a valid stream resource in /var/www/html/cacti/lib/rrd.php on line 48

What is wrong.

Thanks for the help

[gandalf]

Please retry using verbosity level DEBUG (see: Settings)
Reinhard

[aeby]

Helo gandhalf,

i did change the settings level to debug
my log file is as follows
09/03/2007 09:49:15 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:292.9156 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:3 HostsPerProcess:3 DataSources:18 RRDsProcessed:0
09/03/2007 09:49:15 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
09/03/2007 08:51:29 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:292.9010 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:3 HostsPerProcess:3 DataSources:18 RRDsProcessed:0
09/03/2007 08:51:29 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
08/31/2007 10:00:32 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:292.8076 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:3 HostsPerProcess:3 DataSources:18 RRDsProcessed:0
08/31/2007 10:00:32 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
08/31/2007 09:33:06 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:292.7530 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:3 HostsPerProcess:3 DataSources:18 RRDsProcessed:0
08/31/2007 09:33:06 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
08/31/2007 09:08:15 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:292.7455 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:3 HostsPerProcess:3 DataSources:18 RRDsProcessed:0
08/31/2007 09:08:15 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
08/31/2007 08:42:51 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:292.8304 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:3 HostsPerProcess:3 DataSources:18 RRDsProcessed:0
08/31/2007 08:42:51 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
08/30/2007 04:00:41 PM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:293.8915 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:3 HostsPerProcess:3 DataSources:18 RRDsProcessed:0
08/30/2007 04:00:41 PM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.
08/30/2007 02:52:18 PM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:292.8532 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:3 HostsPerProcess:3 DataSources:18 RRDsProcessed:0
08/30/2007 02:52:18 PM - POLLER: Poller[0] Maximum runtime of 292 seconds exceeded. Exiting.

how to i get to generate the rra files,
now what ?? please advise

Thanks for all the help

[gandalf]

Aah, that's the double poller issue reported in the second link of my signature. Find the second crontab entry and delete it
Reinhard

[aeby]

Hello gandhal,
i didnt find the second link to your signature, please can you tell me where i can find it,
i check all my crontab entries , i have only one, and thats for the user cactiuser and it is as follows

*/5 * * * * php /var/www/html/cacti/poller.php > /tmp/cacti.log

it is genertaing the log which is as follows:

Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.10

09/04/2007 08:55:00 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] DEBUG: About to Spawn a Remote Process [CMD: /usr/bin/php, ARGS: -q /var/www/html/cacti/cmd.php 0 6]
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
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Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
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Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
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Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.

i checked the mail for cacti : it is as follows:
rom cactiuser@ct-vpn.workforce.co.za Tue Sep 4 09:09:53 2007
Return-Path: <cactiuser@ct-vpn.workforce.co.za>
Received: from ct-vpn.workforce.co.za (ct-vpn.workforce.co.za [127.0.0.1])
by ct-vpn.workforce.co.za (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l8479rwp027691
for <cactiuser@ct-vpn.workforce.co.za>; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:09:53 +0200
Received: (from cactiuser@localhost)
by ct-vpn.workforce.co.za (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id l8479rPu027690
for cactiuser; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:09:53 +0200
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:09:53 +0200
Message-Id: <200709040709.l8479rPu027690@ct-vpn.workforce.co.za>
From: root@ct-vpn.workforce.co.za (Cron Daemon)
To: cactiuser@ct-vpn.workforce.co.za
Subject: Cron <cactiuser@ct-vpn> php /var/www/html/cacti/poller.php > /tmp/cacti.log
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/cactiuser>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=cactiuser>

PHP Warning: pclose(): 53 is not a valid stream resource in /var/www/html/cacti/lib/rrd.php on line 48

i dont know why it is doing that i have seen these erroe previously in the forum but cant make out where it is now

please tell me what to do next, thanks very much for all the help.

[gandalf]

Hello gandhal,
i didnt find the second link to your signature, please can you tell me where i can find it,

You must login to see signatures. If you installed from rpm/yum/apt-get, please search /etc/cron.d/cacti
Reinhard