'Special Type Code' in Script/Command method

[elsif]

I can not get Cacti to pass the 'hostname' to a script called by a Script/Command data input method.

My input string is:
/usr/home/cacti/public_html/scripts/processcount.pl <ip> <string>

Input Fields:
Name Field Order Friendly Name
ip 1 ip Delete
string 2 string

IP is set to Special Type Code 'hostname'.

When I create the datasource, in the 'Custom Data' section, Cacti correctly indicates that I want it to use the IP, and displays the IP in question.

Custom Data [data input: ProcessCount]
ip (From Host: 10.1.11.80)
string (which I have set to: httpd)

Yet when I go to full debug mode, I see that Cacti is not sending the IP to the script...

07/25/2008 10:25:00 AM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[2] DS[1048] SCRIPT: /usr/home/cacti/public_html/scripts/processcount.pl httpd, output: proccount:0
07/25/2008 10:30:01 AM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[2] DS[1048] SCRIPT: /usr/home/cacti/public_html/scripts/processcount.pl httpd, output: proccount:0

...Notice the double space between .pl and httpd, making it treat what I intended as $string (httpd) being used as $ip.

What step did I miss? I see older versions of Cacti seemed to allow 'management_ip' as the Special Type Code, but that doesn't work here.

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And when I try to flip the order of the two input fields:

07/25/2008 10:55:00 AM - CACTID: Poller[0] Host[2] DS[1048] SCRIPT: /usr/home/cacti/public_html/scripts/processcount.pl httpd , output: proccount:0

...Notice the space after httpd and before the comma.

[TheWitness]

Interesting, first Repopulate your Poller cache, then view the poller cache for your entry. If Repopulating did not fix it, then change your Data Input Method from "<ip>" to "<hostname>".

Please bear in mind that every time you change a data input method, you have to repopulate your poller cache. It's a bit of a pain. I might fix it some day.

TheWitness

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Nope, didn't help. In fact, it repopulated it with the same mistake...

07/25/2008 03:21:53 PM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] DEBUG: SQL Exec: "insert into poller_item (local_data_id,host_id,action,hostname, snmp_community,snmp_version,snmp_timeout,snmp_username,snmp_password,snmp_port,rrd_name,rrd_path, rrd_num,arg1,arg2,arg3) values (1048,2,1,'10.1.11.80', 'REMOVED','2','1000', '','','161', 'HOST-tor-apache','/usr/home/cacti/public_html/rra/HOST_tor_cira_ca_HOSTtorapache_1048.rrd', '1','/usr/home/cacti/public_html/scripts/processcount.pl httpd ','','')"

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It should be noted that I'd tried removing the Data Input Method and Data Source and replacing a few times, with no luck.

Is it possible this is just broken in 0.8.8l?

Can anyone out there get it to use a Special Type Code properly?

[TheWitness]

What version are you running?