[HOWTO] Use externally updated rrd files + BONUS TRACK

[llow]

I like this idea allowing to I am thinking the best way to implement this is by modifying the data source path to take URIs like rrd://x.x.x.x/filename.rrd.

I will write up a patch to 0.8.7a for this as I would like to offload the web interface completely from polling.

I am curious as to what kind of overhead running rrdtool through a tcp/ip socket will have though.

[vineeshkumarpv]

ok, thanks. i opened feature request #0001000: support for globally dispersed rrd store. i can't figure out how to assign it to cigamit.

thanks again,

mark

Can u please post the changed files in the forum?

[mikygee]

Hello Gandalf,
The link that you provided in your first message is invalid.
Where could I get the latest version for this topic ?
Thank you

[gandalf]

Thanks for the hint. Link updated
R.

[kaf3773]

thanks. i think i've figured out how to make it work:

- modified data source to include remote_rrd checkbox which indicates whether rrd should be fetched locally or remotely via rrdsrv
- modified rrdtool_execute (rrd.php) so that it sends rrdtool command to appropriate host if remote_rrd checkbox is checked

but this is a less than optimal solution for us since we'd rather not modify cacti code directly due to upgrade/maintenance issues. ideally, i would like to be able to get this to work by using the plug-in architecture but it doesn't seem like the requisite hooks are in place. please correct me if i'm wrong.

thanks for your help,

mark

Hi mbhoward,

I am also trying to achieve this and i have the rrdsrv setup and working. I will appreciate very much if you can share how you got this section done

- modified data source to include remote_rrd checkbox which indicates whether rrd should be fetched locally or remotely via rrdsrv
- modified rrdtool_execute (rrd.php) so that it sends rrdtool command to appropriate host if remote_rrd checkbox is checked

Secondly can anyone also point me to any post that has this done please.

Thanks and will appreciate help very much.