cacti 1.2.17 and remote pollers

[stefandewal]

Hi there,

I have installed a new server dedicated for remote polling.

I have used this instruction https://fossies.org/linux/cacti/docs/Ho ... llers.html

what i now get is when going to Console: Management > devices > server.host.tld i get the error ERROR: Failed to connect to remote collector.

I see in the access logs on the remote poller that it tries to connect to the apache server.

when i shut down the webserver on the remote the error changes:

ERROR: Failed to connect to remote collector.

Why does the main cacti want to connect to the webserver on a remote poller?

[sbotnick]

Both error messages appear to be the same.

FWIW, I most often see the connection failure when there is a network problem between the main and remote database. The main shouldn't be accessing the remote web; in one of my scenarios, my main cannot reach the remote web server and I do not get any error.

[stefandewal]

You are right. i copied the same error twice.

this is the other error:

FATAL: You are not authorized to use this service

as i said. i can see the main cacti connection via port 80 to the poller.

is this normal behavior?