New Data Input Methods

[ballanty]

Hi,

I'm going through the manual and trying to understand things at a bit deeper level than showing the basic preconfigured data. I'm readying Ch11 on Data Input Methods and it suggests that when creating a new Data Input Method you ought to be able to configure a Type as "Script/Command', 'SNMP', 'SNMP Query', or 'Script Query.'

I'm using version 1.2.22 but I only seem to have: 'Script/Command' or 'Script Server' as choices.

I'm look to use SNMP queries to obtain data right now but can see the value of scripts to obtain the data as well.

Thanks!
Rob

[TheWitness]

The snmp and snmp-query Data Input Methods are 'system' level and therefore both hidden and not customizable. But you will find that they have comprehensive coverage.

Can you open a documentation bug on Cacti.net showing the page where you found that?

[ballanty]

Thank you.

I will open a documentation bug as you suggest.

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding things but I was thinking that I needed to use a SNMP/SNMP Query to create a new Data Input Method. IE, use it and specify an OID, say, to pull that's OIDs value and this would create a new Data Input Method.

[TheWitness]

For snmp you don't need a new data input method, you can go directly to the Data and Graph templates. It's much faster.