Advanced Ping Template for Cacti 0.8.6f

[TheWitness]

All,

This template and associated PHP Script Server Script are identical to the thread below and should replace them automatically. However, existing Graphs and Data Sources may be impacted negatively.

http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?t=8503

If you are not using the SmokePing Like, then you should not have any issues with this new template. Thanks goes to Drose12 for developing the original.

Please note that on unix systems that are not running the poller process as root, cacti will attempt to utilize UDP pinging. I suggest that the poller process runs as root to reduce issues.

TheWitness

EDIT: 2005/08/03 - Updated Fixed ss_fping.php Script

[fmangeant]

Hi Larry

thanks for this template. I'd like to keep the poller running as non-root, do you think it would possible to use your script with someting like sudo (I usually run fping with sudo) ?

[TheWitness]

What I could do is provide an option to perform a TCP, UDP, or ICMP pings specifying a port number as an option? What do you think?

Therefore instead of simply specifying:
1) Number of retries

You would specify:
1) Number of retries
2) Ping Type: TCP/UDP/ICMP
3) Port Number for (TCP/UDP)

TheWitness

[websat]

Hi

when i try to import the xml file i have that errot:

Error: XML: Hash version does not exist.

[mvam]

same here

[rony]

Template is made in 0.8.6f, you will need 0.8.6f to import it.

[mvam]

Template is made in 0.8.6f, you will need 0.8.6f to import it.

running 0.8.6f here.. doesnt import properly.

[mvam]

very wierd, i tried the import one more time and it worked. no idea what happened there.

[mvam]

i created a DS and graph with using the templates and:

RRDTool Says:

ERROR: can't parse ':'


i turned off the template on the graph and check each graph item. looks like they all have a DS associated with them. did i miss something?

[fanu]

I have exactly the same problem : Error: XML: Hash version does not exist.

I have cacti version 0.8.6f

Thanks for your help.

Fanu.

[TheWitness]

This is likely my issue. Let me do a fresh install in the next day or so and repost if I find something.

Larry

[vtmgr]

I am running this on a Win32 Platform. When I run it from the Script Server console, per the Witness's excellent instructions, it appears to return perfectly useful and sane results.

However, when it is running in Cacti itself, it doesn't appear to give me output.

Running in Debug, it seems that it always returns "output: AV:U PL:100".

Looking in the script code, it seems to indicate an error condition, but:

a) my PHP is no where near good enough to figure out what.

and

b) why does it seem to run fine from the command line?

If someone knows the magical incantation to correct this, I would be most grateful.

[vtmgr]

well, it appears to be a permissions issue. if I try to run it from the account I have the poller running as, it comes back with that error.

That said, I haven't found out where yet.

I have given that account to read/execute ping, lib\ping.php, and the script_server script, but it doesn't seem to help.

[TheWitness]

You need to apply the patches at:

http://www.cacti.net/downloads/patches/ ... re-patched

TheWitness

[TheWitness]

Once I had applied the patches in my production Windows environment, it worked like a champ.

TheWitness