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Cactid 0.8.6g Out

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After a good bit of testing and community feedback, Cactid version 0.8.6g has been released in the wild. A big thanks to TheWitness and Steve Friedl from unixwiz.net for making this release possible.

Notable changes in this version include fixes to multiple SNMP OID handling, concurrent script server processes, MySQL 5.x support, and massive portability optimizations to the code.

Be sure to read the notice on the downloads page before upgrading, or certain graphs may stop collecting data!

The complete changelog:

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-bug#0000609: console "error" messages should go to stderr instead of stdout
-bug#0000618/0000613: correct invalid assignment of session.community in snmp.c
-bug#0000629: correct issues with invalid unknown reaults when reducing MAX OID get size
-bug: correct issue where spike prevention logic was not being activated properly
-bug: correct issue where host reindex was not operating for uptime goes backwards reindex method
-bug: if sysUptime is queried for a host, only do it once
-bug: certain SNMP string responses where not being handled properly due to net-snmp bug
-bug: increase the allowable size of the logfile entry
-bug: change behavior of availability so that if SNMP and ICMP/UDP are selected, only one has to succeed
-bug: cleaned up implementation of multi SNMP OID get error checking logic
-bug: don't attempt to allocate a zero item array when a host has no polling items
-bug: correct string values returning as blank in *nix environments
-bug: correct issue where invalid SNMP OID results would cascade to subseqent SNMP OID calls for a host
-optimization: change logging logic to cleanup code and add varadic formatting
-optimization: complete audit of code for portability complements of Steve @ http://www.unixwiz.net
-optimization: documentation, documentation, documentation...
-feature: added command line argument handling including database overrides complements of Steve @ http://www.unixwiz.net
-feature: added multiple script server process feature to current version
-feature: added support for MySQL 5.x
-feature: added more verbose MySQL DEBUG logic
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Re: Cactid 0.8.6g Out

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raX wrote:After a good bit of testing and community feedback, Cactid version 0.8.6g has been released in the wild.
Hi Ian

running it with "--version" shows 0.8.6f :

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$ ./cactid --version
CACTID 0.8.6f  Copyright 2002-2005 by The Cacti Group

Usage: cactid [options] [firstid lastid]

Options:

  -h/--help          Show this brief help listing
  -f/--first=X       Start polling with host X
  -l/--last=X        End polling with host X
  -p/--poller=X      Poller ID = X
  -C/--conf=F        Read Cactid configuration from file F
  -O/--option=S:V    Override DB settings 'set' with value 'V'
  -R/--readonly      This Cactid run is readonly with respect to the database
  -S/--stdout        Logging is performed to the standard output
  -V/--verbosity=V   Set logging verbosity to <V>
  --snmponly         Only do SNMP polling: no script stuff

Either both of --first/--last must be provided, or neither can be,
and in their absense, all hosts are processed.

Without the --conf parameter, cactid searches for its cactid.conf
file in the usual places.

Verbosity is one of NONE/LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH/DEBUG or 1..5

Runtime options are read from the 'settings' table in the Cacti
database, but they can be overridden with the --option=S:V
parameter.

Cactid is distributed under the Terms of the GNU General
Public License Version 2. (www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html)
For more information, see http://www.cacti.net
Otherwise, it runs fine (on a new 0.8.6h + patches installation).

BTW : happy to see some new developpers and releases :)
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Would it be of any use, to mention Clearing Poller Cache after tweaking all those scripts as advised by http://cacti.net/cactid_download.php? Suppose, this will be needed?
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What about scripts given by

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unix_disk.xml:  <script_path>perl |path_cacti|/scripts/query_unix_partitions.pl</script_path>
without full path? Suppose, they will need update as well?
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lvm wrote:Would it be of any use, to mention Clearing Poller Cache after tweaking all those scripts as advised by http://cacti.net/cactid_download.php? Suppose, this will be needed?
Good idea. I have added a notice to the downloads page.

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roddie wrote:nft_popen.c:317: error: `SIGTERM' undeclared (first use in this function)
Edit nft_popen.c and add #include <signal.h> just after #include <unistd.h> and type "make"

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One thing that I see...

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01/14/2006 03:52:08 PM - CACTID: Poller[0] DEBUG: MySQL Insert ID '4': 'INSERT INTO poller_output (local_data_id,rrd_name,time,output) VALUES (13,'traffic_in','2006-01-14 15:52:02','422022937'),(13,'traffic_out','2006-01-14 15:52:02','306749201'),(38,'loadavg_1','2006-01-14 15:52:02','3.89'),(40,'loadavg_5','2006-01-14 15:52:02','4.06'),(39,'loadavg_15','2006-01-14 15:52:02','3.85'),(31,'cpu_user','2006-01-14 15:52:02','475912'),(29,'cpu_nice','2006-01-14 15:52:02','331'),(30,'cpu_system','2006-01-14 15:52:02','99395'),(54,'memTotalSwap','2006-01-14 15:52:02','15291576'),(23,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','TotalAccesses:770 TotalkBytes:6892 CPULoad:.14257 Uptime:31311 ReqPerSec:.024592 BytesPerSec:225.397 BytesPerReq:9165.46 BusyWorkers:1 IdleWorkers:7'),(24,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','TotalAccesses:771 TotalkBytes:6893 CPULoad:.14257 Uptime:31311 ReqPerSec:.0246239 BytesPerSec:225.43 BytesPerReq:9154.91 BusyWorkers:1 IdleWorkers:7'),(25,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','TotalAccesses:772 TotalkBytes:6893 CPULoad:.14257 Uptime:31311 ReqPerSec:.0246559 BytesPerSec:225.43 BytesPerReq:9143.05 BusyWorkers:1 IdleWorkers:7'),(26,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','TotalAccesses:773 TotalkBytes:6894 CPULoad:.14257 Uptime:31311 ReqPerSec:.0246878 BytesPerSec:225.462 BytesPerReq:9132.54 BusyWorkers:1 IdleWorkers:7'),(27,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','TotalAccesses:774 TotalkBytes:6894 CPULoad:.142597 Uptime:31312 ReqPerSec:.024719 BytesPerSec:225.455 BytesPerReq:9120.74 BusyWorkers:1 IdleWorkers:7'),(28,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','TotalAccesses:775 TotalkBytes:6895 CPULoad:.142597 Uptime:31312 ReqPerSec:.0247509 BytesPerSec:225.488 BytesPerReq:9110.3 BusyWorkers:1 IdleWorkers:7'),(3,'mem_buffers','2006-01-14 15:52:02','55472'),(4,'mem_swap','2006-01-14 15:52:02','15291576'),(5,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','1min:3.89 5min:4.06 10min:3.85'),(14,'random_number','2006-01-14 15:52:02','9'),(7,'proc','2006-01-14 15:52:02','159'),(18,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','used:0 available:0'),(16,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','change_db:564 delete:2656 insert:338 select:25472 update:945'),(43,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','change_db:564 delete:2656 insert:338 select:25474 update:945'),(17,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','delete:2703 read_first:5550 read_key:37582 read_next:36200 read_prev:0 read_rnd:5871 read_rnd_next:159184 update:904 write:9186'),(44,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','delete:2703 read_first:5550 read_key:37582 read_next:36200 read_prev:0 read_rnd:5871 read_rnd_next:159184 update:904 write:9186'),(33,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','file_reads:41 file_writes:8 file_fsyncs:8 insert_buffer_inserts:0 insert_buffer_merged:0 insert_buffer_merges:0 log_writes:11 buffer_pool_size:1024 buffer_free_pages:989 buffer_database_pages:35 buffer_modified_pages:0 buffer_hit_rate: queries_inside:0 queries_queue:0 rows_inserted:0 rows_updated:0 rows_deleted:0 rows_read:0 spin_waits:12 spin_rounds:40 os_waits:6'),(34,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','file_reads:41 file_writes:8 file_fsyncs:8 insert_buffer_inserts:0 insert_buffer_merged:0 insert_buffer_merges:0 log_writes:11 buffer_pool_size:1024 buffer_free_pages:989 buffer_database_pages:35 buffer_modified_pages:0 buffer_hit_rate: queries_inside:0 queries_queue:0 rows_inserted:0 rows_updated:0 rows_deleted:0 rows_read:0 spin_waits:12 spin_rounds:40 os_waits:6'),(35,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','file_reads:41 file_writes:8 file_fsyncs:8 insert_buffer_inserts:0 insert_buffer_merged:0 insert_buffer_merges:0 log_writes:11 buffer_pool_size:1024 buffer_free_pages:989 buffer_database_pages:35 buffer_modified_pages:0 buffer_hit_rate: queries_inside:0 queries_queue:0 rows_inserted:0 rows_updated:0 rows_deleted:0 rows_read:0 spin_waits:12 spin_rounds:40 os_waits:6'),(36,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','file_reads:41 file_writes:8 file_fsyncs:8 insert_buffer_inserts:0 insert_buffer_merged:0 insert_buffer_merges:0 log_writes:11 buffer_pool_size:1024 buffer_free_pages:989 buffer_database_pages:35 buffer_modified_pages:0 buffer_hit_rate: queries_inside:0 queries_queue:0 rows_inserted:0 rows_updated:0 rows_deleted:0 rows_read:0 spin_waits:12 spin_rounds:40 os_waits:6'),(37,'','2006-01-14 15:52:02','file_reads:41 file_writes:8 file_fsyncs:8 insCACTID: Poller[0] 01/14/2006 03:52:08 PM - PHPSVR: Poller[0] ERROR: Input Expected, Script Server Terminating
01/14/2006 03:52:08 PM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:187.1612 Method:cactid Processes:2 Threads:30 Hosts:2 HostsPerProcess:1 DataSources:53 RRDsProcessed:0
01/14/2006 03:52:08 PM - POLLER: Poller[0] DEBUG: About to Spawn a Remote Process [CMD: /usr/bin/php, ARGS: -q /var/www/cacti.mahuani.intercosmos.net/htdocs/cacti/poller_commands.php]
01/14/2006 03:52:08 PM - POLLER: Poller[0] DEBUG: About to Spawn a Remote Process [CMD: /usr/bin/php, ARGS: -q /var/www/cacti.mahuani.intercosmos.net/htdocs/cacti/poller_export.php]
01/14/2006 03:52:08 PM - PHPSVR: Poller[0] ERROR: Input Expected, Script Server Terminating
Does anyone know what the phpsvr is expecting at this point???

Oh, and my graphs stopped updating.... :(

Update... Don't know if this might be of inportance but this is what I'm also getting in my logs over and over again..

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01/14/2006 04:54:42 PM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] DEBUG: SQL Assoc: "select poller_id,end_time from poller_time where poller_id = 0"
01/14/2006 04:54:42 PM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] DEBUG: SQL Assoc: "select  poller_output.output,  poller_output.time,  poller_output.local_data_id,  poller_item.rrd_path,  poller_item.rrd_name,  poller_item.rrd_num  from (poller_output,poller_item)  where (poller_output.local_data_id=poller_item.local_data_id and poller_output.rrd_name=poller_item.rrd_name)"
If I run the queries from the command line I get.

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mysql> select poller_id,end_time from poller_time where poller_id = 0 \G ;
*************************** 1. row ***************************
poller_id: 0
 end_time: 2006-01-14 16:55:03
*************************** 2. row ***************************
poller_id: 0
 end_time: 2006-01-14 16:55:03
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
For the first and

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Empty set (0.00 sec)
for the second

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cacti - 0.8.6h
cactid - 0.8.6g
mysql - 4.1.16
php - 4.4.1
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Alright... Same problem on my production box. I had my poller run cactid once w/ the new cactid and I had the same problem.
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mahuani,

Cactid is abending for some reason. Can you please state your versions of the following:

MySQL (Server and API)
Net-SNMP (API)
PHP
OS

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Yes, someone pointed that out to me after the fact. I apologize for not getting that on the first try. If we do repackage it, I will make sure that both of those things are incorporated.

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PHP Script Server communications lost

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Hi

First :
Why cactid say "Version 0.8.6f starting" ?
D:\Programme\Cactideamon>D:\Programme\Cactideamon\cactid-0.8.6.g.exe
CACTID: Using cactid config file [cactid.conf]
CACTID: Version 0.8.6f starting

On Windows 2003
My problem ---->
In the log file:
01/20/2006 02:14:12 PM - CACTID: Poller[0] ERROR: SS[0] PHP Script Server communications lost.

I also use "PING - Advanced Ping v1.3" with script server PHP
I tried in input string to put:
<path_cacti>/scripts/ss_fping.php ss_fping <hostname> <attempts> <protocol> <port>
and also
D:/Programme/Cacti-NetworkMonitoring/scripts/ss_fping.php ss_fping <hostname> <attempts> <protocol> <port>

But I did not received datas for Advanced Ping

any idea?
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Re: PHP Script Server communications lost

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pepj wrote:Why cactid say "Version 0.8.6f starting" ?
D:\Programme\Cactideamon>D:\Programme\Cactideamon\cactid-0.8.6.g.exe
Packaging bug- it's 0.8.6g
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Please goto Utilities->View Poller Cache and look for "Action: 2". There you will find the script server information. Please post your output.

If you are running *nix environment, you poller cron job must be running as root in order to utilize ICMP pings do to the inability to create raw sockets in PHP. If you change availability to SNMP only, you may have better luck. Then your pings will be snmp pings.

The problem is that seteuid only exists in if you utilize the POSIX PHP extension, which the PHP group recommends against for security reasons.

However, the "script server communications lost" may also be indicative of an issue with the script server which would result in the Advance Ping breaking. You should run the poller 1 time in DEBUG and post that output as well.

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script server communications lost

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Hi
TheWitness wrote:Please goto Utilities->View Poller Cache and look for "Action: 2". There you will find the script server information. Please post your output.

However, the "script server communications lost" may also be indicative of an issue with the script server which would result in the Advance Ping breaking. You should run the poller 1 time in DEBUG and post that output as well.

TheWitness
It is window2003.
I've annexed the debug and poller output for one host
NO MORE DEBUG FILE ATTACHED (my account reached the quotas) problem solved in http://bugs.cacti.net/main_page.php

Thanks
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Need more of the log. Also, what versions of the various code are you running: cygwin, mysql, php, net-snmp libraries, etc?

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