BigIP v9 Template

[aleu]

Could somebody post a new zip file containing the host template with all the dependencies, please? There were many additions to the original post and I am a bit lost what is current and what is not.

Thanks.

[tgravvold]

F5 BigIP v9 host template for Cacti 0.8.6i:
Revision history:
Rev 6: changed vs names in "F5 BigIP - VS Traffic" data template. Some new graphs (Thanks to matibut14 for the SSL TPS graph).
Rev 5: New graphs for VS Traffic and VS Connections. New snmp query "f5_bigip_vs.xml". Some cosmetical changes in existing templates (2006.11.13).
Rev 4: Initial revision (2006.11.10).

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong (or if the cacti forums are screwing this up) but the F5_BigIP_v9-Host_Template-rev_6.xml file appears to be labeled Cisco Router. Can you look into this?

I'm very sorry! This is entierly my fault. Stupid me...

Yesterday I changed the zip file and verified that it was correct. Please download this version and try to forgive me for my incompetance. Sorry again.

- Terje -

[tgravvold]

Could somebody post a new zip file containing the host template with all the dependencies, please? There were many additions to the original post and I am a bit lost what is current and what is not.

Thanks.

Please forgive me for posting a faulty zip file (rev 6). I've now posted a new rev 6 zip file with the correct host template and dependencies. Just follow the instructions at the first page of this thread.

Please post a new question if this doesn't answer your question. I don't yet have a test system, so I've not tested importing the templates my self. So it's very nice with some feedback, thanks.

- Terje -

[aleu]

Please forgive me for posting a faulty zip file (rev 6). I've now posted a new rev 6 zip file with the correct host template and dependencies. Just follow the instructions at the first page of this thread.

Please post a new question if this doesn't answer your question. I don't yet have a test system, so I've not tested importing the templates my self. So it's very nice with some feedback, thanks.

- Terje -

Thanks for posting the updated zip file. The only question that I have is are Load Balancer Virtual Server Statistics (f5_bigip_vs_9_151.xml) and Load Balancer Pool Statistics (f5_bigip_pool_9.xml) included in this host template?

Thanks for your fantastic work!

[gwooden]

While I am a new user to cacti, I have been around UNIX/Linux machines for a long time. I have a pair of BigIP LTM 6800s (loaded), running 9.1.2; the hosts in cacti are set to v2 SNMP. Running 5.x SNMP running on RHES 4.

I followed this thread and loaded the latest posted v6 zipfile and it's not working for me. I am not getting any of the graphs in the templates showing.

* I am getting the double "..". I updated the regex to no prevail.
* The TMM is throwing this error: SS[0] WARNING: Result from SERVER not valid. Partial Result: Content-type: text/h...

Maybe I am not doing something right? Other folks seem to get this going; I just today downloaded the v6 zipfile and followed the directions. Did I miss something?

Thanks,

-graham

[soloslinger]

I am having an entirely different problem.

I am running cacti 8.6i on FreeBSD. I downloaded the template and other xml files and put them in the correct places. When I go to do the final step and import the template template_import.php returns saying

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in <cacti_path>/lib/import.php on line 885

I looked for a config figuring perhaps there is a default execution time out, but I didn't see anything. Anyone else having this issue? Or perhaps know what I am doing wrong?

brian

[soloslinger]

Well I found out how to fix my problem. I had to crank the timeout in php.ini to 190 seconds to get this to wanna work. Not sure why, perhaps there is a lot cacti is chewing on to import this.


soloslinger/brian

[soloslinger]

Well with a little playing I have got almost everything working. There is one remaining issue I am having a problem with. I can't seem to get pool in/out bits traffic to create the rrd through cacti when I am adding a new graph. I am going to try and do it by hand to see if will graph the traffic here in the next day or two.


soloslinger/brian

[VinzClortho]

We've got ~10 BigIPs installed, and I had serious problems with the OID Regexs that were originally provided in this template. We could get the Regex working on individual machines by altering the # of characters matched, but could never get it to work reliably without changing the .xml every time, so we re-wrote the regex. These seem to work on all of our BigIP v9 systems (1000s, 1500s & 3400s) :

In f5_bigip_vs.xml :
<oid_index_parse>OID/REGEXP:^.*\.3375\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.(.*)</oid_index_parse>

In f5_bigip_ifStat.xml :
<oid_index_parse>OID/REGEXP:^.*\.3375\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.(.*)</oid_index_parse>

You can also create another .xml to graph pools using the following regex.. you'll just need to alter the index and strip out VS-specific info (IP address, Service Port, No Node Errors).
Index :
<oid_index>.1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.5.2.3.1.1</oid_index>
Regex :
<oid_index_parse>OID/REGEXP:^.*\.3375\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.(.*)</oid_index_parse>

You'll need to change all the <fields> to use the new index, but once you do that, you can just use the existing Graph & Data templates for VSs, as the data returned is in the same format.

[bsdboy]

Hello all, I too am experiencing the double dot problem... (..)

When I walk ".1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9" I receive:

SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.6.102.116.112.95.50.49 = Counter64: 3486
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.11.102.116.112.95.112.111.111.108.95.56.48 = Counter64: 629101
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.15.109.115.110.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 12772334022
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.15.114.115.115.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 1269257321
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.15.119.119.119.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 527369904938
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.16.100.101.109.111.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 43396761
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.16.102.105.110.100.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 1281672203
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.17.109.97.105.110.116.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 95032
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.17.112.99.119.110.108.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 92687592
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.18.115.101.97.114.99.104.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 47428873
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.19.97.112.97.99.104.101.48.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 83215512709
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.21.109.97.114.107.101.116.105.110.103.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 17683620763
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.21.119.119.119.46.100.105.103.105.116.97.108.45.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 6657349
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.21.119.119.119.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109.95.104.116.116.112.115 = Counter64: 1291403479
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9.26.115.101.97.114.99.104.115.101.114.118.118.105.99.101.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109 = Counter64: 18404579894

My cacti logs show:

dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..15.109.115.110.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..21.119.119.119.46.100.105.103.105.116.97.108.45.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..19.97.112.97.99.104.101.48.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..17.112.99.119.110.108.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..18.115.101.97.114.99.104.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..21.109.97.114.107.101.116.105.110.103.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..17.109.97.105.110.116.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..26.115.101.97.114.99.104.115.101.114.118.118.105.99.101.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.7..15.114.115.115.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.7..15.119.119.119.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..16.100.101.109.111.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..16.102.105.110.100.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109, output: U
dsname: traffic_in, oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.2.10.2.3.1.9..21.119.119.119.46.112.99.119.111.114.108.100.46.99.111.109.95.104.116.116.112.115, output: U

I've tried all ov the above regex changes but none seem to help... Any idea's?

nms:~ me$ rpm -qa |egrep '(net-snmp|rrd)'
rrdtool-1.0.49-5.fc4
net-snmp-libs-5.3-4.2
nms:~ me$ /usr/local/php/bin/php -v
PHP 5.1.4 (cli) (built: May 22 2006 12:44:24)
Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies
nms:~ me$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux)
nms:~ me$

[bsdboy]

So, I have all the graphs working except the ones I need... Figures, eh? What I need working are the "F5 BigIP - VS Traffic (bits/sec)" graphs... Anyone have any suggestions?

Using the following:

f5_bigip_vs.xml:
<oid_index_parse>OID/REGEXP:^.*\.3375\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.(.*)$</oid_index_parse>

f5_bigip_ifStat.xml:
<oid_index_parse>OID/REGEXP:^.*\.3375\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.(.*)$</oid_index_parse>

Also found an error in: F5 BigIP - Global HTTP 2xx/3xx Responses

HRULE was set to 00:00, needs to be set to 0

[apuye]

That's exactly the same problem I'm running into also.

I don't get any data in the virtual server graphs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

[wolftrackn]

I have been having the same problem and found something interesting that I attempted:
Under Data Management -> F5 BigIP - VS Traffic
There are 2 traffic_in data sources. I deleted one and now I at least have a graph. I am waiting for the polling to complete to see if I get data in the graph.

[apuye]

While I am a new user to cacti, I have been around UNIX/Linux machines for a long time. I have a pair of BigIP LTM 6800s (loaded), running 9.1.2; the hosts in cacti are set to v2 SNMP. Running 5.x SNMP running on RHES 4.

I followed this thread and loaded the latest posted v6 zipfile and it's not working for me. I am not getting any of the graphs in the templates showing.

* I am getting the double "..". I updated the regex to no prevail.
* The TMM is throwing this error: SS[0] WARNING: Result from SERVER not valid. Partial Result: Content-type: text/h...

Maybe I am not doing something right? Other folks seem to get this going; I just today downloaded the v6 zipfile and followed the directions. Did I miss something?

Thanks,

-graham

Did you ever get this working? I'm getting exactly the same problem. I have tried all the suggestions but no luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Alhagie.

[bsdboy]

Hmmm, mine is now working...

Using the following regex:

Code: Select all

f5_bigip_ifStat.xml:
<oid_index_parse>OID/REGEXP:^.*\.3375\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.(.*)$</oid_index_parse>
f5_bigip_vs.xml:
<oid_index_parse>OID/REGEXP:^.*\.3375\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.(.*)$</oid_index_parse> 

There is an error in F5_BigIP_v9-Host_Template-rev_6.xml, there is a 'traffic_in' where it should be 'traffic_out'. Attached is the file that is working for me. Also, there is an error in the HTTP2xx/3xx part, the HRULE is defined as 00:00 where it should be just 0. I did not fix this in the XML file, sorry I'm lazy, I don't know where this needs to be changed and I'm tired of mucking around

So if you re-import this file, change the REGEXP in the above files, blast the device and re-create you may see an improvement... as usual, YMMV