Graph nan after creating Data Input Method

[yellowdog2]

Hello,

I wanted to graph users from a specific application runing on a linux server.

I created a shell script working fin and returning an integer value.

I then created a Data Input Method for the server to graph, next a Data Template and a Graph Template following the http://docs.cacti.net/manual:088:3a_adv ... put_method article.

I added the graph Template in my device but the graph remains blank with NAN.

I have already done such a graph Template for a Windows server and did not encounter any problem.

How to troubleshoot that problem? I'd like to check each step of the creation but don't know how.

Any help is appreciated.

[netniV]

Enable device debug logging for the device in question and then show the logs for the output of that script.

[yellowdog2]

What do you mean by "Enable device debug logging for the device" ?

i don't know how to set it ....

Below is the debug result for the graph:

RRDTool Command:
/usr/bin/rrdtool graph - \
--imgformat=PNG \
--start=-86400 \
--end=-300 \
--title='VLNXDIAP2 - DIAPASON users counter GT' \
--base=1000 \
--height=120 \
--width=500 \
--alt-autoscale-max \
--lower-limit=0 \
--vertical-label= \
--slope-mode \
--font TITLE:10: \
--font AXIS:7: \
--font LEGEND:8: \
--font UNIT:7: \
DEF:a="/usr/share/cacti/rra/vlnxdiap2_diap_users_counter_506.rrd":DIAP_users_counter:AVERAGE \
AREA:a#4444FFFF:"Diapason Working users" \
GPRINTLAST:"Current\:%8.2lf %s" \
GPRINTAVERAGE:"Average\:%8.2lf %s" \
GPRINTMAX:"Maximum\:%8.2lf %s\n"

RRDTool Says:
OK

[netniV]

Edit the device in question, click on the Enable Device Debug.

You can also do this within Settings, by entering the ID in the Selected Device Debug box.

[yellowdog2]

I must be blind or something like this but nothing related to debug in the settings nor in the edit device.

Do you have a snapshot to enlight me ?

[netniV]

Wait a sec, what version are you running on?

[yellowdog2]

Version 0.8.7h

[netniV]

Oh, in that case... I'm not going to be much help. I really only know the 1.x code. I'm not sure if there was a device debug on that version.

[tertius]

In 0.8.x, you can only globally enable debug logging. You do this in cacti settings. Set the log level to debug. The challenge is to find your devices' logs in the heap of debug messages of all the other devices.

[yellowdog2]

I found the origin of the problem: in the cacti log file, I have the folowing messages.

/usr/share/cacti/scripts/check_VLNXDIAP_working_users.pl 128.1.110.130, output: Remote command execution failed: Could not create directory '/usr/share/cacti/.ssh'.

Then I created the .ssh directory, but now I have this.

/usr/share/cacti/scripts/check_VLNXDIAP_working_users.pl 128.1.110.130, output: Remote command execution failed: Host key verification failed.

I copied the content of the /root/.ssh in /usr/share/cacti/.ssh because my remote server is declared in the known_hosts file and the rsa keys also

What do I have to do more ? It is strange that cacti needs his own .ssh files and directory, why not using the /root/.ssh ?

[yellowdog2]

After changing the owner of the file to cacti:apache it works now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[netniV]

Yes, if you copied that from root, only root would have had privilege to the file. The folder and contents of .ssh must be readable only to the user who is the owner (eg, 600 for files and 700 for directories).