Okay, first you must make the indicated addition to your apache httpd.conf (or you can make a hobbit.conf in apaches conf.d directory).
Then, you must restart apache for the change to take effect (/etc/init.d/httpd restart).
Then, manually test the server-stats url to make sure it's working, by using your browser and going to http://your.server.com/server-status?auto (you can also go to http://your.server.com/server-status/ to get some nice extended apache performance info). You should get back something like this:
Total Accesses: 131577
Total kBytes: 796036
CPULoad: 1.0401
Uptime: 21595
ReqPerSec: 6.09294
BytesPerSec: 37746.7
BytesPerReq: 6195.16
BusyWorkers: 43
IdleWorkers: 13
Scoreboard: RR__RWR___RR_R_RR_RRRRRRRRR_RRRRRRR__RRR_RRRRCRRRRR_RRRR........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Now, assuming you are getting back the server-status info, time to make sure your bb-hosts is correctly configured to collect and graph the data. Heres what I have in mine:
1.2.3.4 my.server.com # conn ssh http://1.2.3.4 apache=http://1.2.3.4/server-status?auto LARRD:*,apache:apache|apache1|apache2|apache3
From what you said of your setup, I'm guessing your only problem is using the wrong url for the apache tag (you used "apache=http://192.168.1.25/hobbit/"; which just won't work - that's the kind of URL you would use for the http tag).
Hope this helped.
-Charles
Kevin Hanrahan wrote:
thanks for the reply. I did exactly as in the example before I wrote the previous email and got nothing. That is why I was asking for help or further clarification.
*From:* Charles Jones [mailto:user-e86b4aeade4e@xymon.invalid]
*Sent:* Saturday, February 05, 2005 12:48 AM
*To:* user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
*Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Apache tag
*Importance:* Low
PERFORMANCE MONITORING TESTS
apache[=URL]
If you are running an Apache webserver, adding this tag makes
/bbtest-net
<http://192.168.0.103/hobbit/help/manpages/man1/bbtest-net.1.html>;(1)/
collect performance statistics from the Apache webserver by
querying the URL *http://IP.ADDRESS.OF.HOST/server-status?auto*.
The response is sent as a data-report and processed by the Hobbit
hobbitd_larrd module into an RRD file and an "apache" graph. If
your webserver requires e.g. authentication, or runs on a
different URL for the server-status, you can provide the full URL
needed to fetch the server-status page, e.g.
*apache=http://LOGIN:PASSWORD at 10.0.0.1/server-status?auto* for a
password protected server-status page, or
*apache=http://10.0.0.1:8080/apache/server-status?auto* for a
server listening on port 8080 and with a different path to the
server-status page.
Note that you need to enable the server-status URL in your Apache
configuration. The following configuration is needed:
<Location /server-status>
SetHandler server-status
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
allow from 127.0.0.1
</Location>
ExtendedStatus On
Change "127.0.0.1" to the IP-address of the server that runs your
network tests.
Kevin Hanrahan wrote:
Please explain the apache performance tag further. I added the following to
my bb-hosts for a host running apache:
apache=http://192.168.1.25/hobbit/
It is in fact the hobbit host. I get no apache column or anything
related....where did I make my mistake?