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Sending data from script to an rrd

list Rob Munsch
Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:46:34 -0400
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Ralph Mitchell wrote:
On 10/18/06, Rob Munsch <user-f39e4aae1456@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I've gone over the manpages and i'm still confused, sorry. Do i need to
call another channel with the --extra-tests option?  Is it in a config
file somewhere?  The sample script of "weather in Copenhagen" is a
little opaque, it just shows a bunch of echoes but not their context.
Is THAT script called by another within hobbit?  Lastly is there a howto
somewhere for exporting one's custom script data to RRD?
When you add the --extra-script option in the [rrdstatus] block, 
Well i'm stuck already.  What file is that block in?  I can't find it in
'server.cfg nor 'graph.cfg...
hobbit_rrd takes
care of the RRD creation and stuffing, you just need to echo out the
correct format.
So something like

echo "DS:cputemp:GAUGE:600:0:U"
echo "cputemp.rrd"

probably isn't far off after all?
It took me several iterations to get this straight... :)
I bet i beat you! :D
Ralph

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Rob Munsch
Solutions For Progress IT
www.solutionsforprogress.com
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