cfgstoragemaker1

Usage

Overview

The purpose of cfgstoragemaker is to remotely generate a MRTG config file in order to graph all the storage devices (disk, memory and swap) of one or more specific host(s) via SNMP.

As you can imagine, it was heavily inspired by cfgmaker.

Advantages

One of the most important advantages of cfgstoragemaker is that you don't have to install and run MRTG on the servers you want to monitor, everything is done remotely on a distinct and centralized monitoring host. The datas are acquired by SNMP.

Moreover, you don't have to worry about the list of all the mounted partitions and their size, cfgstoragemaker will do that for you.

Language

Cfgstoragemaker is written in Perl.

Files

/usr/share/snmp/mibs/HOST-RESOURCES-MIB.txt

SNMP MIB file provided by ucd-snmp

/usr/share/cfgstoragemaker/templates/header.tpl /usr/share/cfgstoragemaker/templates/body.tpl

templates files to build the config file

Problems and bugs

We haven't found any bugs yet. Perhaps there are bugs but it's unlikely.

If you have problems with `cfgstoragemaker' or think you've found a bug, please report it to the developers; we cannot promise to do anything but we might well want to fix it.

Before reporting a bug, make sure you've actually found a real bug. Carefully reread the documentation and see if it really says you can do what you're trying to do. If it's not clear whether you should be able to do something or not, report that too; it's a bug in the documentation!

Before reporting a bug or trying to fix it yourself, try to isolate it to the smallest possible conditions that reproduces the problem. Then send us the description and the exact results `cfgstoragemaker' gave you. Also say what you expected to occur; this will help us decide whether the problem was really in the documentation.

Once you've got a precise problem, please send electronic mail to:

[email protected]

Please include the version number of `cfgstoragemaker' you are using. Be sure also to include the type of machine and operating system you are using.