[SC.LUG] Anyone use MRTG?

[Greg Bolshaw]

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Greg Bolshaw <greg at linuxtechnologies.co.uk> wrote:
> Ian Molton <spyro at f2s.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 21:46:09 +0000
> >
> > Greg Bolshaw <greg at linuxtechnologies.co.uk> wrote:
> > > MRTG is the best tool for the job providing the device you want
> > > to monitor supports SNMP.
> >
> > Do I see someone volunteering for a talk ?
>
> It's quite a difficult application to demonstrate for obvious
> reasons. However, I don't mind putting together a working example
> with annotated configuration file and mini-HOWTO.

OK, here it is as promised - a working example of MRTG.

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net-snmp configuration:
http://dev.linuxtechnologies.co.uk/mrtg/snmpd.conf
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MRTG configuration:
http://dev.linuxtechnologies.co.uk/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
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Graphs:
http://dev.linuxtechnologies.co.uk/mrtg/
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Here's what I did to get it to that stage:

1)  Installed net-snmp and mrtg plus dependencies.
2)  Executed `snmpconf -g basic-setup` for guided snmpd.conf creation.
3)  Executed `cfgmaker linuxtech_snmp at localhost \
              --output=/var/www/dev.linuxtechnologies.co.uk/mrtg.cfg`
    to automagically create the mrtg.cfg.
4)  Added "RunAsDaemon: Yes" to mrtg.cfg.
5)  Started MRTG using `mrtg mrtg.cfg`.

It really *is* that simple. Hope that's of use to those of you who are 
looking to use MRTG. If you have question about any aspect of the 
configuration, please ask.

Greg

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