[[!meta date="2013-02-26 08:58"]] [[!tag shinken packagemanager]] [[!img media/shinken.png alt="copied from shinken-monitoring.org" style="float: right"]] [[!series shinken]] [[!summary shinken 1.2.4 on ubuntu desktop 12.10]] # motivation need to get **shinken-1.2.4** working on ubuntu desktop 12.10 and later i want to run it on a raspberry pi. [[!img media/shinken_on_ubuntu_1210.png caption="shinken on ubuntu desktop 12.10 - Impact graph"]] # shinken installation in general we follow the installation guide from [1] 0. BUT first install libmysql-dev or you will hit issue [2][3]: apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev apt-get install python-dev apt-get install python-pip **note:** if you don't install libmysqlclient-dev the pip installation of MySQL-python==1.2.4b2 will bail out with an error 1. since the most recent MySQL-python has an issue with distribute, we downgrade it: pip install distribute==0.6.28 pip install MySQL-python==1.2.4b2 **note:** if you don't install MySQL-python==1.2.4b2 then the shinken 1.2.4 installer might have a problem # pip install distribute==0.6.28 Downloading/unpacking distribute==0.6.28 Downloading distribute-0.6.28.tar.gz (627Kb): 627Kb downloaded Running setup.py egg_info for package distribute Installing collected packages: distribute Found existing installation: distribute 0.6.28dev-r0 Uninstalling distribute: Successfully uninstalled distribute Running setup.py install for distribute Before install bootstrap. Scanning installed packages Setuptools installation detected at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages Non-egg installation Removing elements out of the way... Already patched. /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools.egg-info already patched. Installing easy_install script to /usr/local/bin Installing easy_install-2.7 script to /usr/local/bin After install bootstrap. Don't have permissions to write /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg-info, skipping Creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg-info Creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools.pth Successfully installed distribute Cleaning up... # pip install MySQL-python==1.2.4b2 Downloading/unpacking MySQL-python==1.2.4b2 Downloading MySQL-python-1.2.4b2.tar.gz (77Kb): 77Kb downloaded Running setup.py egg_info for package MySQL-python Installing collected packages: MySQL-python Running setup.py install for MySQL-python building '_mysql' extension gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Dversion_info=(1,2,4,'beta',2) -D__version__=1.2.4b2 -I/usr/include/mysql -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.o -DBIG_JOINS=1 -fno-strict-aliasing -g In file included from _mysql.c:44:0: /usr/include/mysql/my_config.h:422:0: warning: "HAVE_WCSCOLL" redefined [enabled by default] In file included from /usr/include/python2.7/Python.h:8:0, from _mysql.c:29: /usr/include/python2.7/pyconfig.h:890:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.o -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lmysqlclient_r -lpthread -lz -lm -lrt -ldl -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/_mysql.so Successfully installed MySQL-python Cleaning up... 2. fixing the pnp4nagios from 2.17 to 2.18 bugfix, see [6], for the (2.18 release). if we don't updated from 2.17 to 2.18 our pnp4nagios will only produce an empty document and thus no RRD graphics. Bugfix: Blank screen on PHP 5.4 fixed get the source of shinken: wget http://www.shinken-monitoring.org/pub/shinken-1.2.4.tar.gz tar xfz shinken-1.2.4.tar.gz cd shinken-1.2.4 now change **install.d/shinken.conf**: install.d/shinken.conf -> export PNPRELEASE="17" to install.d/shinken.conf -> export PNPRELEASE="18" for more details how i learned about this issue, see [[shinken_1.2.4_on_ubuntu_desktop_12.10/#index1h2]] 3. execute the installation ./install -i ./install -p nagios-plugins ./install -p check_mem ./install -p manubulon ./install -p check_netint ./install -a pnp4nagios and then restart the services /etc/init.d/shinken restart /etc/init.d/npcd restart **some parts of that script seem to run forever so be patient** # ./install -i +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Verifying compatible distros +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Found DEBIAN (Ubuntu 12 x86_64) > Version checking for Ubuntu is not needed +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Checking for existing installation +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Checking prerequisites +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Checking for wget: OK > Checking for sed: OK > Checking for gawk: NOT FOUND. Installing it! > Checking for grep: OK > Checking for python: OK > Checking for bash: OK > Checking for sudo: OK > Installing build-essential libperl-dev python-setuptools libsqlite3-dev python-dev pyro sqlite3 nmap unzip libmysqlclient-dev python-ldap libevent-dev python-paste > Module paramiko (paramiko) not found. Installing... > Module netifaces (netifaces) not found. Installing... > Module simplejson (simplejson) not found. Installing... > Module pysqlite found. > Module MySQL_python found. > Module pymongo (pymongo) not found. Installing... > Module kombu (kombu) not found. Installing... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Creating user +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Relocate source tree to /usr/local/shinken +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > relocating macro /usr/local/shinken/install.d/tools/macros/enable_npcd.macro > relocating macro /usr/local/shinken/install.d/tools/macros/disable_npcd.macro > relocating macro /usr/local/shinken/install.d/tools/macros/set_webui_ouptput_length.macro > relocating macro /usr/local/shinken/install.d/tools/macros/enable_log_mongo.macro > relocating macro /usr/local/shinken/install.d/tools/macros/enable_retention.macro > relocating macro /usr/local/shinken/install.d/tools/macros/control_satelites.macro > relocating macro /usr/local/shinken/install.d/tools/macros/enable_retention_mongo.macro > relocate nagios plugin path +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Set some configuration directives +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Processing /usr/local/shinken/etc/brokerd.ini > Going to /usr/local/shinken > Setting workdir to /usr/local/shinken/var in /usr/local/shinken/etc/brokerd.ini > Setting user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/brokerd.ini > Setting shinken_user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/brokerd.ini > Setting group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/brokerd.ini > Setting shinken_group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/brokerd.ini > Processing /usr/local/shinken/etc/pollerd.ini > Going to /usr/local/shinken > Setting workdir to /usr/local/shinken/var in /usr/local/shinken/etc/pollerd.ini > Setting user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/pollerd.ini > Setting shinken_user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/pollerd.ini > Setting group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/pollerd.ini > Setting shinken_group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/pollerd.ini > Processing /usr/local/shinken/etc/reactionnerd.ini > Going to /usr/local/shinken > Setting workdir to /usr/local/shinken/var in /usr/local/shinken/etc/reactionnerd.ini > Setting user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/reactionnerd.ini > Setting shinken_user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/reactionnerd.ini > Setting group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/reactionnerd.ini > Setting shinken_group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/reactionnerd.ini > Processing /usr/local/shinken/etc/receiverd.ini > Going to /usr/local/shinken > Setting workdir to /usr/local/shinken/var in /usr/local/shinken/etc/receiverd.ini > Setting user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/receiverd.ini > Setting shinken_user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/receiverd.ini > Setting group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/receiverd.ini > Setting shinken_group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/receiverd.ini > Processing /usr/local/shinken/etc/schedulerd.ini > Going to /usr/local/shinken > Setting workdir to /usr/local/shinken/var in /usr/local/shinken/etc/schedulerd.ini > Setting user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/schedulerd.ini > Setting shinken_user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/schedulerd.ini > Setting group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/schedulerd.ini > Setting shinken_group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/schedulerd.ini > Processing /usr/local/shinken/etc/skonf.cfg > Going to /usr/local/shinken > Setting workdir to /usr/local/shinken/var in /usr/local/shinken/etc/skonf.cfg > Setting user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/skonf.cfg > Setting shinken_user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/skonf.cfg > Setting group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/skonf.cfg > Setting shinken_group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/skonf.cfg > Processing /usr/local/shinken/etc/nagios.cfg > Going to /usr/local/shinken > Setting workdir to /usr/local/shinken/var in /usr/local/shinken/etc/nagios.cfg > Setting shinken_user to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/nagios.cfg > Setting shinken_group to shinken in /usr/local/shinken/etc/nagios.cfg > Setting local_log to /usr/local/shinken/var/arbiter.log in /usr/local/shinken/etc/nagios.cfg > Setting lock_file to /usr/local/shinken/var/arbiter.pid in /usr/local/shinken/etc/nagios.cfg > Enable retention for broker scheduler and arbiter > Installing startup scripts > Enabling Ubuntu startup script +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Install mongodb server +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > repository configuration not found. Adding 10 gen repository > Installing mongodb server +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Applying various fixes +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > updated configuration of module[3] passwd=/usr/local/shinken/etc/htpasswd.users updated configuration of module[3] passwd=/usr/local/shinken/etc/htpasswd.users > Make files permissions and owners good > Add Shinken entry for skonf in sudoers /tmp/sudoers.shinken: parsed OK /etc/sudoers.d/README: parsed OK > Starting shinken +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Shinken is now installed on your server | The install location is: /usr/local/shinken | The configuration folder is: /usr/local/shinken/etc | | The Web Interface is available at: http://localhost:7767 | The default credentials for the webui are admin/admin | | You can now learn how to configure shinken at: http://www.shinken-monitoring.org/wiki +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # ./install -p nagios-plugins > Found installation parameters --> ETC=/usr/local/shinken/etc --> VAR=/usr/local/shinken/var --> LIBEXEC=/usr/local/shinken/libexec --> TARGET=/usr/local/shinken > checking if shinken is installed in /usr/local/shinken +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Install nagios plugins +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Installing prerequisites > Getting nagios-plugins archive > Extract archive content > Configure source tree > Building .... > Installing # ./install -p check_mem > Found installation parameters --> ETC=/usr/local/shinken/etc --> VAR=/usr/local/shinken/var --> LIBEXEC=/usr/local/shinken/libexec --> TARGET=/usr/local/shinken > checking if shinken is installed in /usr/local/shinken +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Install check_mem +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Downloading check_mem > Extracting archive > Installing plugin # ./install -p manubulon > Found installation parameters --> ETC=/usr/local/shinken/etc --> VAR=/usr/local/shinken/var --> LIBEXEC=/usr/local/shinken/libexec --> TARGET=/usr/local/shinken > checking if shinken is installed in /usr/local/shinken +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Install manubulon plugins +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Installing prerequisites > Getting manubulon archive > Extract archive content > Relocate libs => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_boostedge.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_cpfw.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_css_main.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_css.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_env.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_int.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_linkproof_nhr.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_load.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_mem.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_nsbox.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_process.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_storage.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_vrrp.pl => Processing /tmp/nagios_plugins/check_snmp_win.pl => Installing > Found installation parameters --> ETC=/usr/local/shinken/etc --> VAR=/usr/local/shinken/var --> LIBEXEC=/usr/local/shinken/libexec --> TARGET=/usr/local/shinken > checking if shinken is installed in /usr/local/shinken # ./install -p check_netint > Found installation parameters --> ETC=/usr/local/shinken/etc --> VAR=/usr/local/shinken/var --> LIBEXEC=/usr/local/shinken/libexec --> TARGET=/usr/local/shinken > checking if shinken is installed in /usr/local/shinken +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Install install_check_netint +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Installing pre-requisites. > Downloading check_netint > install check_netint # ./install -a pnp4nagios > Found installation parameters --> ETC=/usr/local/shinken/etc --> VAR=/usr/local/shinken/var --> LIBEXEC=/usr/local/shinken/libexec --> TARGET=/usr/local/shinken > checking if shinken is installed in /usr/local/shinken +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Install pnp4nagios addon +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Found installation parameters --> ETC=/usr/local/shinken/etc --> VAR=/usr/local/shinken/var --> LIBEXEC=/usr/local/shinken/libexec --> TARGET=/usr/local/shinken > Installing prerequisites > Getting pnp4nagios archive > Extracting archive > Configuring source tree > Building .... > Installing > Fix htpasswd.users path > Enable npcd startup > Enable npcdmod > using ip address: 192.168.11.114 > Starting npcd 4. fix the installation: many parts of the installation are broken, so for basic operation here are some fixes: * create a common secret key (for pnp4nagios and npcd communication): cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9 | head -c${1:-32} > /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/secret.key chown shinken:shinken /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/secret.key * fix pnp4nagios to use the common key file by looking at **/usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/process_perfdata.cfg**: disable **KEY = should_be_changed** and enable **KEY_FILE = /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/secret.key** (see this example how it should look like): ... # enables or disables encryption. It is strongly # advised to not disable encryption. Anybody will be # able to inject packages to your worker. # Encryption is enabled by default and you have to # explicitly disable it. # When using encryption, you will either have to # specify a shared password with KEY = ... # Default is 1. # ENCRYPTION = 1 # A shared password which will be used for # encryption of data pakets. Should be at least 8 # bytes long. Maximum length is 32 characters. # #KEY = should_be_changed # The shared password will be read from this file. # Use either key or keyfile. Only the first 32 # characters will be used. KEY_FILE = /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/secret.key * finally, restart the services: /etc/init.d/shinken restart /etc/init.d/npcd restart **note:** cpu/load/memory/NetworkUsage all fail for localhost at my machine but i get ping latency statistics and RRD graphs (it says: Cpu UNKNOWN36m 2s (Service Check Timed Out)) 5. finally, open these two pages in your browser: * * **note:** it could take 2minutes for pnp4nagios to generate RRD graphics 6. see the logs: tail -f /usr/local/shinken/var/*.log **note:** in case you want to debug npcd, see [[shinken_1.2.4_on_ubuntu_desktop_12.10/#index1h2]] 7. since monitoring localhost is not enough: go to /usr/local/shinken/etc/hosts and add a file like wiki.serverkommune.de.cfg: # cat wiki.serverkommune.de.cfg define host{ host_name wiki.serverkommune.de contact_groups admins address wiki.serverkommune.de use http } afterwards restart shinken: /etc/init.d/shinken restart 8. security: change the admin user password: cd /usr/local/shinken/etc htpasswd htpasswd.users admin ## hacking shinken when i select a server which i do monitor, like wiki.serverkommune.de, there is the 'Graphics' tab which says: Oh snap! No graphs available! i tried to debug this to no avail! this string seems to be references from: **shinken/webui/plugins/eltdetail/views/eltdetail.tpl** %uris = app.get_graph_uris(elt, graphstart, graphend) ...
Oh snap! No graphs available!
so i tried to find references to get_graph_uris: shinken/modules/webui_broker/webui_broker.py: def get_graph_uris(self, elt, graphstart, graphend, source = 'detail'): shinken/modules/webui_broker/webui_broker.py: f = getattr(mod, 'get_graph_uris', None) shinken/modules/graphite_ui.py: def get_graph_uris(self, elt, graphstart, graphend, source = 'detail'): shinken/modules/pnp_ui.py: def get_graph_uris(self, elt, graphstart, graphend, source = 'detail'): according to the devs this page should work: (for me it is an empty page) because of the fact that there were no graphics i started looking at pnp4nagios and found npcd [Nagios Performance Data C Daemon]: /etc/init.d/npcd status npcd (pid 994) is running... a look at the task ps aux | grep npcd shinken 994 0.0 0.2 90776 1028 ? S 02:41 0:00 /usr/local/pnp4nagios/bin/npcd -d -f /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/npcd.cfg i've played with various values in the configuration file: * log_level * /usr/local/pnp4nagios/libexec/process_perfdata.pl but it seems that the npcd service cleares the **perfdata_spool_dir = /usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/spool/** the error must be somewhere in there! a closer look at **/usr/local/pnp4nagios/libexec/process_perfdata.pl**: * it seems that: **/usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/rra.cfg** does not exist * however, **/usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/rra.cfg-sample** does * **/usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/secret.key** is not there either * **/usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/perfdata** exists and contains files: ls -la /usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/perfdata/serverkommune.de/ total 1912 drwxrwxr-x 2 shinken shinken 4096 Feb 25 03:40 . drwxr-xr-x 13 shinken shinken 4096 Feb 20 08:54 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 shinken shinken 768224 Feb 25 03:40 Http.rrd -rw-rw-r-- 1 shinken shinken 768224 Feb 25 03:39 Https.rrd -rw-rw-r-- 1 shinken shinken 2475 Feb 25 03:39 Https.xml -rw-rw-r-- 1 shinken shinken 2464 Feb 25 03:40 Http.xml -rw-rw-r-- 1 shinken shinken 384952 Feb 25 03:37 smtp.rrd -rw-rw-r-- 1 shinken shinken 1815 Feb 25 03:37 smtp.xml -rw-rw-r-- 1 shinken shinken 0 Feb 21 09:34 smtp.xml.2972 * looking at the log **/usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/perfdata.log** less /usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/perfdata.log 2013-02-21 09:26:57 [2856] [0] RRDs::update /usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/perfdata/serverkommune.de/Http.rrd 1361459985:0.631224:1817 2013-02-21 09:26:57 [2856] [0] RRDs::update ERROR /usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/perfdata/serverkommune.de/Http.rrd: illegal attempt to update using time 1361459985 when last update time is 1361460284 (minimum one second step) 2013-02-25 02:42:16 [997] [0] *** TIMEOUT: Timeout after 15 secs. *** 2013-02-25 02:42:39 [997] [0] *** TIMEOUT: Deleting current file to avoid NPCD loops 2013-02-25 02:42:39 [997] [0] *** TIMEOUT: Please check your process_perfdata.cfg 2013-02-25 02:42:39 [997] [0] *** TIMEOUT: Could not delete /usr/local/pnp4nagios/var/spool//perfdata.1361460886-PID-997:No such file or directory 2013-02-25 02:42:39 [997] [0] *** Timeout while processing Host: ".pnp-internal" Service: "runtime" 2013-02-25 02:42:39 [997] [0] *** process_perfdata.pl terminated on signal ALRM * looking at **/usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/process_perfdata.cfg** it seems that a password was missing and the secret file wasn't set either # enables or disables encryption. It is strongly # advised to not disable encryption. Anybody will be # able to inject packages to your worker. # Encryption is enabled by default and you have to # explicitly disable it. # When using encryption, you will either have to # specify a shared password with KEY = ... # Default is 1. # ENCRYPTION = 1 # A shared password which will be used for # encryption of data pakets. Should be at least 8 # bytes long. Maximum length is 32 characters. # KEY = should_be_changed # The shared password will be read from this file. # Use either key or keyfile. Only the first 32 # characters will be used. # KEY_FILE = /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/secret.key * what about pnp4nagios vhost? apache seems to be running: /etc/init.d/apache2 status Apache2 is running (pid 1459). * **/var/log/apache2/error.log** tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log [Thu Feb 21 09:28:20 2013] [error] [client 192.168.11.104] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico [Mon Feb 25 02:43:16 2013] [notice] Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) mod_fcgid/2.3.7 PHP/5.4.6-1ubuntu1.1 configured -- resuming normal operations [Mon Feb 25 02:44:09 2013] [error] [client 192.168.11.104] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico [Mon Feb 25 02:49:33 2013] [error] [client 192.168.11.104] user admin: authentication failure for "/pnp4nagios/index.php/image": Password Mismatch, referer: http://192.168.11.114:7767/all * the secret key: echo "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0000000000000000000" > /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/secret.key chown shinken:shinken /usr/local/pnp4nagios/etc/secret.key * restarting shinken /etc/init.d/shinken restart /etc/init.d/npcd restart * so what can i do now? visit #pnp4nagios@irc.freenode.net (14:33) < qknight> when i type: http://192.168.11.114/pnp4nagios/graph?host=blog.lastlog.de i get a total empty page (no html source code) (14:34) < qknight> http://blog.lastlog.de/posts/shinken_1.2.4_on_ubuntu_12.10_LTS/ (14:34) < qknight> and i don't know where to start debugging the setup (14:35) < _pitchfor> pnp4nagios verison? (14:35) < _pitchfor> PHP Version? (14:38) < _pitchfor> you site points to the old 0.4.x docs (14:38) < _pitchfor> qknight: so which version of pnp4nagios do you use? (14:39) < qknight> _pitchfork_: npcd 0.6.17 - $Revision: 637 $ (14:40) < _pitchfor> and why do you link to the 0.4.x docs? (14:40) < _pitchfor> anyway (14:40) < _pitchfor> which PHP version do you use? (14:40) < qknight> pnp4nagios-0.6.17 (14:41) < _pitchfor> PHP not PNP (14:41) < _pitchfor> http://docs.pnp4nagios.org/pnp-0.6/dwnld#changelog (14:41) < qknight> PHP Version => 5.4.6-1ubuntu1.1 (14:41) < _pitchfor> http://docs.pnp4nagios.org/pnp-0.6/dwnld#changelog (14:41) < _pitchfor> fixed with pnp4nagios 0.6.18 (14:41) < _pitchfor> happy updating ;) (14:42) < qknight> _pitchfork_: what is fixed with that new version? (14:42) < _pitchfor> http://docs.pnp4nagios.org/pnp-0.6/dwnld#changelog (14:44) < qknight> _pitchfork_: sorry? (14:44) < qknight> i will try to update now (14:44) < _pitchfor> qknight: -> Bugfix: Blank screen on PHP 5.4 fixed (14:44) < qknight> oh, right (14:44) < qknight> thanks! * finally the fix (very simple one indeed): in the installer of shinken change **shinken-1.2.4/install.d/shinken.conf**: install.d/shinken.conf -> export PNPRELEASE="17" # must be updated to 18 instead! **note:** see bugfix in [6] for the 2.18 release Bugfix: Blank screen on PHP 5.4 fixed # shinken review ## packaging summary: * i **tried third party packages for shinken but it failed horribly** (as usually when i do something with third party stuff on ubuntu/debian). * **source deployment seems to be a good idea for the time being** - until someone packages it for ubuntu **anyway, when being used to nixpkgs this seems to _horribly_ wrong!!1!** ## usability this screenshot shows the shinken UI: [[!img media/shinken_on_ubuntu_1210_2.png caption="shinken on ubuntu desktop 12.10 - all"]] but: * **the layout (picture above) is not structured in a clean/obvious way**, i often need several moments to realise which result belongs to which server * when **hoovering the mouse over a latency meassure** (as shown in the picture above) it sometimes does weird things when the page is being reset * **expanding several hosts makes the lower part of the page unusable** as pageresets frequently reset the view to the top * **sometimes hoovering does not work** so there won't be any graph * there is **no indicator when the data was refreshed the last time**, so once i thought everything is alright even though it was not! * **when being in a host view i can't use the 'Graphs' tab directly** (it would show 'Oh snap! No graphs available!') but instead i have to select a service in the 'Impacts' tab first. why is this 'Graphs' tab there then?! * **i could't get CPU/Load/Memory check for localhost working** i tested all this both with ff and chrome. in general i like shinken and maybe someone benefits from this guide? how knows ;-) # future steps * using NRPE (Nagios Remote Plugin Executor) to monitor remote machines. see [7][8][9] * put shinken behind apache, thus make the service use 80/443, see [10] * consider using thruk, see [11] # summary i've wasted about 3 days debugging shinken for ubuntu desktop 12.10. anyway, i need this setup as i want to run it on a raspberry pi! i like the documentation on the webpage and also the installer and installation steps is quite usable. i really love the impact graph. can't wait to see it in our more complex setup here! ## consider using Centos/RHEL hvad@shinken#irc.freenode.net recommended to use Centos/RHEL 6.x by using the EPEL repository. since i want to run shinken on the raspberry pi this is no option right now ;-P **thanks for the help to hvad/Issif/oliv-** #links * [1] * [2] * [3] * [4] * [5] * [6] * [7] * [8] * [9] * [10] * [11]