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diff --git a/net-mgmt/rrdbot/files/pkg-message.in b/net-mgmt/rrdbot/files/pkg-message.in new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..801e82d07886 --- /dev/null +++ b/net-mgmt/rrdbot/files/pkg-message.in @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ + +Post-Installation Procedure +=========================== +Before starting the rrdbot daemon for the first time, you need to +perform some necessary steps: + +1. Create configuration file(s) of what you wish to monitor, and + and place them in %%PREFIX%%/etc/rrdbot +2. Create the RRD files based on the above configuration file(s), + using %%PREFIX%%/sbin/rrdbot-create + +When creating your rrdbot configuration files which use the "archive" +feature, be sure your archive durations are correct mathematically +when compared to the actual SNMP polling interval. For example, +assuming your SNMP polling interval is 30: + + 6/minute -- won't work (6*30 = 180 seconds) + 2/minute -- will work (2*30 = 60 seconds) + +Otherwise you'll receive this kind of warning when using rrdbot-create: + + rrdbot-create: my.conf: archive has too many data points for polling interval. ignoring + +Once you've followed these steps, you can start the daemon by setting +rrdbot_enable="yes" in rc.conf, and then execute: + + %%PREFIX%%/etc/rc.d/rrdbot start + +If you forgot to run rrdbot-create, rrdbotd will start but will silently +fail when trying to write data to the non-existent RRD. So please be +sure to follow the above! + |