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<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I am having trouble using the write_http plugin. My
collectd-agent configuration looks as below</span></tt></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">LoadPlugin write_http</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"><Plugin write_http></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"> <url "<a href="http://webserver/endpoint">http://webserver/endpoint</a>"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"> User "user"</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"> Password "xxxxxx"</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"> </url></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"></Plugin></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">As a
matter of fact, my webserver is Cake PHP code running on Apache ,as of now it
is not expecting basic authentication nor HTTP digest .</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">The
collectd-agent is built with “–enable-write_http” option .While I could see the
data pushed out of this agent to the central collectd server using the Network
Plugin, I could not see the same results achieved via this write_http plugin.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">I
confirmed my observation by looking at tcpdump statistics<b>,</b>but could not find
any data flowing to the destination (HTTP) port of my webserver .<b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Please
help me know how to troubleshoot this issue ,or if I am missing any
configurations.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Also
,request help on more information about other options feasible with this plugin
(like HTTPS post) or any undocumented details that other users have encountered
in their experiences .</span></b></p>