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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I'm trying to set up Collectd with the Varnish plugin on an Ubuntu 16.0.4 LTE server.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I'm running Collectd version 5.5.1 and Varnish 4.1.4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">My configuration is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">LoadPlugin varnish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><Plugin varnish><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <Instance><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectCache true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectConnections true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectBackend true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectSHM true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectESI true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectFetch true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectHCB true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectSMS true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectTotals true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectWorkers true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectUptime true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectVCL true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectStruct true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectObjects true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectSession true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> CollectVSM true<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </Instance><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></Plugin><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">When I start collectd I see the following message in the syslog:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">collectd[59045]: varnish plugin: Unable to open connection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">collectd[59045]: read-function of plugin `varnish/localhost' failed. Will suspend it for 20.000 seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Varnish runs as expected and I have verified that the other plugins in Collectd works as expected. I guess that this is some kind of configuration. Could someone please point me in the right direction?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Steinar Aasheim</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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