[collectd] Re-writing collectd.spec

[Richard Shade]

On 3/18/08, Richard Shade <rshade at rightscale.com> wrote:
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> On 3/18/08, Florian Forster <octo at verplant.org> wrote:
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> > Hi Richard,
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> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 07:54:50PM -0500, Richard Shade wrote:
> > > 1. I am breaking out the configs for
> > apache,email,lm_sensors,mysql,snmp into
> > > /etc/collectd.d
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> > sounds good - this is exactly what the additions to the `Include'
> > statement are for ;)
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> Thanks
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> > 2. I am creating a contrib version of collectd.conf for redhat based
> > > distros, that matches the option in collectd.spec
> > > 3. I rewriting contrib/fedora/init.d-collectd to use collectdmon, and
> > > putting it in contrib/redhat/ with the rest of my .conf files, to not
> > > destroy the old versions.
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> > Nice, just send them in an I'll add it to contrib/
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> Great I will get that out to you asap, probably today/tonight..
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Here you guys go this is my contrib/redhat, it contains the broken out
config files, the new init.d script, and the new spec file. I have tested
this build on a CentOS 5 system and it works and will start up. If you have
any suggestions please let me know.
link: https://s3.amazonaws.com/rightscale_software/redhat.tgz




> 4. I am considering breaking out memcached, and nginx plugins like the
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> > > in item 1.
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> > Why the `email', `memcached' and `nginx' plugins? I'd put plugins with
> > extra dependencies into their own package - with their own configuration
> > in /etc/collectd.d/. But that's just my two cent.
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> Please correct me if I am wrong on these. Email was already in there with
> spamassassin as a dependency, nginx will require curl like apache, and
> memcached could probably be in default since all it requires is memcached.
> Does this sounds about right?
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> Regards,
> > -octo
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> Thanks,
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> Richard Shade
> RightScale
> http://www.rightscale.com/
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Thanks,

Richard Shade
RightScale
http://www.rightscale.com/
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