[collectd] Collecd ping syslog

[DeCamps, Miguel]

Thank you Marc that actually helps!! I'm strictly using Collectd as an agent with a cloud configuration controller to leverage the ARM micro architecture boards (cubieboards, globalscale mirabox) as remote sensors that can give IPSLA like functionality out of the gates. I am using Check_mk from OMD along with its log agent / analyzer component to generate alerts in a CMS. When the remote sensors are either unreachable or a certain log message is seen in its local syslog that is pulled into OMD I can generate notifications for those particular assets and the remote or local devices they target.

Sincerely,

Miguel DeCamps 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Fournier [mailto:marc.fournier at camptocamp.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 4:01 AM
To: DeCamps, Miguel
Cc: collectd at verplant.org
Subject: Re: [collectd] Collecd ping syslog

Excerpts from DeCamps, Miguel's message of 2013-07-23 22:12:12 +0200:
> Hello everyone
> 
> I am trying to figure out how I can get success pings from the ping 
> plugin in the collectd agent to the local syslog. I can clearly see 
> when a ping does not succeed a log entry in /var/log/syslog; but upon 
> recovery of the pings I do not see a log entry into my syslog file.
> 
> I need this so I can integrate it into my OMD instance for remote 
> agents I have distributed. Any help would be greatful!

There isn't any notion of failed/recovered "state". If a ping fails, a log message is emitted. If it succeeds, nothing is logged. That's all.

I don't know about how OMD works, but would I typically check the values emitted by the ping plugin (from one of the available write plugins, or using collectd's threshold system) and raise an alarm if the value is above/below a certain level.

Cheers,
Marc