Bug 719809

Summary: collectd-web config file DataDir value wrong
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Matt Domsch <matt_domsch>
Component: collectdAssignee: Alan Pevec (Fedora) <apevec>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Fixed In Version: collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Matt Domsch 2011-07-08 03:34:15 UTC 
Description of problem:
collectd.spec generates /etc/collectd.d/rrdtool.conf , but does not include sufficient information to make it usable directly.  The missing stanza should look like:

<Plugin "rrdtool">
  DataDir "/var/lib/collectd/rrd"
  CacheFlush 120
  WritesPerSecond 50
</Plugin>

However, collectd-web provides /etc/collection.conf, which specifies DataDir as "/var/lib/collectd".

Furthermore, the default collected /etc/collectd.conf file provided has a commented-out stanza for rrdtool, as such:


#<Plugin rrdtool>
#       DataDir "/usr/var/lib/collectd/rrd"
#       CacheTimeout 120
#       CacheFlush   900
#</Plugin>

which suggests that /var/lib/collectd/rrd would be appropriate.  (note also, each of those suggest /usr/var/lib/... instead of simply /var/lib, that should be fixed somehow as well...)

I suggest adding to collectd.spec to write out the stanza above into rrdtool.conf, and fix /etc/collection.conf to use /var/lib/collectd/rrd as the default value for DataDir.  In this way, installing collectd-rrdtool and collected-web, everything will "just work" out of the box.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
collectd-4.9.5-2.fc14, but appears similar in 4.10.3-4.
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2011-11-29 10:07:05 UTC 
collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-11-30 02:03:28 UTC 
Package collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-16624/collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-12-23 03:25:33 UTC 
collectd-4.10.4-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.