The collectd version in EPEL is out of date, I would request to upgrade to a newer version as the IO performance on the server side has been greatly improved.
Mike, you looked at updating collectd in EPEL few months back, but IIRC latest version was failing to compile. Have you had a chance to figure it out?
It was just one particular plugin that was failing, I think it was iptables. I couldn't figure out why it was failing though and ended up just removing that particular plugin from the package. I'll take a look again this afternoon or tomorrow morning with more details.
FYI, I successfully built collectd 4.9.1 on RHEL 5.5 without any trouble. I believe the built system has also been greatly improved in recent versions, if that can help. Thanks for considering this request !
I lied, its not iptables, it's a missing xen-devel in i386. It's actually available but our builders don't seem to have it. Dennis is looking at the buildsys now to find out why.
(In reply to comment #3) > FYI, I successfully built collectd 4.9.1 on RHEL 5.5 without any trouble. I > believe the built system has also been greatly improved in recent versions, if > that can help. > Did you get it to build with x86_64? Here's the error I'm getting - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=2241523&name=build.log Seems to build fine on i386 though.
I just tried building collectd 4.10.0 from the project's git repo, without any trouble. Both the iptables and the libvirt modules (as well as many others) where compiled: $ ./configure [...] Configuration: Libraries: libcurl . . . . . . . yes libdbi . . . . . . . no (dbi/dbi.h not found) libesmtp . . . . . . no (libesmtp not found) libganglia . . . . . no (gm_protocol.h not found) libgcrypt . . . . . . yes libiokit . . . . . . no libiptc . . . . . . . yes (shipped version) libjvm . . . . . . . no (jar not found) libkstat . . . . . . no (Solaris only) libkvm . . . . . . . no libmemcached . . . . no (libmemcached/memcached.h not found) libmodbus . . . . . . no (pkg-config doesn't know library) libmysql . . . . . . yes libnetapp . . . . . . no (netapp_api.h not found) libnetlink . . . . . no (libnetlink.h not found) libnetsnmp . . . . . yes libnotify . . . . . . no (No package 'libnotify' found) liboconfig . . . . . yes (shipped version) libopenipmi . . . . . no (/usr/bin/pkg-config doesn't know OpenIPMIpthread) liboping . . . . . . yes libpcap . . . . . . . yes libperfstat . . . . . no (AIX only) libperl . . . . . . . yes (version 5.8.8) libpq . . . . . . . . yes libpthread . . . . . yes librouteros . . . . . no ('routeros_api.h' not found) librrd . . . . . . . yes libsensors . . . . . yes libstatgrab . . . . . no (/usr/bin/pkg-config doesn't know libstatgrab) libtokyotyrant . . . no (tcrdb.h not found) libupsclient . . . . yes libvirt . . . . . . . yes libxml2 . . . . . . . yes libxmms . . . . . . . no libyajl . . . . . . . no (yajl/yajl_parse.h not found) libevent . . . . . . protobuf-c . . . . . no oracle . . . . . . . no (ORACLE_HOME is not set) python . . . . . . . no ('Python.h' not found) Features: daemon mode . . . . . yes debug . . . . . . . . no Bindings: perl . . . . . . . . yes Modules: apache . . . . . . . yes apcups . . . . . . . yes apple_sensors . . . . no ascent . . . . . . . yes battery . . . . . . . yes bind . . . . . . . . yes conntrack . . . . . . yes contextswitch . . . . yes cpu . . . . . . . . . yes cpufreq . . . . . . . yes csv . . . . . . . . . yes curl . . . . . . . . yes curl_json . . . . . . no curl_xml . . . . . . yes dbi . . . . . . . . . no df . . . . . . . . . yes disk . . . . . . . . yes dns . . . . . . . . . yes email . . . . . . . . yes entropy . . . . . . . yes exec . . . . . . . . yes filecount . . . . . . yes fscache . . . . . . . yes gmond . . . . . . . . no hddtemp . . . . . . . yes interface . . . . . . yes ipmi . . . . . . . . no iptables . . . . . . yes ipvs . . . . . . . . yes irq . . . . . . . . . yes java . . . . . . . . no libvirt . . . . . . . yes load . . . . . . . . yes logfile . . . . . . . yes madwifi . . . . . . . yes match_empty_counter . yes match_hashed . . . . yes match_regex . . . . . yes match_timediff . . . yes match_value . . . . . yes mbmon . . . . . . . . yes memcachec . . . . . . no memcached . . . . . . yes memory . . . . . . . yes modbus . . . . . . . no multimeter . . . . . yes mysql . . . . . . . . yes netapp . . . . . . . no netlink . . . . . . . no network . . . . . . . yes nfs . . . . . . . . . yes nginx . . . . . . . . yes notify_desktop . . . no notify_email . . . . no ntpd . . . . . . . . yes nut . . . . . . . . . yes olsrd . . . . . . . . yes onewire . . . . . . . no openvpn . . . . . . . yes oracle . . . . . . . no perl . . . . . . . . yes pinba . . . . . . . . no ping . . . . . . . . yes postgresql . . . . . yes powerdns . . . . . . yes processes . . . . . . yes protocols . . . . . . yes python . . . . . . . no routeros . . . . . . no rrdcached . . . . . . no rrdtool . . . . . . . yes sensors . . . . . . . yes serial . . . . . . . yes snmp . . . . . . . . yes swap . . . . . . . . yes syslog . . . . . . . yes table . . . . . . . . yes tail . . . . . . . . yes tape . . . . . . . . no target_notification . yes target_replace . . . yes target_scale . . . . yes target_set . . . . . yes tcpconns . . . . . . yes teamspeak2 . . . . . yes ted . . . . . . . . . yes thermal . . . . . . . yes tokyotyrant . . . . . no unixsock . . . . . . yes uptime . . . . . . . yes users . . . . . . . . yes uuid . . . . . . . . yes vmem . . . . . . . . yes vserver . . . . . . . yes wireless . . . . . . yes write_http . . . . . yes xmms . . . . . . . . no zfs_arc . . . . . . . no [...] $ make [...] $ ldd src/.libs/libvirt.so libvirt.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libvirt.so.0 (0x00002b17213a7000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00002b1721657000) libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2 (0x00002b1721872000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00002b1721bb0000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00002b1721dc4000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00002b1722047000) libselinux.so.1 => /lib64/libselinux.so.1 (0x00002b172239f000) libnuma.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libnuma.so.1 (0x00002b17225b7000) libgnutls.so.13 => /usr/lib64/libgnutls.so.13 (0x00002b17227bc000) libgcrypt.so.11 => /usr/lib64/libgcrypt.so.11 (0x00002b1722a41000) libsasl2.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libsasl2.so.2 (0x00002b1722cb3000) libxenstore.so.3.0 => /usr/lib64/libxenstore.so.3.0 (0x00002b1722ecc000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002b1720f76000) libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00002b17230d4000) libsepol.so.1 => /lib64/libsepol.so.1 (0x00002b17232d8000) libgpg-error.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00002b172351e000) libresolv.so.2 => /lib64/libresolv.so.2 (0x00002b1723722000) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib64/libcrypt.so.1 (0x00002b1723937000) $ ldd src/.libs/iptables.so libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaf68c77000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaf6883e000) One idea though... Your build seems to fail on this error: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../lib64/libiptc.a(libip6tc.o): In function `TC_GET_RULE': (.text+0xb80): multiple definition of `TC_GET_RULE' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../lib64/libiptc.a(libip4tc.o):(.text+0xb00): first defined here /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../lib64/libiptc.a(libip6tc.o): In function `TC_NUM_RULES': (.text+0xbe0): multiple definition of `TC_NUM_RULES' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../lib64/libiptc.a(libip4tc.o):(.text+0xb60): first defined here /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../lib64/libiptc.a(libip6tc.o): In function `standard_target_map': (.text+0xf60): multiple definition of `standard_target_map' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../lib64/libiptc.a(libip4tc.o):(.text+0xee0): first defined here collect2: ld returned 1 exit status libtool: link: gcc -shared .libs/ipmi_la-ipmi.o -lOpenIPMIutils -lOpenIPMI -ldl -m64 -mtune=generic -Wl,-soname -Wl,ipmi.so -o .libs/ipmi.so make[3]: *** [iptables.la] Error 1 make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... And your ./configure outputs: libiptc . . . . . . . yes whereas mine: libiptc . . . . . . . yes (shipped version) Do you know which rpm I should install to get libiptc headers ?
(In reply to comment #6) > libiptc . . . . . . . yes > > whereas mine: > > libiptc . . . . . . . yes (shipped version) yes, that's the crucial diff > Do you know which rpm I should install to get libiptc headers ? iptables-devel
Ok, so my build-foo is weak enough that I don't know the difference between the binary you'd get and the binary I'd get. I will say I just got a build to go through: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2243236 Major differences in spec file are from excluding some things (like sensors) for ppc. I also am no longer including iptables-devel so it builds against shipped version. Alan, you're the primary maintainer here so I can keep looking for an answer, if you're happy with "it's building now" I can get these committed and pushed to epel testing this afternoon.
(In reply to comment #8) > Major differences in spec file are from excluding some things (like sensors) > for ppc. I also am no longer including iptables-devel so it builds against > shipped version. Although not ideal since system libraries should be used when possible, in Fedora owniptc is also currently used, different issue but also making libiptc from iptables RPM unsuable: bug 564943 comment 7 > Alan, you're the primary maintainer here so I can keep looking for an answer, > if you're happy with "it's building now" I can get these committed and pushed > to epel testing this afternoon. ack, push it to testing. We'll keep looking for the root cause of course, but it's higher priority to get updated version out, the current one in EPEL is really out of date.
collectd-4.10.0-4.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/collectd-4.10.0-4.el5
collectd-4.10.0-4.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update collectd'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/collectd-4.10.0-4.el5
collectd-4.10.0-4.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.