Guys: On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 4:13 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Even if some of the configuration is dynamic, libConfuse provides a way > to dump it's data structures to a string for convenient troubleshooting > (see the cfg_print methods). > > I don't dispute the validatity of your solutions - I wish I could do > something similar. However, look at it this way: I could spend a > little time writing my auto-configuration in C and deploy it to every > platform as part of the gmond package. Or, I can spend a my time > getting approval to install some third party configuration tool (open > source or otherwise) to every machine and every OS in the organisation. > Imagine how many different stakeholders would need to be consulted to > get Perl or Python onto every Windows machine. Which option will leave > me with more time to work on things like new metrics? I see some really interesting discussions here, too bad I kind of joined late and had to catch up on all the emails. :-) Reading through the backlog, what you guys really want is something similar to zeroconf/bonjour -- have any of you thought of integrating it with Ganglia? http://developer.apple.com/opensource/internet/bonjour.html This is cross-platform, works on Mac OSX, UNIX, Windows. How I envision it to work is that gmond will register itself in the registry and when other gmonds or a gmetad come up, they will automatically configure based on some internal identifiers. This should eliminate the need for configuration files (static or dynamic), DNS (forward and reverse), /etc/hosts file, etc. If zeroconf works the way I expect it to, this should be a clean solution to Daniel's issue and would also serve as a pretty nifty contribution to Ganglia in terms of ease of deployment. Thoughts? Cheers, Bernard ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
