Brad Nicholes wrote: >>>> On 7/28/2009 at 7:27 AM, in message <4a6efcac.4060...@pocock.com.au>, >>>> Daniel >>>> > Pocock <dan...@pocock.com.au> wrote: > > >> I noticed a few things about mod_gstatus: >> >> - the spec file doesn't include it at all, and deliberately removes the >> config file for it >> >> - gmond/modules/Makefile.am excludes it from static builds >> >> Given that Ganglia is modular, is there a good reason for not having >> this module in the RPM along with all the other modules? >> >> I successfully compiled it on Cygwin (static build), so is there also a >> reason for not having it on static builds, or in other words, does >> anyone object if I tweak Makefile.am so it will be in the static build >> from now on? >> >> Also, I'm adding some extra metrics to mod_gstatus - for instance, a >> string metric with the Ganglia version - does this seem like the best >> place to add this? >> >> >> > > The only reason for removing it from the RPM and static builds is basically > due to its likely usefulness to the general user. When I wrote mod_gstatus > it was mainly for debugging purposes. I needed something that would monitor > the XDR packets that were being sent between the gmond nodes and using > ganglia to monitor itself seemed like the most obvious idea. If the > community thinks that mod_gstatus would be generally useful, I don't have a > problem with including it as a standard module. > My only concern about enabling it by default is the config file - all the metrics should probably be commented out, and people can uncomment them if needed.
It is probably quite useful for a UDP collector that is under heavy load, and I also think it is a good place to put things like a string metric reporting the package version. That's probably something that could be enabled by default on any node. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
