Hi Linwood, you can enable the status feature by editing your collector_sidecar.yml, add 'send_status: true' to it. https://github.com/Graylog2/collector-sidecar#configuration
Cheers, Marius On 8 August 2016 at 17:06, Linwood Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure if this is a bug, or some setup problem I have, or a > misunderstanding. > > I had a nxlog collector sidecar set up in 2.0.mumble (I see the old kit > just says "latest", sorry). It was working, but I wanted to try the > arbitrary text add on and installed 2.1 beta 1. > > After doing so, when I go to the collectors display, I would see a host > with my test PC name, and status "Unknown". I am pretty sure there used to > be a different status there, and moreover I think I could click on the host > name and see something useful. > > Now I get "Unknown" and "no status information found". > > So... I thought this was a need for a later version of the sidecar program > (maybe I had a mis-match), so I downloaded 0.0.9 for x64. I (eventually) > removed the old and cleaned up after the move from (x86), and got it > running, and ... still says "unknown". > > It is working (it was working before I upgraded the sidecar program also). > > I am able to go into manage configuration. On the chance it was wrong, I > deleted the whole configuration and recreated each of the pieces, and got > them working again. Data flowing, nxlog's log has data and no errors. > When I hit "show collector" it again shows "uinknown". > > The collector Id file on the PC contains the same id as the collector ID > shown on the screen line that shows "unknown". The "Last seen" alternates > between "in a few seconds" and "a few seconds ago" (I guess Thiotimoline is > invovled somehow). > > If I stop the collector-sidecar service on the PC, it goes inactive and > disappears; I can bring it back by clicking the "Show inactive". It still > says status "unknown". start it again, it comes back as active, but still > "unknown". > > Was I supposed to do something different in upgrading that might cause > this? > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Graylog Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/graylog2/2369c174-44b8-4a8a-be16-c0121cc1ca5b%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/graylog2/2369c174-44b8-4a8a-be16-c0121cc1ca5b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Developer Tel.: +49 (0)40 609 452 077 Fax.: +49 (0)40 609 452 078 TORCH GmbH - A Graylog Company Poolstraße 21 20335 Hamburg Germany https://www.graylog.com <https://www.torch.sh/> Commercial Reg. (Registergericht): Amtsgericht Hamburg, HRB 125175 Geschäftsführer: Lennart Koopmann (CEO) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Graylog Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/graylog2/CAMqbBbL9wu81S1n8W8KxC3w2KeQanNqEVmjVuhFVtMiJSs-9cg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
