Re: [smokeping-users] A beginner's problems - I can't run smokeping

2018-04-10 Thread Fredrik Björk
Hi again! For reference hosts, you can use this (the first line gives you a separate section for the refs): + References ++ Ref_1_1_1_1 menu = 1.1.1.1 title = 1.1.1.1 host = 1.1.1.1 ++ Ref_8_8_8_8 menu = 8.8.8.8 title = 8.8.8.8 host = 8.8.8.8 ++ Ref_8_8_4_4 menu = 8.8.4.4 title = 8.8.4.4

Re: [smokeping-users] A beginner's problems - I can't run smokeping

2018-04-10 Thread Fredrik Björk
Hi! For starters, welcome to the wonderful world of Linux and Smokeping! Lesson 1: You normally don't start services with a command line command like that. In Debian/Ubuntu (siblings in terms of Linux distributions), you normally start a service with i.e. /etc/init.d/smokeping start. You can

Re: [smokeping-users] A beginner's problems - I can't run smokeping

2018-04-09 Thread goZoom SysAdmin
You configure your monitored hosts in the Targets file.  In my install that is here : sudo vi /etc/smokeping/config.d/Targets You can find the Targets file by using the find command or by installing the locate utility - I like locate. sudo apt install locate and then running sudo updatedb

Re: [smokeping-users] A beginner's problems - I can't run smokeping

2018-04-09 Thread goZoom SysAdmin
This is not a smokeping problem.  You are trying to run smokeping as Your user on Linux and You do not have write access to the directory.  Run smokeping as a service, not as a standalone program. sudo service smokeping start sudo service smokeping status Ian On 09/04/2018 8:13 AM, Henrik

[smokeping-users] A beginner's problems - I can't run smokeping

2018-04-09 Thread Henrik Rosenø
Hi Smokeping-users I am new to Linux. I use Ubuntu 17.10. First I downloaded and extracted the smokeping-2.7.1.tar.gz archive and extracted it and tried to find something to run directly without luck. Then I opened Terminal and, in short, I did this: > henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$ sudo