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rrdbotd(8)             DragonFly System Manager's Manual            rrdbotd(8)

NAME
     rddbotd - an SNMP poller which writes to an round robin database

SYNOPSIS
     rddbotd [-M] [-b bindaddr] [-c confdir] [-w workdir] [-m mibdir]
             [-d debuglevel] [-p pidfile] [-r retries] [-t timeout]
     rddbotd -V

DESCRIPTION
     rddbotd is an SNMP polling daemon which writes the polled values to an
     rrdtool(1) RRD database. An can poll many different SNMP sources in an
     efficient manner.

     Table queries are supported, where the OID index of a certain value is
     not known beforehand, or may change regularly.

     In addition multiple SNMP agents may be specified for a certain value. If
     one SNMP agent cannot be contacted or errors for some reason, another one
     will be tried.

     The configuration (eg: SNMP sources, polling intervals) are located in
     files in a directory, with one configuration file per RRD. The format of
     the configuration files are described in: rrdbot.conf(5)

OPTIONS
     The options are as follows.

     -b bindaddr
                 Address to bind to and send SNMP packets from.

     -c confdir  The directory in which configuration files are stored. See
                 below for info on the various file locations.

     -d debuglevel
                 Don't detach from the console and run as a daemon. In
                 addition the debuglevel argument specifies what level of
                 error messages to display. 0 being the least, 4 the most.

     -m mibdir   The directory in which to look for MIB files. The default
                 directory is usually sufficient.

     -M          Display MIB parsing warnings.

     -p pidfile  Specifies a location for the a process id file to be written
                 to. This file contains the process id of rddbotd and can be
                 used to stop the daemon.

     -r retries  The number of times to retry sending an SNMP packet. Defaults
                 to 3 retries.

     -t timeout  The amount of time (in seconds) to wait for an SNMP response.
                 Defaults to 5 seconds.

     -V          Prints the version of rddbotd and the locations of the
                 configuration files, RRD files etc.

     -w workdir  The default directory where to look for RRD files. See below
                 for info on the various file locations.

FILE LOCATIONS
     To determine the default location for the configuration files and RRD
     files run this command:

           # rrdbotd -V

     The configuration files for SNMP pollers are laid out in a directory
     tree, with one file per RRD. Subdirectories can be used to organize the
     configuration files. The contents of the configuration files are
     described in rrdbot.conf(5).

     By default the RRD files mirror the directory structure and names of the
     configuration files, with an .rrd extension appended to the filename.

     For example if your configuration files are in a structure like the
     following:

           /usr/local/etc/rrdbot/
             gateways/
               gateway-load.conf
               gateway-traffic.conf
             temperature/
               inside-temperature.conf
               outside-temperature.conf
             machine-load.conf

     Then the default RRD files would be in a similar directory structure:

           /var/db/rrdbot/
             gateways/
               gateway-load.conf.rrd
               gateway-traffic.conf.rrd
             temperature/
               inside-temperature.conf.rrd
               outside-temperature.conf.rrd
             machine-load.conf.rrd

     The default location for an RRD file can be overridden by using the rrd
     option in the configuration file.

     You can use the rrdbot-create(8) tool to create the needed RRD files in
     the appropriate places.

SEE ALSO
     rrdbot.conf(5), rrdbot-create(8), rrdbot-get(1), rrdtool(1)

AUTHOR
     Stef Walter <stef@memberwebs.com>

rrdbot                           August, 2006                           rrdbot