Nms-adhocFiles

Files created by the NMS or users

Just a basic description of the files that are generated by the NMS or users for the NMS to consume.

RRD

• Reside in the NMS API root path rrd/<hostname>/<pollerGenerated>/filterDir/rrdFilename.rrd
• Do NOT use dash '-' in filenames, as rrdtool gets heartburn when it sees it (why? WTF?)
• in general, if there is an rrd file, there should be a rendering template associated with it, or why bother making the rrd.
• minimal testing of rrd against adhoc metrics from nrpe. Additional debugging needed here.

File

• resides in NMS API root path file/<hostname>/<checkName.txt>
• Only supporting txt right now. Likely will not need support for other types
• API to support this needs to be written for UI to display

DebugFile

• resides in NMS API root path file/<hostname>/debugger/<checkName.txt>
• Expect raw JSON
• Overwrites on every iteration
• Not intended to be consumed by UI. This is to debug issues with Graph generation normally.

templates

• resides in NMS API root path templates/<function>/???
• Break out function as directories to make clear what is going on where
• Keep up on the debuggers here

logs

• resides in NMS API root path logs/<logName.log>
• logrotate set for this directory

config

• resides in NMS API root path app/config.php
• Should remain fairly static after install
• contains salt, so backups should be made for recovery