RRD Graphs

dszp

RRD files are round-robin database files (hence RRD) which remain a consistent size as they store rotating (round-robin) data. So if they will maintain history for a year, they start big enough to hold a year's worth of data and never grow or shrink, they are just updated with new data at the proper place. Hence the same file sizes.

cmb

Jim fixed a permissions issue today that should fix the quality graphs.
https://rcs.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/repos/mainline/commits/3d83f02e958a52e35cf098a3cd3f7031f53d69a0

though that only applies when the directory is created. May need something to fix permissions on existing directories. To manually fix, run:

chown nobody:wheel /var/db/rrd/*quality*.rrd

Jonb

Ok fair enough so the files size shouldn't change. So how would I delve into the problem more to see if it is a graphing issue or data issue.

jimp

@cmb:

Jim fixed a permissions issue today that should fix the quality graphs.
https://rcs.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/repos/mainline/commits/3d83f02e958a52e35cf098a3cd3f7031f53d69a0

though that only applies when the directory is created. May need something to fix permissions on existing directories. To manually fix, run:
chown nobody:wheel /var/db/rrd/*quality*.rrd

In addition to that, you want to change the permissions on the directory itself:

chown nobody:wheel /var/db/rrd/

Or combine the two:

chown -R nobody:wheel /var/db/rrd/

marrandy

@jimp:

Or combine the two:
chown -R nobody:wheel /var/db/rrd/

2.0-BETA4
built on Fri Aug 6 01:44:17 EDT 2010
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE

Tried that and even rebooted - Quality still isn't working.

jimp

That will be a no-op on NanoBSD if you reboot after doing it. /var is a RAM disk. You'd need to be on the latest snapshot (I think it should have the fix) before that will work.

marrandy

@jimp:

That will be a no-op on NanoBSD if you reboot after doing it. /var is a RAM disk. You'd need to be on the latest snapshot (I think it should have the fix) before that will work.

That is the latest snapshot.

I only rebooted as its still blank.

jimp

I found another bug, but it's definitely fixed now. :-)

Either apply this by hand, or wait for the next new snapshot:
https://rcs.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/repos/mainline/commits/21934843352aa1dee730f59b06d35f1619c0ab3e

marrandy

I'll wait for the next update.

I'm just testing and providing feedback.

Thanks !!!

marrandy

Sorry. Been away.

Just updated to

2.0-BETA4
built on Sun Aug 8 11:22:28 EDT 2010
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE

Graphs are looking good.

Jonb

Still no good for me.

Jonb

Anything else I can try. I have the snapshot from sunday etc.

ColdFusion

Today's seem fine…2.0-BETA4
built on Tue Aug 10 02:57:56 EDT 2010

Jonb

I did another full delete of the RRD graphs and left in for 15 mins. The graphs only captured 2 mins worth of data and then stopped.

Jonb

Am I best off rolling back to 2.0 beta 1 when it worked?

jimp

No. It works for everyone else, there must be something specific about your setup.

And BETA1 is ancient by BETA standards. So many things are better now than they were back then.

Jonb

I have e-mailed you my config to see if something is a miss.

jimp

Do the graphs work if you use the pfsense_ng theme instead of the_wall like you have set?

I didn't see anything that jumped out at me in that config as being wrong for rrds, but I know that some of the themes have their own RRD colors and such that might not be working properly.

Micro-Shock

I too have this issue. applying the patch listed back in July though …. does solve the issue for me.
however the Traffic Graphs do not function for me.
I have tested it with the brand new build ....

marrandy

OMG - you killed the Status: Traffic Graph !!!

2.0-BETA4 (i386) built on Thu Aug 12 07:38:24 EDT 2010 FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE

Also you can see this on the pfSense Dashboard.

Not sure when this happened over the past couple/few days.

Regards…Martin