Telegraf for ARM systems? (e.g. Netgate SG-3100).
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+1 I'd love to know about how you got it working on your SG-3100. I'm guessing you mean this package from github? If anyone has any resources to share on this, please post here. I would love to have monitoring for the SG-3100 but it's not worth hours of tinkering for me.
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@jlw52761 - Well, what you say would make sense, if any Netgate pages actually mentioned that the SG-3100 doesn't support all software, or was a bit more open about the limitations when pushing it.
I love Netgate - and have bought > 10+ devices from them myself, but this lack of clarity/commitment really irks me:
I subscribe to the Netgate newsletter - today I get this email:
They're still pushing the SG-3100 as a great device - but fail to mention that various packages don't work with it, but will on x86 based hardware =(.
@stephenw10 - Do you know if fixing Golang/Rust packages is still on the roadmap for Netgate developers? Just having a clear answer would be good, so we know whether to keep buying the SG-3100, or if an x86-based option is a better choice.
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I just saw the announcement of a new ARM-based device, the Netgate SG-2100.
Any chance that means Telegraf (and other Go/Rust packages) will be working on the Netgate ARM boxes soon?
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@victorhooi telegraf is in the package manager on the SG-1100 and has been running pretty reliably.
As for the SG-2100, I’m still underwhelmed by FreeBSD on ARM in general and honestly for the same money I can get an x86 based Protectli FW2 with more horsepower and much more disk in the form of NVMe. I just can’t see justifying the SG-2100 purchase unless you don’t want to run Community Edition. -
I’m thinking about upgrading from the 1100 to the 2100 as it offers 4x the Ram and additional physical ports. The 1100 has been very stable and reliable for me but not really enough memory for running additional plugins. I would by the Netgate over the Protectli to support the company, their mission and their values.
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@zaxxon you can purchase the TAC support and support the company or just donate. In the end it is about what fits your needs and if the SG-1100 has been fitting the bill then the SG-2100 definitely will.
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It would be nice if the SG-3100 had 4GB of RAM, in due time maybe with the new release Telegraf will be supported.
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The SG-2100 does support Telegraf because, like the SG-1100, it is arm64 which means the cross compiling issues can be worked around and native compiling is possible.
The problem here is 32bit arm, so the SG-3100 and SG-1000. Currently we have no solution to that but we would very much like to. We are still looking into ways to do this.BTW the FW2 does not support NVMe, it's mSATA like most systems of that age. So don't buy an NVMe drive if you have one.
Steve
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How's the progress on this?
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Any update on this?
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pls respond
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No updates to share. We still have the same architectural challenges as before. As soon as our engineers can find a solution we will definitely post back to this thread to share with all.
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@dennis_s What's really the blocker here? I currently have an SG-3100 with the current version of pfsense and am using telegraf from an older build. What's really blocking Netgate? Is it go or?
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@dennis_s not being funny, this goes since April 2019. Are you really want to tell us that netgate devs can't make it work, they just don't listen or can't be bothered. 2 years ... it's not only thread where ppl are asking for it.
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I find it odd because I had installed the telegraf pkg from an SG-1100 (through the Package Manager) sometime in January 2021. And since then, the pkg is no longer available (it was removed during my update to 21.02, and was unavailable after completing the update). So I had a fully-configured and functional telegraf module (reporting to InfluxDB) that got nuked in the 21.02 update process. Rather frustrating because I was using that to improve my monitoring resolution metrics for resolving some upstream WAN losses I've been having with my ISP.
EDIT: Should be noted that I forgot it was mentioned that the SG-1100 is
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Hi friends.
Same issue with the prometheus node_exporter.
Would like to have that for the SG-3100.
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Telegraf is now available again for arm64 systems, SG-1100 and SG-2100 systems.
Please test and let us know if you see any issues there.The same problems still exist for arm32(v6/7) but there is potential solution in the pipeline.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Thank you; genuinely appreciate this. The package installed without issue on my SG-1100 and even remembered its old configuration from 2.4.5p1. I will update without any issues or bugs that may arise as far as I can tell.
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For anyone who can use Prometheus instead of Telegraf, I recently found this blog post that might unblock you. I am not the author, and I haven't had a chance to try it out yet. I'm posting just because I've been watching this thread hopefully for a long time, and I am pretty sure this will satisfy my monitoring needs when I get to it. https://brendonmatheson.com/2021/02/07/step-by-step-guide-to-connecting-prometheus-to-pfsense-via-snmp.html
