Comments on: How to Install and Configure MRTG on Ubuntu Server

By: iceflatline

iceflatline — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:03:13 +0000

Andrew: Thanks for your kind comments and taking the time to post. I’m glad it’s working for you.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:38:37 +0000

Success. Your script is fine, but need to be careful that it is copied correctly.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:24:32 +0000

I’ll do more checking, I have a feeling there be other problems in copying the file… thanks again for the article.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:14:17 +0000

Ice – I found the problem… a few lines concatenated at the end instead of needed line breaks. However, once that’s fixed, trying to start mrtg via the script gives me a permission denied. The script is owned by root, executable, and the mrtg binary is owned by root. I can start it just fine without the script with “env LANG=C /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg –logging /var/log/mrtg.log”.

By: iceflatline

iceflatline — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:23:35 +0000

Andrew: It appears you’ve got something wrong with the script you’re using to start/stop/restart MRTG. If you’re using the one provided in the post it should work as is – I’ve used it many times. If you’ve modified it or are using something else, I would suggest going back over it to make sure it’s coded correctly.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:02:54 +0000

Hello. Thanks for the excellent guide. When using your startup script I get the following:

root@apollo:/etc/init.d# update-rc.d mrtg defaults
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/mrtg missing LSB keyword ‘required-start’

update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/mrtg missing LSB keyword ‘required-stop’

update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/mrtg missing LSB keyword ‘default-start’

update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/mrtg missing LSB keyword ‘default-stop’

Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/mrtg …
/etc/rc0.d/K20mrtg -> ../init.d/mrtg
/etc/rc1.d/K20mrtg -> ../init.d/mrtg
/etc/rc6.d/K20mrtg -> ../init.d/mrtg
/etc/rc2.d/S20mrtg -> ../init.d/mrtg
/etc/rc3.d/S20mrtg -> ../init.d/mrtg
/etc/rc4.d/S20mrtg -> ../init.d/mrtg
/etc/rc5.d/S20mrtg -> ../init.d/mrtg
root@apollo:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/mrtg status
/etc/init.d/mrtg: 73: Syntax error: word unexpected

Any thoughts? (Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS )

By: iceflatline

iceflatline — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:44:55 +0000

bhargavi, I’m not sure. Assuming you’ve followed the instructions correctly, it should update every 5 minutes. I would suggest going back over the instructions making sure each step is followed. I’ve installed MRTG many times as described and it has not failed to work.

By: bhargavi

bhargavi — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:34:48 +0000

Dear iceflatline,

i installed and configure as it is in tutorial but my graph was not updating showing 17mbps and was not updatingg,,, any sugetions

By: iceflatline

iceflatline — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:19:19 +0000

rashmani, awesome. Glad it worked well for you. The countdown timer does sound useful. Would you mind posting the code when time permits? Thanks!

By: rashmani

rashmani — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:47:20 +0000

Hey iceflatline,

just performed a test (ubuntu) and a production (debian) install following your tutorial: everything went veeery smooth.
Supercool, thanks a ton!
I’ve only added a very simple timer contdown (abt. 5 lines) to the page, which I believe would be a useful feature for indexmaker to have.

Cheers,
rash*