Ganglia monitoring tool for UNIX Data centers - Installing and configuring

Ganglia monitoring tool for UNIX Data centers

Ganglia is a scalable distributed monitoring system for high-performance computing systems such as clusters and Grids. It is based on a hierarchical design targeted at federations of clusters. It leverages widely used technologies such as XML for data representation, XDR for compact, portable data transport, and RRDtool for data storage and visualization.

Server side we required below packages.

Server Side configuration:

1. Installation of required packages.

Below packages and dependencies are required in ganglia server.

Packages

CSKamp_1.3.1_sparc.pkg ->coolstack apache server

ganglia-3.0.7-sol10-sparc-local ->ganglia package (required both client server side)

rrdtool-1.2.19-sol10-sparc-local -> high performance data logging and graphing system

Dependancies and libraries

libart_lgpl-2.3.19-sol10-sparc-local

libgcc-3.4.6-sol10-sparc-local

libpng-1.2.41-sol10-sparc-local

pkgutil-1.2.1,REV=2008.11.28-SunOS5.8-sparc-CSW.pkg

freetype-2.3.9-sol10-sparc-local

CSKruntime_1.3.1_sparc.pkg

zlib-1.2.3-sol10-sparc-local

2. Configure for the first time

When we start ganglia for first time, it is required to create default configuration file by using below command

root@server#/usr/local/sbin/gmond –default >/etc/gmond.conf

Edit configuration for listening to port for accepting client data

Edit /etc/gmond.conf of server as below. Here I give Sulay as my cluster name

Cluster {

name = "SULAY"

owner = "unixadmin"

latlong = "unspecified"

url = "unspecified"

}

host {

location = "SULAY"

}

udp_recv_channel {

port = 8649

family = inet4

}

tcp_accept_channel {

port = 8649

}

3. Creat a file named /etc/gmetad.conf with below data

data_source "SULAY" localhost

4. Configuring apache.

By default apache coolstack is getting inslled on /opt/coolstack/apache2 path.

You have to change the default page of apache to the ganglia web page by editing below two lines on /opt/coolstack/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

#This is where apache looks for default page.

DocumentRoot "/usr/local/doc/ganglia/web"

#this is the path for default directory.

5. Restart/enable apache

root@server#svcadm restart svc:/network/http:apache22-csk

root@server#svcadm enable svc:/network/http:apache22-csk

6. Starting gmond and gmetad

root@server#/usr/local/sbin/gmond

root@server#/usr/local/sbin/gmetad

7. Verifying the running deamon, you can see both deamons are running . if you have any issue with starting , start execute above command with --debug=9 options (eg: /usr/local/sbin/gmond –debug=9) will give a verbose output.

root@server#ps -ef|grep gm

nobody 19037 1 0 Feb 02 ? 94:12 /usr/local/sbin/gmond

nobody 19090 1 1 Feb 02 ? 1416:22 /usr/local/sbin/gmetad

8. Create a startup script for starting these both applications while machine comes up.

Create this /etc/rc3.d/S99ganglia with blow contend

/usr/local/sbin/gmond

/usr/local/sbin/gmetad

9. Change the permission of this file to executable

root@server#Chmod a+x /etc/rc3.d/S99ganglia

10. Now you can browse the ganglia portal by typing the ip or host name of the ganlia server in the browser.

You will get a windows similar to below

If you click any of the graph related to individual host

Client Side configuration.

1. Install required package.

ganglia-3.0.7-sol10-sparc-local

2. Creating configuration file

/usr/local/sbin/gmond -–default >/etc/gmond.conf

3. Editing etc/gmond.conf for sending packet to server.

No need of accept and receive channel settings in client side. Edit below lines in client configuration file.

Cluster {

name = "SULAY"

owner = "unixadmin"

latlong = "unspecified"

url = "unspecified"

}

host {

location = "SULAY"

}

udp_send_channel {

host =

port = 8649

ttl = 1

}

4. Creating startup file for client.

Create this /etc/rc3.d/S99ganglia with blow contend

/usr/local/sbin/gmond

5. Change the permission of this file to executable

Chmod a+x /etc/rc3.d/S99ganglia

6. Verifying client gmond is running

root@client# ps -ef|grep gm

nobody 5152 1 0 Feb 06 ? 3:28 /usr/local/sbin/gmond

As soon as the application started in a client, this client will be visible in ganglia portal.