Problem with collectd integration.

[beepbeepplop]

Im having a hell of a time getting collectd to get data from this thermometer. Tried a variety of different things to no avail. It's working from the command line. Could anyone assist by sharing more details of how they achieved working collectd integration? Even just configs might be better than randomly trying stuff. ty

[beepbeepplop]

I explain my issue here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39580455/exec-plugin-collectd-issue

[xrat]

I provided a comment, but had to edit it 3 times to get it right ;-)

[beepbeepplop]

Thankyou for the response. This is actually driving me a little mad. It all works from the command line, but as soon as collectd gets involved it just falls apart.

[beepbeepplop]

BTW ive been on irc at #collecd for the past 3-4 days. Noone has been able to help me there.

[xrat]

I don't use collectd, so I can provide only general help. The plugin file wants to execute /usr/local/bin/collectd_pcsensor_temper.sh as nobody. Try running it as such on the console:

su -c /usr/local/bin/collectd_pcsensor_temper.sh nobody

[beepbeepplop]

I changed it from nobody to incognito. I also removed the root requirement through a udev script.

sudo -u incognito /usr/local/bin/collectd_pcsensor_temper.sh

works` fine btw. :)

[xrat]

I am afraid I can't follow. So the plugin works now?

[beepbeepplop]

No. This was one of the first avenues i investigated. :) It has never worked for me inside collectd.

[xrat]

So, what does su -c /usr/local/bin/collectd_pcsensor_temper.sh nobody give you on the console run as root, or sudo su -c ... if you are restricted user.

[beepbeepplop]

Well i changed it to incognito..so let's stick with that. su -c /usr/local/bin/collectd_pcsensor_temper.sh incognito gives me no output.

[xrat]

No output suggests that the exit code is non-zero. Try

su -c /usr/local/bin/collectd_pcsensor_temper.sh incognito ; echo exitcode=$?

[beepbeepplop]

exitcode=1

[xrat]

Let us inspect the contents of /usr/local/bin/collectd_pcsensor_temper.sh.