The relevant code in poller-wrapper is :
def get_config_data():
config_cmd = ['/usr/bin/env', 'php', '%s/config_to_json.php' % ob_install_dir]
try:
proc = subprocess.Popen(config_cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
except:
print("ERROR: Could not execute: %s" % config_cmd)
sys.exit(2)
return proc.communicate()[0].decode('utf-8') # decode required in python3
try:
config = json.loads(get_config_data())
except:
print("ERROR: Could not load or parse observium configuration, are PATHs correct?")
sys.exit(2)
The error is referring to json.loads being unable to parse the output from config_to_json.php.
So either config_to_json.php isn’t outputting the config, or it’s not parseable, perhaps it has PHP errors in it.
Adam.
From: Reiner Marsollek <reiner@marsollek.tel>
Sent: 05 January 2020 17:08
To: Adam Armstrong <adama@memetic.org>
Subject: Re[2]: [Observium] Cronjob Problem
Hello,
yes it is a Debian variant.
The cronjob is started with root.
But this error appears with the path.
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Gesendet: 05.01.2020 17:06:35
Betreff: Re: [Observium] Cronjob Problem
Is this on a Debian variant?
It's possible the variant is different in such a way that the script doesn't cater for.
Still, it's likely either permissions, or the PHP interpreter is behaving oddly somehow.
Running the wrapper as the user that executes the from jobs works? (Running it as root for diagnostic purposes is worthless, and will break your installation's file permissions)
On 5 Jan 2020, at 14:56, Reiner Marsollek via observium <observium@observium.org> wrote:
I have installed it with the install script on a raspberry pi3.
Am 5. Januar 2020 3:13:30 nachm. schrieb Adam Armstrong via observium <observium@observium.org>:
What is this installed on? Did you follow the install guide or use the install script?
This is likely either permissions or the PHP interpreter not running the config generator.
On 5 Jan 2020, at 13:41, Reiner Marsollek via observium < observium@observium.org> wrote:
Same Problem when i start the cron manuel. All pathes in config are correct!
Ausgabe des Befehls cd /opt/observium/ && ./poller-wrapper.py ..
ERROR: Could not load or parse observium configuration, are PATHs correct?
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Gesendet: 04.01.2020 21:39:59
Betreff: Re: [Observium] Cronjob Problem
Note where the cd is to move to the correct dir in the command
[root@observium observium]# cat /etc/cron.d/observium
33 */3 * * * Useracct cd /opt/observium/ && ./discovery.php -h all >> /dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * Useracct cd /opt/observium/ && ./discovery.php -h new >> /dev/null 2>&1
# */5 * * * * Useracct cd /opt/observium/ && ./poller.php -h all >> /dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * Useracct /opt/observium/poller-wrapper.py >> /dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * Useracct /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1
01 * * * * Useracct /opt/observium/billing-calculate.php >> /dev/null 2>&1
# Run housekeeping script daily for syslog, eventlog and alert log
13 5 * * * Useracct /opt/observium/housekeeping.php -sel >> /dev/null 2>&1
# Run housekeeping script daily for rrds, ports, orphaned entries in the database and performance data
47 4 * * * Useracct /opt/observium/housekeeping.php -rptb >> /dev/null 2>&1
CSS Integration & Communications
On January 4, 2020 at 12:39:06 PM, Ray Poorman (rpoorman@cssnw.com) wrote:
When you run the job what directory are you sitting in.. are there absolute paths? if you are say in /root and run /opt/observium/poller.php does it fail I bet it does or it doesn’t know where config file is.
$config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium";
$config['html_dir'] = $config['install_dir'] . "/html";
$config['rrd_dir'] = $config['install_dir'] . "/rrd";
$config['log_file'] = $config['install_dir'] . "/observium.log”;
Here is my /etc/cron.d/observium file
CSS Integration & Communications
On January 4, 2020 at 11:27:11 AM, Reiner Marsollek via observium (observium@observium.org) wrote:
here's the problem. If I start the poller-wrapper manually in the shell it works without problems. But if it is started by the cronjob, I get the following error message:
ERROR: Could not load or parse observium configuration, are PATHs correct?
Does anyone know the problem and how to fix it?
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