Note that with CENTOS5 at least, as long as you have the listed pre-reqs

installed, it works fine (for me at least) on 2.4.5 from the GUI as

well, though you do need to extract it from the .zip.

One thing I noticed when testing a new Zenpack yesterday is the GUI

dialog box asks for a .zip file, but actually doesn't support .ziped

.egg files, so perhaps that should be changed.

--

James Pulver

Information Technology Area Supervisor

LEPP Computer Group

Cornell University

markeriv wrote, On 10/7/2009 5:28 PM:

Alright folks,

 

I am writing this little how to with the intent to save someone else time that I saddly didnt save.

 

I have read in a few other places that folks other than myself have run into issues with the fping zenpack not graphing correctly and I believe installing your zenpack this way will correct the problem.  After a wipe I am pleased to say I am slightly smarter and prepared to share this sliver of knowledge to all the other peons like myself who scurry around at the whim of a boss who wants the most accurate ping data.

 

This small guide was written for users with Fedora, but should work for you as long as the OS is unix based.

 

First, download the zenpack located here ---> docs/DOC-3467

The file name is ZenPacks.BlakeDrager.fping-1.0-py2.4.egg.zip (servlet/JiveServlet/download/3467-4-1592/ZenPacks.BlakeDrager.fping-1.0-py2.4.egg.zip)

 

Please note that it is zipped.

 

After downloading it, extract it.  You now have the file named  ZenPacks.BlakeDrager.fping-1.0-py2.4.ZenPacks.BlakeDrager.fping-1.0-py2.4.eggegg lying in a directory somewhere.

For the sake of my sanity, I am going to assume you have it in home/username/downloads.

 

The first step is to move it to a directory that will be easy.  Get to the directory the file is in, and type following commands in order, be sure to use the entire command including the two periods at the end. If your document is where I expect it, then you should move it twice so that the item is now sitting in the home/ directory.

 

mv ZenPacks.BlakeDrager.fping-1.0-py2.4.egg ..

cd ..

 

Now switch to your root user, and move the file into the zenoss folder.

su

enter root password

mv ZenPacks.BlakeDrager.fping-1.0-py2.4.egg zenoss

 

Now you need to switch to the zenoss user.  To do this is simple from the root user. Simply type the following command.

 

su zenoss

 

You are now online as the zenoss user! whee

Type the following commands to install the zenpack.  These commands are also found at docs/DOC-2935.

 

zenpack --install <filename>

zenoss restart

 

Now your perf graphs will correctly update.

 

Thank you all,

Have a nice day.

 

MarkerIV

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