Simple SNMP plugin

[brettg98]

Sorry about the double post, but I started to figure that this may be the better area for this question...

I am having problems deploying my first custom SNMP plugin and I hope that something can point me in the right direction. I have created the .xml file and saved it to the hq-plugin directory under my installation path. But I can't seem to find the new monitor in HQ. Where exactly should I be able to see it? Also is there a method for turning on debugging to see if HQ is even loading the plugin?

Thanks,

[excowboy]

Hi,

could you please post your plugin ? Maybe we see whats wrong.
If it's installed correctly you should see it when you click on Tools Menu -> New Platform -> Platform Type

You can check the syntax and lifecycle of your plugin standalone:
Let's say your plugin name is sunx64 you can run:

mpluhar@biollante:~/hyperic/hyperic-hq-agent-3.1.1$ ./jre/bin/java -jar ./pdk/lib/hq-product.jar -D plugins.include=sunx64 -m lifecycle

This command looks for plugins in hq-plugins dir. If you see no output everything its okay

Cheers,
Mirko

[brettg98]

Thx for the update. When I run the command you mentioned I do get some output...

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: //pdk/lib/hq-product/jar

Here's the command that I ran,

./jre/bin/java ./pdk/lib/hq-product.jar -D plugins.include=bes -m lifecycle

bes.xml exists in /opt/hyperic-3.1.1-EE/hq-plugins.

Brett

I have attached the plugin

[excowboy]

Hi Brett,

you're missing the "-jar" switch !

./jre/bin/java -jar ./pdk/lib/hq-product.jar -D plugins.include=bes -m lifecycle

[excowboy]

Hi Brett,

please have a look at the documentation how to build up a SNMP plugin from scratch:
http://support.hyperic.com/confluence/display/DOCSHQ30/SNMP+Plugin

You have to code some elementary functions in your plugin to make it work.

I attached a plugin for your Blackberry Enterprise Server which is built based upon the SNMP MIB file.
It would be nice if you install, test it and report about it.

Cheers,
Mirko