AWS Monitoring

Skip Prerequisites, Web and LPAR2RRD tabs in case of configuring Virtual Appliance, Docker or a Container

Follow installation procedure for your operating system platform HW sizing


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Follow installation procedure for your operating system platform
Implementation is agentless, all data is gathered from Amazon Web Services via AWS CLI.

Install AWS CLI

Create monitoring user

  • Log in to Amazon Web Services Console and switch to IAM
    AWS configuration


  • Go to "Users" and add new user
    AWS configuration


  • Enter a user name and select a "Programmatic access" as a access type
    AWS configuration


  • Select "ReadOnlyAccess" role in the permission section
    AWS configuration


  • Create user
    AWS configuration


  • Note down "Access key ID" and "Access key secret"
    AWS configuration


  • Configure AWS in LPAR2RRD

    • LPAR2RRD UI ➡ Settings icon ➡ AWS ➡ New
      Enter Access key, Secret key
      Select Interval
      • 5 minutes for Basic monitoring
      • 1 minute for Detailed monitoring
      Click on Load regions
      AWS configuration

      Select monitored regions and save configuration
      AWS configuration


    • Make sure cron job for AWS is in place (upgrade script might do it for you automatically)
      Skip this step if you install the Virtual Appliance - it is already taken care of.
      $ crontab -l | grep "load_aws.sh"
      $
      
      Add following lines to crontab if necessary
      $ crontab -e
      
      # AWS support
      0,20,40 * * * *  /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/load_aws.sh > /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/load_aws.out 2>&1
      
    • Wait 30 minutes and then go to the web UI: http://<your web server>/lpar2rrd/
      Use Ctrl-F5 to refresh the web browser cache.


Install LPAR2RRD server (all under lpar2rrd user)

  • Download the latest LPAR2RRD server
    Upgrade your already running LPAR2RRD instance.

  • Install it:
    # su - lpar2rrd
    $ tar xvf lpar2rrd-7.XX.tar
    $ cd lpar2rrd-7.XX
    $ ./install.sh
    $ cd /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd
    
  • Make sure all Perl modules are in place
    cd /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd
    . etc/lpar2rrd.cfg; $PERL bin/perl_modules_check.pl
    
    If there is missing "LWP::Protocol::https" then check this docu to fix it

  • Enable Apache authorisation
    umask 022
    cd /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd
    cp html/.htaccess www
    cp html/.htaccess lpar2rrd-cgi
    
  • Schedule to run it from lpar2rrd crontab (it might already exist there)
    $ crontab -l | grep load.sh
    $
    
    Add if it does not exist as above
    $ crontab -e
    
    # LPAR2RRD UI
    0,30 * * * * /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/load.sh > /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/load.out 2>&1 
    
    Assure there is just one such entry in crontab.

  • You might need to add lpar2rrd user into /etc/cron.allow (Linux) or /var/adm/cron/cron.allow (AIX) if 'crontab -e' command fails
    Allow it for lpar2rrd user as root user.
    # echo "lpar2rrd" >> /etc/cron.allow
    
  • Assure you have a cron job for AWS is in place (upgrade script might do it automatically) Skip it on the Virtual Appliance, it is already there.
    $ crontab -l | grep "load_aws.sh"
    $
    
    Add it if it does not exist like above
    $ crontab -e
    
    # AWS support
    0,20,40 * * * *  /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/load_aws.sh > /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/load_aws.out 2>&1 
    
  • Initial start from cmd line:
    $ cd /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd
    $ ./load.sh
    
  • Go to the web UI: http://<your web server>/lpar2rrd/
    Use Ctrl-F5 to refresh the web browser cache.

Troubleshooting

  • If you have any problems with the UI then check:
    (note that the path to Apache logs might be different, search apache logs in /var)
    tail /var/log/httpd/error_log             # Apache error log
    tail /var/log/httpd/access_log            # Apache access log
    tail /var/tmp/lpar2rrd-realt-error.log    # STOR2RRD CGI-BIN log
    tail /var/tmp/systemd-private*/tmp/lpar2rrd-realt-error.log # STOR2RRD CGI-BIN log when Linux has enabled private temp
    
  • Test of CGI-BIN setup
    umask 022
    cd /home/lpar2rrd/lpar2rrd/
    cp bin/test-healthcheck-cgi.sh lpar2rrd-cgi/
    
    go to the web browser: http://<your web server>/lpar2rrd/test.html
    You should see your Apache, LPAR2RRD, and Operating System variables, if not, then check Apache logs for connected errors