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Server Admin no data in web graphs

10.5.2 server with one low traffic web site.

I get no data for graphs. I have moved the logs from the default location, but the server knows where that is since it is updating the log.

Any idea how to get the graphs working again?

Thanks - Erich

G5 DP 2.0 and 2.3 and Intel Xenon 2x2.8 quad, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Jun 29, 2008 7:16 AM

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Jul 29, 2008 9:46 AM in response to Erich Wetzel

Two things come to mind (I have had this problem since April):
1) Did you upgrade from 10.4 to 10.5 (and/or from Apache 1.3 to 2.2)?
2) Did you install any software that would make changes to httpd.conf (or any other Apache file)?

I upgraded from 10.4 to 10.5. Had a bit of trouble then migrating Apache to 2.2. I also installed Filemaker Server 9 and FogBugz. Filemaker Server 8 was already installed prior to the 10.5 upgrade, so I think it made changes to .conf and FMS9 then commented out those changes, in order to run its own Apache 1.3 server on a different port. FogBugz just added a *.conf to the end, to make changes for files served from its directory.

One other thing I notice: each time you select the Web Overview section of Server Admin, the start time changes to the current time.

Unfortunately, I haven't found any servermgrd error messages in my system log that would correspond to these problems.

Jul 29, 2008 12:43 PM in response to Erich Wetzel

Found the fix. I compared my /etc/apache2/httpd.conf to the httpd.conf.default and httpd.conf.defaultserver and found the following sections:

Listen 127.0.0.1:9010
DocumentRoot "/tmp"
ErrorLog "/var/log/apache2/error_log"
<Directory "/tmp">
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Directory>
<Location "/server-status">
SetHandler server-status
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Location>
ExtendedStatus On

In order for the graph to work, you need :9010 open (but blocked outside of the localhost), the /server-status on (does not need need to be open, but it helps to troubleshoot), and most importantly: ExtendedStatus On. This line was commented out by my Filemaker Server 8 install: I had Server 10.4 installed w/ Apache 1.3. FMS8 commented the line. The comment was kept thru the Server 10.5 install and the Apache 2 migration. Uncommenting it in httpd.conf and restarting the web service showed an immediate change in server admin: the time stayed at the correct start time, and within a minute I saw the graph collect data.

Server Admin no data in web graphs

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