doesn't work in background mode

[khelal]

this works and does indeed send data to rpm

sudo newrelic_plugin_agent -fc /opt/newrelic_plugin_agent/etc/config.yml

this doesn't generate anything, even though i can see it running in ps -ef

sudo newrelic_plugin_agent -c /opt/newrelic_plugin_agent/etc/config.yml

[gmr]

What do you get in the logfile? Check for the path in your config.yml. Absent that, check for a clihelper exception file in /tmp and paste the backtrace from that.

[khelal]

ok it works now. turns out there was a .pid.lock file that was still there and it for some reason made the rest of the script not work. Removed it and it works now.

[teewhey]

I seem to run into the same scenario. May I know which lock file are you guys refering to?

Also I don't see anything process running in the background via ps -ef

[khelal]

Sure. Try erasing all the files that the agent created and boot it again.

/var/run/newrelic_plugin_agent.pid
/var/run/newrelic_plugin_agent.pid.lock
/tmp/newrelic_plugin_agent.log

[teewhey]

These files does not exist even though I have run the command.
Not sure whether this has anything to do with it .... following the readme here, the plugin agent binary was installed to /usr/local/bin/newrelic_plugin_agent.

[khelal]

Did you run the command using sudo?

[teewhey]

I'm already running it as the root user. Do I have to use sudo even already root?

[khelal]

No. Well can't help you then ;(

In my case, once I had erased all three files and made sure it wasn't already running (doing a ps -ef | grep agent), then it would work normally.

[gmr]

Is there a file in /tmp named something like clihelper-exceptions? if so, can you paste the output?

[gmr]

Make sure that /var/run/newrelic exists and that it is writable

[teewhey]

Ah... now I see it is running in the background..
Thank you so much.