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Configuration Files and Diagnosis Information Sources

the main configuration files you may need to modify or check are the following:

  • /etc/pandora/pandora_server.conf: Main Pandora FMS server configuration file. If you modify something there, you will have to restart Pandora FMS server.
  • /etc/pandora/pandora_agent.conf: Main Pandora FMS software agent configuration file in Unix. If you modify something there, you will have to restart Pandora FMS agent.
  • %ProgramFiles%\pandora_agent\pandora_agent.conf: Pandora FMS software agent main configuration file in Windows. If you modify something there, you will have to restart Pandora FMS agent service.
  • /etc/my.cnf: Main MySQL server configuration file.
  • /var/www/html/pandora_console/include/config.php: Pandora FMS console configuration file. It is auto-configured in the installation, but if some environment parameter changed (path, IP, MySQL user/password, MySQL host) you will have to modify it manually.

Information sources (logs) where you may look for more information, bugs, etc.:

  • /var/log/pandora/pandora_server.log: Server log file, which contains very important clues. If you wish to have more details, modify the verbosity parameter in the server configuration file to show more details.
  • /var/log/pandora/pandora_server.error: Server non-captured bug file, it contains traces of errors and exceptions nor handled by the server.
  • /var/log/pandora/pandora_agent.log: Unix agent log file.
  • %PROGRAM_FILES%\pandora_agent\pandora_agent.log: Windows® agent log file.
  • /var/www/html/pandora_console/log/console.log: Pandora FMS console log file.
  • /var/log/httpd/error_log: Apache server error log file (httpd).
  • /var/log/messages: System log file.
  • dmesg: Command that shows kernel warnings.
  • /var/log/pandora/pandora_snmptrap.log: SNMP trap log. If there is any error in the SNMP trap console booting, it may show bug traces.
  • /var/log/mysqld.log: MySQL log.
  • /var/log/pandora/web_socket.log: Websocket log.
  • /var/www/html/pandora_console/log/cron.log: Cron log.

Permissions from some directories:

  • /var/spool/pandora/data_in/ must be from pandora:apache with permissions 755.
  • /var/log/pandora/ must be from pandora:root with permissions 755.
  • /var/www/html/pandora_console/include/config.php must be from apache:apache with permissions 600.

In versions prior to 747, the console log storage path is:
/var/www/html/pandora_console/pandora_console.log

In case of updating by OUM the corresponding logrotate file must be modified.

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