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Configuration files and diagnostic information sources

The main configuration files that we may need to modify or review are the following:

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

Information sources (logs) where we can search for more information, errors, etc.:

  • /var/log/pandora/pandora_server.log: Server log file, contains very important clues. If you want more detail, modify the verbosity parameter of the server configuration file so that it shows more detail.
  • /var/log/pandora/pandora_server.error: Log file of uncaught server errors, contains traces of errors and exceptions not handled by the server.
  • /var/log/pandora/pandora_agent.log: Unix agent log file.
  • %PROGRAM_FILES%\pandora_agent\pandora_agent.log: Agent log file on Windows®.
  • /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 displays kernel warnings.
  • /var/log/pandora/pandora_snmptrap.log: SNMP trap log. If there is any error in booting the SNMP trap console it may show error traces there.
  • /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 of 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 achievement file must be modified.

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