ganglia-monitor is missing default config file

[Nathan Moore]

Hello,

Via apt, I installed ganglia-monitor on a machine running Ubuntu 22. ganglia-monitor contains a gmond service. Normally(?) install puts a config file for gmond in /etc. Details online https://github.com/ganglia/monitor-core/wiki/Ganglia-Quick-Start

So far as I can tell, no default config files for gmond or gmetad are installed via this package. When I start up ganglia, I get an error message about no config file being present.

Ganglia has been around forever, and I can't tell if it is under active development. https://github.com/ganglia/

In past ubuntu releases (20, 18?) a default config file was included as part of the apt install package.

System details

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS"
nathan@physlin6:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Release: 22.04

nathan@physlin6:~$ apt-cache policy ganglia-monitor
ganglia-monitor:
  Installed: 3.7.2-6
  Candidate: 3.7.2-6
  Version table:
 *** 3.7.2-6 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

nathan@physlin6:~$ tree -a /etc/ganglia
/etc/ganglia
└── conf.d

1 directory, 0 files

nathan@physlin6:~$ sudo systemctl restart ganglia-monitor.service
[sudo] password for nathan:
Job for ganglia-monitor.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status ganglia-monitor.service" and "journalctl -xeu ganglia-monitor.service" for details.
nathan@physlin6:~$ systemctl status ganglia-monitor.service
× ganglia-monitor.service - Ganglia Monitor Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ganglia-monitor.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2024-03-28 19:28:28 CDT; 7s ago
       Docs: man:gmond(1)
    Process: 40226 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gmond -c /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 3ms

Mar 28 19:28:28 physlin6 systemd[1]: Starting Ganglia Monitor Daemon...
Mar 28 19:28:28 physlin6 gmond[40226]: Configuration file '/etc/ganglia/gmond.conf' not found.
Mar 28 19:28:28 physlin6 systemd[1]: ganglia-monitor.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Mar 28 19:28:28 physlin6 systemd[1]: ganglia-monitor.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 28 19:28:28 physlin6 systemd[1]: Failed to start Ganglia Monitor Daemon.
nathan@physlin6:~$ journalctl -xeu ganglia-monitor.service
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit ganglia-monitor.service has begun execution.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 42989.
Mar 28 19:28:28 physlin6 gmond[40226]: Configuration file '/etc/ganglia/gmond.conf' not found.
Mar 28 19:28:28 physlin6 systemd[1]: ganglia-monitor.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit ganglia-monitor.service has exited.
░░
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Mar 28 19:28:28 physlin6 systemd[1]: ganglia-monitor.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ The unit ganglia-monitor.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 28 19:28:28 physlin6 systemd[1]: Failed to start Ganglia Monitor Daemon.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit ganglia-monitor.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit ganglia-monitor.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 42989 and the job result is failed.

nathan@physlin6:~$ apt info ganglia-monitor
Package: ganglia-monitor
Version: 3.7.2-6
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: ganglia
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Marcos Fouces <email address hidden>
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 264 kB
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libapr1 (>= 1.2.7), libc6 (>= 2.34), libconfuse2 (>= 3.2.1~), libganglia1 (= 3.7.2-6), libpcre3, libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), adduser, lsb-base
Homepage: http://ganglia.info/
Download-Size: 78.4 kB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
Description: cluster monitoring toolkit - node daemon
 Ganglia is a scalable, real-time cluster monitoring environment
 that collects cluster statistics in an open and well-defined XML format.
 .
 This package contains the monitor core program.