Basic MRTG config
It's a mess, but making things work took some effort, and a lot of copypasting from numerous sources, so I'm recording this here.
/etc/mrtg.cfg:
WorkDir: /var/www/mrtg
WriteExpires: Yes
Language: english
Title[^]: Traffic Analysis for Yourserver
Options[_]: growright, bits
LoadMIBs: /usr/share/mibs/netsnmp/UCD-SNMP-MIB, /usr/share/mibs/ietf/TCP-MIB, /usr/share/mibs/ietf/UDP-MIB, /usr/share/mibs/ietf/HOST-RESOURCES-MIB
Target[localhost.cpu]:ssCpuRawUser.0&ssCpuRawUser.0:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost+ ssCpuRawSystem.0&ssCpuRawSystem.0:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost+ ssCpuRawNice.0&ssCpuRawNice.0:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
RouterUptime[localhost.cpu]: yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
MaxBytes[localhost.cpu]: 100
Title[localhost.cpu]: CPU Load
PageTop[localhost.cpu]: <H1> Active CPU Load %</H1>
Unscaled[localhost.cpu]: ymwd
ShortLegend[localhost.cpu]: %
YLegend[localhost.cpu]: %
Legend1[localhost.cpu]: %
Legend2[localhost.cpu]:
Legend3[localhost.cpu]:
Legend4[localhost.cpu]:
LegendI[localhost.cpu]: Active
LegendO[localhost.cpu]:
Options[localhost.cpu]: growright,nopercent
Target[localhost.mem]: .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.4.6.0&.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.4.6.0:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
PageTop[localhost.mem]: <H1> Free Memory</H1>
Options[localhost.mem]: nopercent,growright,gauge,noo
Title[localhost.mem]: Free Memory
MaxBytes[localhost.mem]: 1000000
kMG[localhost.mem]: k,M,G,T,P,X
YLegend[localhost.mem]: bytes
ShortLegend[localhost.mem]: bytes
LegendI[localhost.mem]: Free Memory:
LegendO[localhost.mem]:
Legend1[localhost.mem]: Free memory, not including swap, in bytes
Target[localhost.swap]: memAvailSwap.0&memAvailSwap.0:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
PageTop[localhost.swap]: <H1> Swap Available</H1>
Options[localhost.swap]: growright,gauge,nopercent
Title[localhost.swap]: Swap Available
MaxBytes[localhost.swap]: 1073741824
kMG[localhost.swap]: k,M,G,T,P,X
YLegend[localhost.swap]: bytes
ShortLegend[localhost.swap]: bytes
LegendI[localhost.swap]: Swap Available:
LegendO[localhost.swap]:
Legend1[localhost.swap]: Swap memory available
Target[localhost.rootdisk]: dskPercent.1&dskPercent.1:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
PageTop[localhost.rootdisk]: <H1> Used Root Disk</H1>
Title[localhost.rootdisk]: Used Root Disk
MaxBytes[localhost.rootdisk]: 100
Options[localhost.rootdisk]: nopercent,growright,gauge
Unscaled[localhost.rootdisk]: ymwd
ShortLegend[localhost.rootdisk]: %
YLegend[localhost.rootdisk]: %
Target[localhost.eth0]: /95.85.11.102:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
MaxBytes[localhost.eth0]: 12500000
Title[localhost.eth0]: eth0
PageTop[localhost.eth0]: <h1> eth0</h1>
ShortLegend[localhost.eth0]: b/s
YLegend[localhost.eth0]: b/s
Target[localhost.eth1]: /10.129.5.83:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
MaxBytes[localhost.eth1]: 12500000
Title[localhost.eth1]: eth1
PageTop[localhost.eth1]: <h1> eth1</h1>
ShortLegend[localhost.eth1]: b/s
YLegend[localhost.eth1]: b/s
Target[localhost.udpin]: udpInDatagrams.0&udpInDatagrams.0:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
PageTop[localhost.udpin]: <H1> Incoming UDP pkts per minute</H1>
Title[localhost.udpin]: Incoming UDP pkts per minute
MaxBytes[localhost.udpin]: 1000000
ShortLegend[localhost.udpin]: p/m
YLegend[localhost.udpin]: p/m
LegendI[localhost.udpin]: Incoming
LegendO[localhost.udpin]:
Options[localhost.udpin]: nopercent,growright,perminute
Target[localhost.udpout]: udpOutDatagrams.0&udpOutDatagrams.0:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
PageTop[localhost.udpout]: <H1> Outgoing UDP pkts per minute</H1>
Title[localhost.udpout]: Outgoing UDP pkts per minute
MaxBytes[localhost.udpout]: 1000000
ShortLegend[localhost.udpout]: p/m
YLegend[localhost.udpout]: p/m
LegendI[localhost.udpout]:
LegendO[localhost.udpout]: Outgoing
Options[localhost.udpout]: nopercent,growright,perminute
Target[localhost.tcpconns]: tcpCurrEstab.0&tcpCurrEstab.0:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
Title[localhost.tcpconns]: TCP Connections
PageTop[localhost.tcpconns]: <H1> TCP Connections</H1>
MaxBytes[localhost.tcpconns]: 10000000000
ShortLegend[localhost.tcpconns]: conns
YLegend[localhost.tcpconns]: conns
LegendI[localhost.tcpconns]: Incoming
LegendO[localhost.tcpconns]: Outgoing
Legend1[localhost.tcpconns]: Established incoming connections
Legend2[localhost.tcpconns]: Established outgoing connections
Options[localhost.tcpconns]: nopercent,gauge,growright
Target[localhost.tcpnewconns]: tcpPassiveOpens.0&tcpActiveOpens.0:yoursnmpcommunity@localhost
Title[localhost.tcpnewconns]: New TCP Connections
PageTop[localhost.tcpnewconns]: <h1> New TCP Connections / minute</h1>
MaxBytes[localhost.tcpnewconns]: 1000000000
ShortLegend[localhost.tcpnewconns]: conns/min
YLegend[localhost.tcpnewconns]: conns/min
LegendI[localhost.tcpnewconns]: Incoming
LegendO[localhost.tcpnewconns]: Outgoing
Legend1[localhost.tcpnewconns]: New inbound connections
Legend2[localhost.tcpnewconns]: New outbound connections
Options[localhost.tcpnewconns]: growright,nopercent,perminute
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