Install infinite loop

OutagesIO_Support

Here's how you should proceed at this point.

All of those agents that you have in Created status, just let them expire. The will expire from your dashboard after 24hrs.

The site automatically does this to prevent confusion by leaving a bunch of non fully installed in the dashboard.

Create a new one, go through the process and it should work now. It's too bad people don't report problems more often so we can fix them. They just tend to find a problem and leave so it can be a while before we are even aware of any issues otherwise, we jump on them pretty quickly.

Just keep one thing in mind. There is a note that will show up saying that you have to comment out a line IF you are going to use systemd to start/stop your agent. If you don't, you'll end up with multiple instances running for no good reason.

You should be good to go now. let us know how things go.

beeglej

@OutagesIO_Support I finally got it to work. Now I just have to troubleshoot getting the systemctl service up and going.

OutagesIO_Support

Nice to hear you got it. The problem was a simple case sensitivity in the script.

Remember, if you go with the systemd control, be sure to comment out the line mentioned in the script.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention glad it's working now.

beeglej

@OutagesIO_Support

Now while trying to start the service I get the following output in the terminal after following the instructions and commenting out the line in the script:

● otm.service - Startup of the OutagesIO monitoring agent
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/otm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enab
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2022-02-17 23
Process: 9592 ExecStartPre=/agent/starter_aarch64_ocp.sh (code=exited, status=
lines 1-4/4 (END)...skipping...
● otm.service - Startup of the OutagesIO monitoring agent
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/otm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2022-02-17 23:14:25 GMT; 2s ago
Process: 9592 ExecStartPre=/agent/starter_aarch64_ocp.sh (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

any ideas?

OutagesIO_Support

I'm sorry you're still experiencing problems.

We provide some scripts and tips that we use in-house but when it comes to operating systems, you would have to post this in some Linux or pi forums.

We were just working with that a while ago and didn't have any problems so not really sure where to start. I'll try to look at this tomorrow.

Can you tell me what post/article you are following and I can review that tomorrow.

beeglej

@OutagesIO_Support don't worry about it. I have gotten way better customer support for this "free" product than i get for most paid products. I will be promoting your services to my data center pals that manage the centers.

OutagesIO_Support

Thanks for your nice comment.

We work very hard on this service in the hopes that it can help people since there is not a lot out there that isn't overly technical for the average consumer. With input and feedback, we keep trying to make it as easy as possible to use.

Unfortunately, we don't have the resources to support every operating system out there but hoping that in time, as enough people start using these forums, members can also help each other where we might not have the knowledge.

We installed the agent and service on a pi device earlier so we could go through all of the steps and didn't have any problem but maybe we're so used to setting things up that we didn't notice something.

I'll give it another try tomorrow while reading the blog post which I assume you were looking at too.

Monitor Your Internet With Raspberry Pi 3A, 3B+, 4, NanoPi, And Other ARM Devices

OutagesIO_Support

I'm sorry I've not gotten back to you on this. It is still in my list of things to do. The days are just too short to get everything done and we're also in the middle of a hardware upgrade.

I hope I can get to this next week perhaps.

OutagesIO_Support

Hi, it took a while but the article was updated with a fix.

Another member decided to look deeper into this and found there was one small error in the script which prevented the systemd service from starting the agent.

The script is now updated and available for all Pi devices. The blog article was also updated a little bit.

See if that helps now.

PJPorch

@OutagesIO_Support I have the exact same problem with an Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS server install of the agent. It never actually downloads the otm_linux binary.

ICMP does not seem to be the issue. I can ping and get replys from sites.
It does not seem to be the user/password. If I edit the /etc/agentid file to a bad value I get an error "curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL". When I correct the file it tries to download but cannot and gets stuck in this loop.
I have copied the script version 1.0.3 and changed only the "start" variable to the install directory.
I even tried to download the otm_linux binary from another PC onto this server, but nothing seems to work.

Thanks in advance for any tips to get the agent running.

OutagesIO_Support

Can you share the script as you have it now.

PJPorch

@OutagesIO_Support Below is the script and output from the otminfo.log file.

The only change to the script is the start variable at the top
In the folder "/home/josh/agent" I have this script and the otminfo.log file.
I can give you the agent ID if needed.

OTMinfo.log

HTTP/2 200
date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 01:12:16 GMT
server: Apache
strict-transport-security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains
last-modified: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:34:03 GMT
etag: "28888-5bb0ebc1544c0"
accept-ranges: bytes
content-length: 166024
vary: User-Agent
content-security-policy: frame-ancestors 'none';
content-secure-policy: default-src 'self';
x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-options: nosniff
referrer-policy: same-origin
permissions-policy: fullscreen=(self 'https://app.outagesio.com'),geolocation=*, camera=()

Script

#!/bin/bash

#Version 1.0.3

# Enter the full path where you will be placing the starter_linux_otm.sh script into.
# Our example shows '/agent', change this to what ever your path is.
start="/home/josh/agent"

command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "The curl package is needed but not installed. Please install it and try again. Aborting."; exit 1; }

echo ""
echo "Make sure to create /etc/agentid with credentials before starting this script"
echo "Make sure your starter file points to the same directory that you have it in - Edit the 'start' option above accordingly"
echo "You could add this to /etc/rc.local to start it or build a service for it. Please search Google for more."
echo ""
sleep 5

### Define Global Variables
OTMIN="otm"
IN="$start/updater_linux_ocp.sh"
DATE=`date +%d-%m-%y`
OTM_COMMAND="otm_linux"
USERNAME=`awk 'NR==1' /etc/agentid`
PASSWORD=`awk 'NR==2' /etc/agentid`

### OTM section
# Get rid of any old version
rm -f $start/otm_linux
OTM_HTTP_STATUS=''
OTM_REMOTE_LENGTH=''

### Loop
until [[ ${OTM_HTTP_STATUS} -eq 200 && ! -z ${OTM_REMOTE_LENGTH} ]]
do
sleep 5
##
echo "Receiving binary location"
BINARY_LOCATION=$(curl -m 20 -s -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD --connect-timeout 10 -X POST https://www.foxymon.com/receiver/receiver2.php -F function=receive_binary_location)
echo "Getting the OTM Package"
curl -I -m 30 --connect-timeout 15 "$BINARY_LOCATION" -o $start/otminfo.log
OTM_HTTP_STATUS=$(cat $start/otminfo.log | awk '/HTTP/ {print $2}')
OTM_REMOTE_LENGTH=$( cat $start/otminfo.log | awk '/Content-Length/ {print $2}' | sed -e 's/[\r\n]//g' )
done

###
if [[ ${OTM_HTTP_STATUS} -eq 200 && ! -z ${OTM_REMOTE_LENGTH} ]]; then
echo "Downloading OTM"
curl -m 30 --connect-timeout 15 "$BINARY_LOCATION" -o $start/otm_linux
sleep 2
OTM_LOCAL_LENGTH=$( ls -l $start/otm_linux | awk '{print $5}' | sed -e 's/[\r\n]//g' )
if [ "${OTM_LOCAL_LENGTH}" == "${OTM_REMOTE_LENGTH}" ]; then
echo "OTM downloaded, starting program then exiting this script"
cd $start
chmod +x $start/otm_linux
## exec $start/otm_linux &
#$start/otm_linux &

ps cax | grep otm_linux > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo ""
echo "Congratulations, your agent is now monitoring your Internet connectivity."
echo "Type 'ps cax | grep otm_linux' to see the process number"
else
echo "Something didn't work, your agent is not running."
fi

fi
fi

OutagesIO_Support

Quick look seems to show this script is for the Linux version, not the Pi.
Can you make sure you are using the Pi version. Just create a new agent then copy that script.

If that doesn't work, then please also share the systemd service.

PJPorch

@OutagesIO_Support This is installed on an Ubuntu server, so I am using the linux script. The reason I posted here is I am seeing the exact same issue where it keeps trying to download the otm_linux binary and can never successfully do it. I can repost to the Linux section if required. I was just thinking the symptoms are identical, so the solution might be the same.

I have also tried to disable the service, adjust the script as below, and then run in manually (screenshot). I get the same result where it loops trying to download the file.

Script when service is enabled:

## exec $start/otm_linux &
#$start/otm_linux &

Script when service is disabled and the script is run manually:

# exec $start/otm_linux &
$start/otm_linux &

Here is my service file. Located at: /etc/systemd/system/otm.service

[Unit]
Description=Startup of the OutagesIO monitoring agent

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStartPre=/home/josh/agent/starter_linux_ocp.sh
ExecStart=/home/josh/agent/otm_linux
WorkingDirectory=/home/josh/agent
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=%n

Results when running the script directly.

OutagesIO_Support

Yes, it doesn't seem to be finding the binary. Can you try this manually.
Go into the same directory and run both;

curl http://downloads.outagesio.com/otm/otm_1.67.2104_linux -o otm-linux

See if that downloaded the binary. Delete it and try https.

curl https://downloads.outagesio.com/otm/otm_1.67.2104_linux -o otm-linux

If it's there, make it executable then run the version.

$ chmod +x otm-linux
$ ./otm-linux -v

Show me the output please.

PJPorch

@OutagesIO_Support Both the HTTP & HTTPS links successfully download the file. I am able to get the version following your commands as well.

PJPorch

@PJPorch In looking at the script I notice the URL you gave to directly download the file is from outagesio.com, but the script goes to foxymon.com. Could there be an issue with this foxymon.com URL?

BINARY_LOCATION=$(curl -m 20 -s -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD --connect-timeout 10 -X POST https://www.foxymon.com/receiver/receiver2.php -F function=receive_binary_location)

OutagesIO_Support

Yes, it's correct. Foxymon.com is a domain we started with years ago and never got around to changing it since it would require a ton of programming so we just use it in the background.

The script checks a function which tells it what the download URL is based on the credentials you enter into /etc/agentid.

I'm not sure if you shared this before but can you share the agent ID for this install as well please.

I see three which seem to be yours. 128600 which is active, 128588 which is also active and 128593 which is deleted.

PJPorch

@OutagesIO_Support
Agent 128588 is working without any issues.
This post is regarding Agent 128600.
The 3rd must have been one I created during testing then deleted.

OutagesIO_Support

@PJPorch said in Install infintie loop:

This post is regarding Agent 128600.

This agent is currently running, it's in Active status.

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