nfdump install instructions seem inaccurate

[skip cruse <f8...@gmail.com>]

I noticed when setting up nfdump for spot-ingest that there were some
errors around the version of automake that’s requried. Apparently automake
1.14 is required and after installing that everything worked fine. I did
some digging and it looks like this was already raised via SPOT-178:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPOT-178. Perhaps someone could
update the website to reflect this dependency and add the additional setup
steps in there as well?

Cheers,
Skip
-- 
if( bool halfWayThere == true);
printf "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH! LIVIN ON A PRAYER";

Re: nfdump install instructions seem inaccurate

[Vivienne Pustell <vi...@yellingviv.com>]

I'm working on another website fix, I'll add this into my queue as well and
get it all done together so I can get the PRs submitted soon.

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 7:25 PM Vivienne Pustell <vi...@yellingviv.com> wrote:

> Sounds like a solid way to keep the ball rolling on getting the docs
> clearer and more up to date!
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 3:40 PM skip cruse <f8...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I noticed when setting up nfdump for spot-ingest that there were some
>> errors around the version of automake that’s requried. Apparently automake
>> 1.14 is required and after installing that everything worked fine. I did
>> some digging and it looks like this was already raised via SPOT-178:
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPOT-178. Perhaps someone could
>> update the website to reflect this dependency and add the additional setup
>> steps in there as well?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Skip
>> --
>> if( bool halfWayThere == true);
>> printf "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH! LIVIN ON A PRAYER";
>>
>

Re: nfdump install instructions seem inaccurate

[Vivienne Pustell <vi...@yellingviv.com>]

Sounds like a solid way to keep the ball rolling on getting the docs
clearer and more up to date!

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 3:40 PM skip cruse <f8...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I noticed when setting up nfdump for spot-ingest that there were some
> errors around the version of automake that’s requried. Apparently automake
> 1.14 is required and after installing that everything worked fine. I did
> some digging and it looks like this was already raised via SPOT-178:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPOT-178. Perhaps someone could
> update the website to reflect this dependency and add the additional setup
> steps in there as well?
>
> Cheers,
> Skip
> --
> if( bool halfWayThere == true);
> printf "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH! LIVIN ON A PRAYER";
>

Re: nfdump install instructions seem inaccurate

[Vivienne Pustell <vi...@yellingviv.com>]

In the meantime, finally put in that PR to update the docs page to reflect
the need for a different version of automake while the longer term plan is
figured out.

I don't do a lot of wordsmithing docs type things, so if anyone feels up to
looking at this PR to make sure it's audience-friendly, that'd be great :)
https://github.com/apache/incubator-spot/pull/162

Cheers,
-Viv

On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 12:25 PM Tadd Wood <ta...@apache.org> wrote:

> I support moving/forking the code in until we decide how we want to proceed
> with eliminating that dependency.
>
> Thank you,
> Tadd Wood
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 7:55 AM Jeremy Nelson <je...@digitalminion.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I agree with the sentiment that we should work towards eliminating the
> > dependency.
> > In the meantime, until we figure out how to do that, it may be necessary
> > for us to make changes to spot-nfdump.
> > I would suggest that just for our own sanity, we should include/fork the
> > project (open-network-insight/spot-nfdump) so we can make commits to it,
> > and so that unknown people can't make changes that might affect our
> users.
> > We could update the documentation to direct users to install our
> maintained
> > version, instead of the external copy.
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 12:08 AM Nate Smith <na...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I’ve not been active in this project for a while, so forgive me if this
> > > has already been addressed.
> > >
> > > I’m assuming this is for spot-nfdump?
> > >
> > > If so it’s worth saying unless someone has been maintaining it we
> should
> > > look at removing the dependency.
> > >
> > > Originally we cooked our own version due to time stamp issues. But this
> > > should really be handled post ingestion IMHO.
> > >
> > > - nathanael
> > >
> > > > On Feb 4, 2020, at 3:40 PM, skip cruse <f8...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I noticed when setting up nfdump for spot-ingest that there were
> some
> > > > errors around the version of automake that’s requried. Apparently
> > > automake
> > > > 1.14 is required and after installing that everything worked fine. I
> > did
> > > > some digging and it looks like this was already raised via SPOT-178:
> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPOT-178. Perhaps someone
> could
> > > > update the website to reflect this dependency and add the additional
> > > setup
> > > > steps in there as well?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Skip
> > > > --
> > > > if( bool halfWayThere == true);
> > > > printf "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH! LIVIN ON A PRAYER";
> > >
> >
>

Re: nfdump install instructions seem inaccurate

[Tadd Wood <ta...@apache.org>]

I support moving/forking the code in until we decide how we want to proceed
with eliminating that dependency.

Thank you,
Tadd Wood

On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 7:55 AM Jeremy Nelson <je...@digitalminion.com>
wrote:

> I agree with the sentiment that we should work towards eliminating the
> dependency.
> In the meantime, until we figure out how to do that, it may be necessary
> for us to make changes to spot-nfdump.
> I would suggest that just for our own sanity, we should include/fork the
> project (open-network-insight/spot-nfdump) so we can make commits to it,
> and so that unknown people can't make changes that might affect our users.
> We could update the documentation to direct users to install our maintained
> version, instead of the external copy.
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 12:08 AM Nate Smith <na...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I’ve not been active in this project for a while, so forgive me if this
> > has already been addressed.
> >
> > I’m assuming this is for spot-nfdump?
> >
> > If so it’s worth saying unless someone has been maintaining it we should
> > look at removing the dependency.
> >
> > Originally we cooked our own version due to time stamp issues. But this
> > should really be handled post ingestion IMHO.
> >
> > - nathanael
> >
> > > On Feb 4, 2020, at 3:40 PM, skip cruse <f8...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I noticed when setting up nfdump for spot-ingest that there were some
> > > errors around the version of automake that’s requried. Apparently
> > automake
> > > 1.14 is required and after installing that everything worked fine. I
> did
> > > some digging and it looks like this was already raised via SPOT-178:
> > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPOT-178. Perhaps someone could
> > > update the website to reflect this dependency and add the additional
> > setup
> > > steps in there as well?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Skip
> > > --
> > > if( bool halfWayThere == true);
> > > printf "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH! LIVIN ON A PRAYER";
> >
>

Re: nfdump install instructions seem inaccurate

[Jeremy Nelson <je...@digitalminion.com>]

I agree with the sentiment that we should work towards eliminating the
dependency.
In the meantime, until we figure out how to do that, it may be necessary
for us to make changes to spot-nfdump.
I would suggest that just for our own sanity, we should include/fork the
project (open-network-insight/spot-nfdump) so we can make commits to it,
and so that unknown people can't make changes that might affect our users.
We could update the documentation to direct users to install our maintained
version, instead of the external copy.

Jeremy


On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 12:08 AM Nate Smith <na...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I’ve not been active in this project for a while, so forgive me if this
> has already been addressed.
>
> I’m assuming this is for spot-nfdump?
>
> If so it’s worth saying unless someone has been maintaining it we should
> look at removing the dependency.
>
> Originally we cooked our own version due to time stamp issues. But this
> should really be handled post ingestion IMHO.
>
> - nathanael
>
> > On Feb 4, 2020, at 3:40 PM, skip cruse <f8...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I noticed when setting up nfdump for spot-ingest that there were some
> > errors around the version of automake that’s requried. Apparently
> automake
> > 1.14 is required and after installing that everything worked fine. I did
> > some digging and it looks like this was already raised via SPOT-178:
> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPOT-178. Perhaps someone could
> > update the website to reflect this dependency and add the additional
> setup
> > steps in there as well?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Skip
> > --
> > if( bool halfWayThere == true);
> > printf "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH! LIVIN ON A PRAYER";
>

Re: nfdump install instructions seem inaccurate

[Nate Smith <na...@gmail.com>]

I’ve not been active in this project for a while, so forgive me if this has already been addressed. 

I’m assuming this is for spot-nfdump?

If so it’s worth saying unless someone has been maintaining it we should look at removing the dependency. 

Originally we cooked our own version due to time stamp issues. But this should really be handled post ingestion IMHO. 

- nathanael 

> On Feb 4, 2020, at 3:40 PM, skip cruse <f8...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I noticed when setting up nfdump for spot-ingest that there were some
> errors around the version of automake that’s requried. Apparently automake
> 1.14 is required and after installing that everything worked fine. I did
> some digging and it looks like this was already raised via SPOT-178:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPOT-178. Perhaps someone could
> update the website to reflect this dependency and add the additional setup
> steps in there as well?
> 
> Cheers,
> Skip
> -- 
> if( bool halfWayThere == true);
> printf "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH! LIVIN ON A PRAYER";