MSSQL agent does not register it self in PMCD due to missing python3-pyodbc package
kurik opened this issue · comments
When metrics_from_mssql: yes is set in a playbook, the role installs MSSQL agent. However registration of this agent in PMCD fails due to missing python3-pyodbc package.
The fail of the registration is not recognized by the playbook run. The run of such playbook succeeds, but the MSSQL agent simply does not work due to the missing registration.
Note: This has been tested on Fedora-33 and RHEL-8.4-Development distros. As I do not have Debian or other distros available, I can not confirm this issue on those other distros.
@kurik I think this is fixed in more recent versions of PCP, as best we can. On f33 were you using a PCP version predating pcp-5.2.3? An rpm dependency was added there...
$ rpm -qR pcp-pmda-mssql | grep pyodbc
python3-pyodbc
In RHEL8, we await this (new) package - still expected in 8.4 via BZ #1881490 AIUI - until then, there's little we can do here.
Hmm, I guess I was using pcp-5.2.3 on F33, but honestly I am not 100% sure now. However when I check it now, it works as expected.
For RHEL - the python3-pyodbc package is already available in devel composes of 8.4, so we might add the dependency here as well. Without the python3-pyodbc package installed, we can not do any automated tests of the metrics_from_mssql: yes functionality on RHEL, because the PMDA is not installable. If adding the dependency will be an issue for 8.4, we might postpone it to 8.5.
Thanks Jan - closing as discussed (and on IRC) - the 8.4 pcp build will have this dep.