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When you click 'Add' you will be given a drop down of possible templates for the data source, select the relevant one and click 'create' this will then take you through to a form with several fields already populated including the Data Source Path.
Update the Name so that it includes the NREN name and Service e.g. |host_description| - BGP Status MySQL - SURFnet SURFnet - Prace
Note: No rrd file gets created as output is sent directly to the SQL table
The Table Name in the data source has to match completely (it’s case sensitive) to the Table Name in the MySQL database.
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