[hobbit] [Hobbit/Xymon] PDF Reports

[Stef Coene]

On Wednesday 12 November 2008, Thomas Séglard wrote:
> Hello,
>
> some months (year ?) ago, I wrote a few php/shell code lines to generate
> on-demand/automatised PDF reports with the help of the RRD data produced
> by Hobbit. At the time of coding, I've used 'libfpdf' but it's a pain to
> include PNG with alpha-channel.
>
> I'm now in charge of a new platform and I setup Hobbit to monitor
> everything, of course :) Besides, I discovered the library 'tcpdf' which
> is very good and efficient. So, I decided to bring back my reports and
> have them to work with 'tcpdf'. Modifications were easy since 'tcpdf' is
> based on 'libfpdf' and now everything works again :) But this time, I
> really want to share this work with you on the Shire or whatever. I need
> to know if some of you are interested by these reports... Thus, just let
> me know.
I was asked a related question.  For our SLA, I need the "Availability Report" 
in a printable version.  And only a subset of the checks (ping is the most 
important).  The layout can be simple, only the numbers is a start.

Of course, it it looks pretty (not just a bunch a of % but some pie charts or 
graphs), that's a surplus.
It would also be great if I can exclude the maintenance windows out of the 
calculations.


Stef