[hobbit] Xymon hosts database.

[Martin Flemming]

For me, it looks like a great show ! ;-)

martin

On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, David Peters wrote:

> Sorry there was a problem with my web server and the graphical tree. Is
> fixed now.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Peters [mailto:davidp at electronf.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 October 2009 8:04 PM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Xymon hosts database.
>
> Oops those links were:
>
> The main search screen:
>
> http://www.electronf.com/xymondb/xymondb.pl
>
> and the graphical tree was:
>
> http://www.electronf.com/xymondb/xymondb.pl?rm=bbhosts
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Peters [mailto:davidp at electronf.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 6 October 2009 7:25 PM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Xymon hosts database.
>
> Back again. I have now coded the search and host screen functions based on
> the schema of the original database.
>
> Still a couple of lookup fields and host fields to go, however, I was
> looking for some feedback on the existing state.
>
> The code to convert the database into bb-hosts including laid out by
> host-owner, location, application service etc has already been completed but
> I am not quite at the stage to run the existing dataset and blow away my
> current hobbit bb-hosts.
>
> You can view a mockup db running here.
> http://www.electronf.com/xymondb/xymondb.pl
> The screens are ready for update delete but I am finalizing the change audit
> management functions atm.
>
>
> I also added some code that generates a graphical tree structure based on
> the layout of hobbit pages that gets generated from the db.
>
> You can view that here:
> http://www.electronf.com/xymondb/xymondb.pl
>
>
> Feedback please.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Peters [mailto:davidp at electronf.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 July 2009 8:17 PM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Xymon hosts database.
>
> The code already includes an on-screen field and code that allows you to add
> any extra hobbit options.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ward, Martin [mailto:Martin.Ward at colt.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 July 2009 6:25 PM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Xymon hosts database.
>
> Interest: I am certainly interested in this, especially with the asset
> management additions that TJ mentioned.
>
> Aid: I would push for PHP rather than perl although I can code in both
> and am willing to help.
>
> Nitty-gritty: However you write the code to generate the bb-hosts file
> you will need to include a comments field that allows users to add extra
> options to the comments field in the bb-hosts file. This is so that when
> Xymon is upgraded and Henrik adds more options in that would be added to
> the comments field, users can add those new options without having to
> wait until you rewrite the front-end.
>
>
> |\/|artin
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: T.J. Yang [mailto:tj_yang at hotmail.com]
>> Sent: 01 July 2009 06:01
>> To: hobbit system monitoring
>> Subject: RE: [hobbit] Xymon hosts database.
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
>>> From: david.peters at dpi.nsw.gov.au
>>> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:18:56 +1000
>>> Subject: [hobbit] Xymon hosts database.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think I have posted this quite a while
>>> ago but it is still on my mind.
>>
>> Not only in my mind. I got to deliver it in next few months.
>>
>>> We currently configure the hosts, pages
>>> etc using a windows database and windows front end that I wrote
> quite
>> some
>>> time ago. I keep getting the urge to convert it to a linux database
>> and
>>> a web frontend. However I would not do this if there is no interest
>> in
>>> using it.
>>
>> My interest about Xymon and relational DB is mainly from asset
>> inventory perspective.
>> Xymon doing a decent jobs collecting system
>> information(io/cpu/memory/disk). But what about a system's
>> asset information ? where is rack position of this machine ? what is
>> the serial number, owner, function ? and is it a owned orleased
>> machnine ? Asset information like this are most likely kept in Excel
>> files. Won't it be nature to tight these information together ? Xymon
>> should be able to do both system and inventory monitoring.(ie, you got
>> a red yellow alert if a machine's lease is expiring in 1 month).
>>
>>
>> To achieve this goal, I plan to introduce a relational DB into my
> Xymon
>> server system.
>>
>> Please see the details here,
>>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Developer_Gui
>> de#Using_relational_DBs_with_Xymon_Server
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The point is that you never touch the
>>> bb-hosts file and all configuration of hosts and layouts is done via
>> a
>>> user interface.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there any interest in this?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> Is there anyone willing to help?
>>
>> Count me in.
>> I am decent at perl programming and currently learning
>> php/extjs/qWikiOffice.
>>
>>> If so I was going to convert to mysql
>>> and either php or perl cgi. Any comments on this?
>>
>> perl cgi script works but it is really not eye-catching.
>> I like to stay with perl but php community is so strong.
>> Catalyst is perl's MVC solution but it is weak on "View" part.
>> As long as your requirement doesn't need EXTJS then Catalyst a very
>> good solution.
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We have 400 odd hosts here and have
>>> pages split by priority, service, location, and support group all on
>> the
>>> front page but all configured via the database.
>>>
>>>
>>> Currently the bb-hosts is built via
>>> a perl script that extracts the database and then generates a main
>> bb-hosts
>>> file plus include files for each sub-page.
>>
>> Can you post your perl script here ? or on
>>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Xymon/Developer_Gui
>> de#bb-hosts_generation
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> tj
>>>
>>>
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