CPAN Modules

[david.peters at industry.nsw.gov.au]

As I use perl mostly for interfacing to hobbit for tests, reports etc I 
have quite a number of perl modules floating around.

Given that CPAN is the easiest way to upload, install manage etc, I have 
installed the modules there.

I have created a top level Module called Xymon which is simple a place 
holder.

So far I have uploaded Xymon::Client which provides a perl interface to 
sending status updates:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Xymon::Client;

my $xymon = Xymon::Client->new(.......);

$xymon->send(.....);

Documentation for this is included on cpan and when you install the 
module.

The other module I have installed is Xymon::Monitor::Informix which tests 
connectivity to remote Informix Databases 
This updates a test called database for servers that run informix 
databases and lists the status of each database on the status screen.

I have quite a few more to add but I was hoping that anyone else that has 
perl scripts, May add them there as modules. If help is required
I can assist.

Some of the upcoming releases of modules include:
        Xymon::Server which provides an interface to the various server 
environment variables + some utility functions such as redrawing the 
screen.
        Xymon::Server::History which returns a hash of all events for all 
or selected servers - I currently use this for generating excel reports.
        Xymon::Server::Clients which provides an interface to the 
hobbitclient.cfg file and includes a web interface.
        Xymon::Server::Alerts which provides an interface 
hobbit-alerts.cfg

        Xymon::Monitor::MSSQL which provides a status test for sql server 
databases
        Xymon::Monitor::Oracle which provides a status test for oracle 
servers
        Xymon::Monitor::SunContainer which provides a way fo testing 
Containers running on a Solaris node.

There are a few others that I have but that is enough for now.

BTW we still use a database to store all information about our servers and 
routers and then use this to generate the bbhosts and include files. This 
includes
a screen under INFO for a host that provides this information within 
hobbit. Allows us to do advanced searching based on other parameters, 
using an advanced search
web screen within hobbit.

Last time I spoke of the database there seemed to be very little interest 
in it so it has stayed where it is and hasn't been used anywhere else. 

We have applications tied to servers in the database and use it for a web 
based outages application. When an outage is logged, not only does it send 
an email
to subscribed users with details of the servers and the applications, it 
also automagically disables that host(s) in hobbit for the period of the 
outage.


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