[Xymon] changing graph canvas color

Thu Apr 28 22:03:36 CEST 2011

Could you try

(guessing on the command structure, looking for multiple --color values)
rrdtool graph --color BACK#e9e9e9 CANVAS#F660AB foo.rrd

Josh Luthman
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On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm generating some graphs by execing rrdtool from php:
>
>    rrdtool graph --color BACK#xxxxx ... ... ...
>
> and it sets the paper color all the way across the graph image.  I think
> maybe CANVAS would set the paper color for the gridded area containing the
> graph lines, with SHADEA for the top/left border and SHADEB for the
> bottom/right border where the legend and labels are.  Etc for the other
> options.
>
> Ralph
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
> > wrote:
>
>> BACK background, CANVAS for the background of the actual graph
>>
>> I'm guessing BACK is the outside border and CANVAS is behind the faint
>> red/grey lines and the data plot.
>>
>> I'm guessing it's space delimited, but could you confirm the change,
>> compile and post to the list, Lynn?
>>
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Round about line 1038 in  xymon-4.3.2/web/showgraph.c
>>>
>>> If you just want to make the graph paper color non-white, you should only
>>> need to add something like:
>>>
>>>         rrdargs[argi++]  = "-c";
>>>         rrdargs[argi++]  = "BACK#e9e9e9";
>>>
>>> to get a light shade of grey.  If you want it configurable, there's
>>> several places in that same file where bits need adding to be able to get
>>> options from the graphs.cfg.
>>>
>>> Ralph Mitchell
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Josh Luthman <
>>> josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My mistake, I was thinking the background of the page that the graph was
>>>> on rather then the graph image itself.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking you'll need to modify the Xymon code itself, as I don't
>>>> recall this being configurable.  Looking at hobbitgraph.cfg I see that has
>>>> the data and variables, but the rrdtool command needs the option set.  I
>>>> don't know what calls hobbitgraph.cfg, but I bet if you find out you'll find
>>>> the answer to your original question.
>>>>
>>>> http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/doc/rrdgraph.en.html
>>>>
>>>> [-c|--color COLORTAG#rrggbb[aa]]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>> Suite 1337
>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Lynn Osburn <
>>>> losburn at thepinnaclegroup.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  No, Josh, was referring to the graphs generated from the rrd data.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 28, 2011 1:09 PM
>>>>> *To:* Lynn Osburn
>>>>> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] changing graph canvas color
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You mean the repeated green/yellow/red background?  Just change the
>>>>> image file.
>>>>>
>>>>> <BODY BGCOLOR="green" *BACKGROUND="/xymon/gifs/bkg-green.gif" *TEXT="#D8D8BF"
>>>>> LINK="#00FFAA" VLINK="#FFFF44">
>>>>>
>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Lynn Osburn <
>>>>> losburn at thepinnaclegroup.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking through the various cfg files, looking for a place to
>>>>> change the background (canvas) color of all the generated graphs.
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought I'd find it in xymonserver.cfg, but didn't see it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone else figured this out before?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
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