[hobbit] Custom graphs, passing data

[Buchan Milne]

On Tuesday, 5 June 2007, Haertig, David F (Dave) wrote:
> There appear to be two ways to get data into a custom graph.  (1) Use
> the built-in NCV module to parse it out of a Hobbit message, or (2) use
> the --extra-script and --extra-test options to hobbitd_rrd.  I have
> tried (1) but not (2) yet.
>
> I want to use (1) for it's efficient operation, but the Hobbit message
> format it requires for parsing looks ugly when displayed on the webpage
> (at least I think it's ugly).  So I was looking for ways to "hide" the
> data from the webpage while still allowing the NCV module to find it.
> My first thought was to send the Hobbit message with the graphing data
> hidden inside a <div style="display:invisible">...</div> block.  But
> this doesn't work because when generating the webpage, Hobbit puts the
> incoming message inside a <table>, and you can't hide <div>'s when
> they're inside a table cell.
>
> Does anyone have other solutions to this, while still using method (1)
> so the NCV module can efficientlhy parse things?  Or am I stuck with
> learning and moving to method (2)?

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Buchan Milne
ISP Systems Specialist - Monitoring/Authentication Team Leader
B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)
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