Network Management Integration Plugin ( v0.3.9a Build 129 )

phalek · Last edited by phalek on Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:02 pm; edited 65 times in total

Network Management Integration Plugin

Hi,
I didn't like the Advanced Ping template, as it is not as good as the smokeping graphs. As it's not possible to get Cacti to create the same graphs from the smokeping rrds, I've actually added some integration code to cacti itself.

The screenshot below shows a smokeping graph right below a cacti graph.

Please look at the documentation on how to use/install the NMID Plugins.

The NF Tracker stuff is for NetFlow Tracker from Crannog/Fluke Software, which displays the Top Application for In and Out Interfaces as a history chart within Cacti as well as TopN Reports for Source Addresses. I removed this stuff from the display section, so contact me if you're interested in this, too.

Enable nmid in global.php or use the Plugin Management module in PA2.x

phalek · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:52 am Post subject:

To ease the smokeping integration in regards to Smokeping administrative work, I'm currently also creating a Network Management Inventory Database (NMID) utilizing some of the Cacti functionality (especially the tree on the left).

It's build as a plugin, though it needs some very minor changes to the original cacti source code.

It currently can:

List all devices which are underneath the select tree.
Option to add/delete devices to the smokeping config ( selection is stored in the database )
Creates the smokeping "Target" section, based on the cacti tree and containing the hosts previously selected.
Ability to deploy config to smokeping ( on a remote system )

The plugin is supposed to ease the smokeping integration i mentioned in my earlier post, but can be used standalone to have a better integration between smokeping and cacti.

gandalf · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:18 pm Post subject:

phalek · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:05 am Post subject:

Thanks for the reply, I'm going to clean up the stuff, first.

Once I've done that I'll post more details here.

gandalf · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:31 am Post subject:

Please ask Jimmy nevertheless. Even he'll need some time, cause he's quite busy with upcoming 088
Reinhard

phalek · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject:

Ok, I've asked Jimmy, and unfortunately, there isn't anything (yet) to display other things than the rrd graphs.

But I guess with some time and deeper look into that stuff it might be possible to hook something in there...

Nevertheless, I've created a pakage now and uploaded it here. So anyone willing to play around with it can do it now. Please post back your issues and comments.

phalek · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:44 am Post subject:

I managed to add the additional html to my plugin now, so the only line that needs to be added to the html_tree.php is now:

do_hook_function('tree_after',$host_name.','.get_request_var("leaf_id"));

I uploaded the new code. Make sure you read the README in the plugins/nmid directory.

Just to show what is possible with this plugin, here's a screenshot of the reports I create for NetFlow Tracker ( yes, that's right, you see a table there, right below the graphs !)

phalek · Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject:

I've updated NMID to include the following:

Ability to create CiscoWorks Import file (CSV Version 3)
Ability to create CiscoACS Import file

I'm currently working on adding the following:

Support for per device RW snmp communities
Support for per device Login userid/password/enable password
Support for NDG (Network Device Groups) for CiscoACS
Support for per device Vendor type for CiscoACS
Lucent VitalNet Support

I'm going to upload the new version once i added the per-device stuff, as I don't think everyone uses the same information on all devices ...

phalek · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:13 pm Post subject:

I upgrade the nmid plugin to 0.3.5 with the following changes:

Added a WebService (based on NuSoap) for retrieving the configs fro Smokeping and Ciscoworks from a remote system. Web-Service access is password protected ( See NMID Settings)
Created a plugin for each network management system, so one can enable or disable the systems they use
Removed the CiscoACS support for now, to focus on the other nms plugins
Changed realmid to solve a conflict with another plugin

Any comments are welcome

chrisgapske · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:11 pm Post subject: Ticketing ingtigration

What about adding ticketing interface to cacti ?

What open source ticketing do you like ?

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sizulku · Cacti User Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 102 Location: ACEH

Hi Phalek,

I see deploy.cgi script has removed on version 0.3.5 but on NMID configuration screen version v0.3.5 , there is still a field for "Smokeping Deploy URL". Do I need to fill something on it? And how to use update.sql? Thanks.

phalek · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

Hi sizulku,

No you don't need to fill in anything into the url field.

It's good that you mention that as i simply to fo

you can use the update.sql from the command line the following way:

mysql -u <cactidbuser> -p <cactidbname> < update.sql

e.g.

mysql -u cactiuser -p cacti < update.sql

phalek · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:42 am Post subject:

Update to v0.3.6

I found a bug which prevented the correct saving of the device options (add to smokeping/add to nf tracker/...)

I also removed the unnecessary link to the deploy.cgi. The web-service shoud be used to retrieve the smokeping (and other) configuration from nmid.

Fixed a bug in the save method not saving the device options correctly
Removed deploy.cgi url from smokeping settings section

sizulku · Cacti User Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 102 Location: ACEH

Hi Phalek,

I got this following error when apply update.sql