Quick and dirty script to add devices to cacti

melanie_pfefer · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 5

Hello

So I understand from you that 0.8.7 has the scripts that can add 150 hosts + their graphs in one shot. True?

actually I am trying to find an automatic way to add 150 hosts + their graphs. I need to know how to do it in cacti without manually adding these hosts and graphs in the web interface.

thanks

BSOD2600 · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:36 pm Post subject:

Rael · Cacti User Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 128

These tools have proved a god send for the long term support of our cacti instance, however I don't see a way of removing hosts from cacti in the cli? Am I missing something?

gandalf · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject:

What are you aiming add when talking about "moving". What do you want to move?
Reinhard

Rael · Cacti User Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 128

I'm sorry gandalf, we're you talking to me or someone else?

gandalf · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject:

ibrahim · Joined: 27 May 2008 Posts: 27

hello Reinhard

i have a list of hosts that i have to monitor. can you please tell me how to use this script ( after i installed it in the cacti dir ) in order to insert those hosts with their graphs automatically ( by steps)

i ll really appreciate

thx in advance

gandalf · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject:

Please see http://docs.cacti.net/node/529
There have been some contributions of wrapper scripts around those cacti cli stuff. Please search the forum for them
Reinhard

killshoot · Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 34

@Gandalf

I've used these scripts to insert my 2000 appliances into cacti.
I've also make a quick dirty script to automake threshold.

But I can't find a solution to automatically delete grapgh in the same way that we create it ( specifying interface if oper status = down for exemple ).

Can you help me? Which php file is used to delete graph with wich parameter?

Best regards,

Vince

gandalf · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:21 pm Post subject:

Please use the cli scripts provided by cacti since 087
Reinhard

killshoot · Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 34

@Gandalf

I've used the script provided in release 0.87.

But there is no script to delete graph. In fact I don't want to create a graph for vlan interface even if operstatus=up.

So what I currently do is create all graph with operstatus=up and after deleting all graph that I don't need.

My goal is to have a script that can delete graph according to the ifdescr value.

Thank you for your help

rujipars · Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 15

As I can see, the speed of unrouted vlan is 0. Can we add filtering by ifSpeed when create graph? At least we can reduce unwanted process to create unrouted vlans that appear as interfaces.

Looking carefully into the ifType code may also help to gain more precise filtering.

I don't have 0.8.7 at hand but like to offer an idea that may help. (I'm using cisco)

gandalf · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject:

Automatic filtering is not (yet) provided by cacti. But when scanning the interface list manually, you'll notice those with correct ifSpeed. Then, please select only those
Reinhard

TheBigOne · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 9

Hi, my problem was to add new graphs associated to a host template after adding the device with add_device.php.

I added some dirty lines to the add_graph.php to get all graph template ids associated to a special host template. After getting theese ids its easy to add theese graphs.
I use it in combination with a shell script so all i need is the output of the ids.
Of course there is a workaround getting all ids but this was for me the easiest way.
Hope this is useful for someone.

this must be added into the switch

gandalf · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject:

Please create a feature request using http://ww.cacti.net/bugs.php adding your code there
Reinhard