PostNuke wrapper module for Cacti

BWare · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Amsterdam

Heyaz,

I have mocked up a PostNuke module for Cacti. All it does is allowing postnuke registred users to use cacti based on a specified template user (much like the ldap way cacti uses now).

If people are interested, I'd be willing to put it online for download.

The postnuke module is pretty generic and the modifications to cacti's auth_login.php, config_settings.php and sql tables are minor.

So, let me know if anyone's interested (rax ?) and I'll put it online.

Guest · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 7:53 am Post subject:

Good idea.

stepanov@zorya.com.ua

TheWitness · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:29 am Post subject:

BWare,

I am not familiar with PostNuke, could you state a paragraph of two in your own words on it's function and application.

Thanks,

TheWitness

BWare · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Amsterdam

Let's see if I can, for there are a lot of things you can do with it

PostNuke is a PHP based Content Management System in short.

It is designed to build community based portals using a modular aproach. There are a lot of modules available to enable the administrator to add a wide variety of functionality to their PostNuke based WebSite, varying from message boards to blogs, from Customer Relation Management to shoutboxes.

It has a build-in security system which is rather complete.
It is used by both individuals and companies to publish their content, shops, news, etcetera.

More info (from the developers) can be found on the About PostNuke site.

Guest · Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:58 am Post subject:

This has been a dream of mine... A postnuke wrapped version of cacti running that game server script. I cant even get that script to work so .. i guess thats 2 dreams .. heh.

Make it ..and they will come.

BWare · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Amsterdam

The first public beta release of the module is avaible at:

http://noc.postnuke.com/projects/pncacti/

Note that it is a quick mockup, but it has been working for us since my first post here

BWare · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Amsterdam

Well, I fixed some minor issues and added support for cacti-0.8.6b... So if anyone is interested, it can be found on the same url as posted before.

egarnel · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:45 am Post subject:

Do you have a demo site or screenshot of it?
I would like to be able to wrap Cacti, BigBrother & some other pages into a nice portal

BWare · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Amsterdam

I don't have a demo at the moment... I will try to post a screenshot later today.

BWare · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Amsterdam

Here's the snapshot... the names have been changed to protect the innocent

egarnel · Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:34 am Post subject:

Looks cool. I installed postnuke on my Cacti server yesterday and am still reading up on the integration. From what I can tell, the module is designed to run on the same server or one that is accessible for db queries

BWare · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 27 Location: Amsterdam

You can specify an url to your cacti install (on a different server). It does not really matter, as long as you modified the required files, which are in the application directory of the module.

You can redirect comments on the module/docs via private message, or send me an e-mail.

Burke · Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 42 Location: Virginia, USA

I left the Postnuke camp a long time ago in favor of MDPro. Nearly every module for PN can be used with MDPro. I would love to see this site converted over to MDPro or Postnuke with Cacti as a fully integrated module. Since that probably won't happen anytime soon, I've simply been using the PostWrap module to integrate Cacti into my environment.

I have used Postnuke, Envolution, and MDPro for Internet hosting sites, community portals, and corporate Intranets for various clients. The variety of modules, themes, and blocks that are available for these Open Source CMS systems make them excellent choices for a broad range of purposes.