[mrtg] Display downloading speed of webpage using MRTG.

[Steve Shipway]

> From: mrtg-bounces+s.shipway=auckland.ac.nz at lists.oetiker.ch
> [mailto:mrtg-bounces+s.shipway=auckland.ac.nz at lists.oetiker.ch] On
> Behalf Of Vincent Thong
...
> My project is to calculate website downloading time such as yahoo.com
> and display it in a graph.

MRTG can do this, though you need a data collection plugin.  We do this for several websites here.

> I was told that MRTG can draw the graph with the custom script.
> But I am yet to learn how to put the value of my script to the MRTG.

Yes it can. Check the documentation; an MRTG data collection plugin must exit with status 0, and output four lines of text:

1111\n2222\n\n\n

Where 1111 is the inbound value, and 2222 is the outbound value.  In your case, you'd need to use option 'gauge' to prevent rate calculations.  Use the construct

Target[xxxx]: `myscriptname`

To hook in the plugin.

> Any guide to return the perl script value to MRTG?

This is in the MRTG documentation on www.mrtg.org

> Another question here, MRTG needs a router?
> As for my case, I just want to display my calculation in a graph.
> I have a server but no router.
> Can I achieve my project with this MRTG?

You can do this with MRTG.  A router is not required, its just that MRTG was originally written to graph router interface traffic.

Steve

Steve Shipway
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