[smokeping-users] RRD Command for generating Smokeping graphs via CLI

Fri Jul 13 03:36:08 CEST 2012

Joe,

My reading of this thread is that you have asked the wrong question. 
Or, at least you have not explained what you requirement is very clearly 
and I wonder if you have also asked on the wrong list.[1]

As a result you are not getting the help you're looking for.

My understanding of your requirement:

* Produce a graph 'image' from an RRDTool database with custom titles 
and legend information on it.

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The fact that the "SmokePing" application put the data in to the RRDTool 
database is only coincidental.

So, http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/

http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/doc/rrdgraph.en.html

http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/doc/rrdgraph_examples.en.html

Is this more what you're after?

D

[1] Please excuse my blunt, and perhaps rude, break down of the problem 
here.  I do not mean to offend, I just felts you weren't getting 
anywhere and wondered if it's a language problem that's causing 
confusion.  So the best way I could think of to try and help was by 
being a bit more direct and black and white.

On 12/07/2012 6:42 p.m., Borg, Joe, Vodafone Malta wrote:
> Thanks Ryan/Tobias,
>
> Yes I got there. In fact, in the second thread I listed in my email,
> there’s mention of the use of displaymod=a which displays the graph
> alone (e.g.
> http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping-demo/?displaymode=a;start=2007-08-15%2015:31;end=now;target=Customers.ITIS.otoro).
> This is **nearly** what I want. I could use this via CLI with something
> like wget in a script. The problem is, as far as I can see, there are
> some things I can’t modify. In particular, I’d like to modify the graph
> title (currently ‘Navigator Graph’) to be something else (e.g. ‘Customer
> ABC’s Link’). Is this possible with some URL paramet?
>
> Note that I’m referring to the title of the png graph itself, not the
> HTML titles as part of the smokeping interface...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
> *From:*Ryan Becker [mailto:rb14060 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 11 July 2012 17:49
> *To:* Borg, Joe, Vodafone Malta
> *Cc:* Tobias Oetiker; smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> *Subject:* Re: [smokeping-users] RRD Command for generating Smokeping
> graphs via CLI
>
> He's referring to the Navigator Graph option. Go into the CGI, click on
> a monitored node, then click on the graph itself. It should take you to
> a new window and the title of the graph should be "Navigator Graph".
> There's parameters that you can set in the URL, and you can see them
> clearly.
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Borg, Joe, Vodafone Malta
> <Joe.Borg at vodafone.com <mailto:Joe.Borg at vodafone.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Tobias,
> Many thanks for getting back to me on this and for the prompt reply.
> Would you be able to let me know where/how I can find the graph
> navigator as I'm unsure as to what you're referring to?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Oetiker [mailto:tobi at oetiker.ch <mailto:tobi at oetiker.ch>]
> Sent: 10 July 2012 21:43
> To: Borg, Joe, Vodafone Malta
> Cc: smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> <mailto:smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch>
> Subject: Re: [smokeping-users] RRD Command for generating Smokeping
> graphs via CLI
>
> have a look at the graph navigator. you can get charts directly from the cgi
> cheers
> Tobias Oetiker
>
> On 10.07.2012, at 11:38, "Borg, Joe, Vodafone Malta"
> <Joe.Borg at vodafone.com <mailto:Joe.Borg at vodafone.com>> wrote:
>
>  > Hi,
>  > I need to write a script that generates the smokeping graphs for use
> in another front-end (i.e. without accessing the smokeping cgi
> directly). Would anyone have the relevant rrd command and parameters I
> should use or an easy way to find out what it is?
>  >
>  > I've read the following threads:
>  >
>  >
> https://lists.oetiker.ch/pipermail/smokeping-users/2011-November/004519.html
> - This is what I need; unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a
> conclusion to this thread.
>  >
>  >
> https://lists.oetiker.ch/pipermail/smokeping-users/2007-August/002420.html
> - This mentions the use of 'displaymod=a' which I've tried and is close
> to what I want (I could use something like wget to get the graph).
> Unfortunately though it doesn't allow for any modification of the graph
> itself and I need to modify some minor things such as the graph title.
>  >
>  > Any help would be appreciated.
>  >
>  >
>  > Thanks & Regards,
>  >
>  >
>  > Joe
>  >
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