Re: [Nagios-devel] Nagios dashboard...
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:42 am
Edgar Matzinger wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> On 07/30/09 20:17:31, Edgar Matzinger wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I've created a simple dashboard (see attachment...) which is an
>> extension of cgi.c. This dashboard was originally added to nagios
>> 2.12.
>> But has been ported to nagios 3.0.6. Alle gauges you see are PNGs and
>> foreach hostgroup, 2 of them are created: one for all hosts and one
>> for
>> all services in a hostgroup. The PNGs are created using the gd
>> library.
>>
>> If someone wants it I can create a patch file...
>>
>
> OK, no one is interested. Are there any steps taken to create a nagios
> cgi API? Because status.c (which I've extended with the dashboard) has
> all functions it needs in a single C file. If there were an API,
> status.c (and dashboard.c) would be a smaller file statically linked
> to a library.... And it would be easier to create new cgis....
>
> Any thoughts?
>
The thoughts is that C is a horrible language to use when creating a
web application. Effort is better spent rewriting select parts of the
UI in PHP. Ninja is one such effort. I'm sure there are others (Oreon
comes to mind).
--
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Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231
Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and
terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war
on peace.
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> Hello list,
>
> On 07/30/09 20:17:31, Edgar Matzinger wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I've created a simple dashboard (see attachment...) which is an
>> extension of cgi.c. This dashboard was originally added to nagios
>> 2.12.
>> But has been ported to nagios 3.0.6. Alle gauges you see are PNGs and
>> foreach hostgroup, 2 of them are created: one for all hosts and one
>> for
>> all services in a hostgroup. The PNGs are created using the gd
>> library.
>>
>> If someone wants it I can create a patch file...
>>
>
> OK, no one is interested. Are there any steps taken to create a nagios
> cgi API? Because status.c (which I've extended with the dashboard) has
> all functions it needs in a single C file. If there were an API,
> status.c (and dashboard.c) would be a smaller file statically linked
> to a library.... And it would be easier to create new cgis....
>
> Any thoughts?
>
The thoughts is that C is a horrible language to use when creating a
web application. Effort is better spent rewriting select parts of the
UI in PHP. Ninja is one such effort. I'm sure there are others (Oreon
comes to mind).
--
Andreas Ericsson [email protected]
OP5 AB www.op5.se
Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231
Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and
terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war
on peace.
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