Re: ideas - was (Re: [Netdisco] I need help on MAC tracing)

[<A.L...@lb...>]

Hi,

> What I would like, would be something like this in the configuration file 
> (maybe take a look at nagios to see how they implement plugins - the 
> Nagios community has made a number of plugins):
> 
> device-urls = {
>                 'Cool perfornance graph tool' => 
> 'http://my-first-cool-tool.my-network.com/cooltool.php?device=$device_dns',
>                 'Cool server ARP tool' => 
> 'http://my-second-cool-tool.my-network.local/cgi-bin/cool-tool2?ip=$device-ip',
>                 'Web management' => 'http://$device_dns_name/',
>                 'Configuration file' => 
> 'ftp://my-repository.my-network.local/configs/$device_dns.txt',
>                 'Nagios status' => 
> 'http://nagios.my-network.local/nagios/cgi-bin/status.cgi?host=$device_dns_name'
>                     }
> 
> Syntax would probably be different.
> 
> I would hate to manually update URLs for 100 boxes. If this is needed I 
> would like to have the possibility to put them in a different file. In 
> that case I would be able to update my URLs by running a nightly script.

this is very similar to small hacks that we have implemented here - just
some straight-forward one/two line edits of the node and search code
which allows the user to click on the device name and be taken
to the RTG stats for that switch... or be taken to the 'quarantine'
page if they click on a node. 'quarantine' being more homemade stuff
which slaps that machines MAC into a 'deny' list on a VMPS server

alan