Re: [Nfsen-discuss] Integrating nfsen with other network management tools.

[Ivan A. B. <iv...@li...>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On 05/04/2006 12:44, Brian Scanlan wrote:
> I am attempting to POST a filter from an external web application
> directly into nfsen, all attempts have been unsuccessful so far, the
> POST request is effectively ignored each time. I used Live HTTP
> Headers to see how nfsen was taking in the fields from the POST
> request. I suspect that some variables are being stored as part of the
> PHP session that are required for nfsen

> Has anybody done anything like this before? Am I approaching this in
> the right way? The ultimate goal of this is to integrate nfsen into a
> helpdesk/NOC facing system, so engineers can click on a single link
> which will dump out nfdump output without having to type in a filter.

If you look in the details tab you'll see there is a dropdown list
underneath the section to specify the filter. From memory this lists
"filter-spec" files that are stored in a particular directory for nfsen.

I have not yet used this, but the point is so that you just select an
often-used filter from the dropdown, rather than having to type it in
repeatedly.

This could be used my <some script> writing out the "filter file" and
then your NOC select it from the dropdown. The only thing (I assume)
you'd still have to do would be to select the relevant sources aswell.

Probably not the most elegant way, but it may do what you want, if all
you want is "nfdump output via web" rather than needing the graphs.

Cheers


Ivan
- --
Ivan Beveridge
<iv...@li...>		http://www.linx.net/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFEM+u5QQZN5jq7vncRAhOfAKCKz3HUW37/fJCOozv8fyr5DdiMgQCfRTD0
cT9yd/iqlpuv34Julepw2ow=
=kCIW
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----