Cheshire Cat Computing

Forgive me if this is answered somewhere already. I have installed routers2 and love it. However the one thing I would like to have is a 'non interactive page' as well. With mrtg and rateup, i had cobbled together a static status page that pulled in what I would call important graphs to look at. Now that I have converted to rrd format I can't see how easily do that since the graphs aren't generated on the fly. (Would basically show certain key interfaces on certain routers). I am sure this can be done with routers2 if I just put some html together and called it with the correct arguments. Is there any info on how to call routers2 as cgi scripts so it creates the graphs I need in an html file, Or am I way off base here?

I realize there are the old mrtg-rrd scripts and 14all.cgi but they don't seem to be current at all.

Thanks in advance
Les

Yes, you can do this with Routers2.

First get the URL for the page you're interested in (by clicking the BOOKMARK button).

Then, append '&page=image' to this (without the quotes)

This gives you a URL that just produces the graph image. You can use this URL in IMG tags in pages you've made yourself, such as your static status page.

Alternatively, create a virtual CFG file that holds the Target details for the various graphs you want on your status page. Suppress each Target from the menu using routers.cgi*InMenu[]:no but add it to the summary page with routers.cgi*InSummary[]:yes. Then, create a section in your routers2.conf called [status.cgi] and in this put a cfgfiles definition that gives just this virtual CFG file, plus an allowexplore=no. Link status.cgi -> routers2.cgi. Now when you call status.cgi, you get the virtual cfg file, and the default page (summary) but none of the explore menus!

A admit this may be a bit complex. If you're used to just creating your own page, then use the first method to get a src= parameter for the IMG tags.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

thanks for the info... will give that a try... Also just ordered a copy of your book (rare for me to do these days, but looks like it will be worth it!)

Les

You'll find this subject in Chapter 6, section 6.2 -- Advanced techniques, linking to other applications, embedding images.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11