Feasibly, it seems like you should be able to inspect each of the images you need and copy their source address, such as this:
http://55.55.55.55/graph.php?to=now&device=652&type=device_bits&from=1436808726&legend=yes&height=300&width=1159
The browser interprets the output as a png image, and using a simple script you can grab the images and email them off or process them and send off a bulk-report. You can use ‘now’ as the ‘to’ value and either do math or work in some other relative value for the ‘from’ value.
We scrapped the DB and built a mapping of machine ID (our internal marking) and device (Observium machine ID) to build out a quick way to extract graphs for our own dashboard, utilizing a similar method you should be able to get the graphs you wanted sent out as a user-friendly email on a schedule basis out of a cronjob.
Sincerely,
Jesse
From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Josh Hopper
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 9:57 AM
To: Observium Network Observation System
Subject: Re: [Observium] Reporting
Now that you get it and before I take pills, can reports/graph snapshots be captured and sent by email? J God that would be my saving grace.
From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:44 AM
To: observium@observium.org
Subject: Re: [Observium] Reporting
That'd drive me mad :)
adam.
On 14/07/2015 16:30:12, Josh Hopper <joshhopper@protectplus.com> wrote:
Yeah, the PNG option works I suppose as opposed to Print Screens.
Adam, I’m required by management to provide a monthly summary of our uplink ports at each branch.
I label them similarly so it’s easy to find. I also like to see our storage network and its traffic frequently.
Our management doesn’t log into Observium so having reports sent to them is ideal.
I am also required to print storage, power, and temperature for records.
I have to report on your alerts as well.
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Sincerely,
Joshua Hopper, A+ CE
Sr. Network Administrator
420 3rd Ave NW Hickory NC 28601
Office: 828-449-1839x2160 | Cell: 828-855-7565
From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Mark D. Nagel
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 8:35 PM
To: observium@observium.org
Subject: Re: [Observium] Reporting
Well, we have one report that pulls the top N MPLS sites from the previous day by WAN bandwidth usage, but again, the parameters are very specific -- has to exceed one threshold at least twice during business hours and another lower threshold averaged over the business day. The result is very revealing from a capacity planning perspective, especially as we also include a heatmap of "times in this report" the past week/month/quarter. I have a hard time imagining a query language able to express that example, so I personally would use the Observium data to roll my own version of that report.
That said, there are other queries that could be used, especially with use of groups, to allow folks to build report 'dashboards' and those can also be set to email. Generally 'top N' of something is a good starting point, like top N CPU with charts, etc.
MarkOn 7/12/2015 5:24 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote:
But... of what?
If you have 100 devices, 3,000 ports and a bunch of other sundry things, what would be reported? How would you tell it what you want reported?
I honestly don't understand the concept, I've never seen such things in motion. It strikes me as the ultimate moving target, where everyone wants something almost totally different, with the configuration system becoming some form of gargantuan beast.
But, like I said, I really have no idea what you guys actually mean (and I've told this to several people in the past who've asked for this feature, but they can never actually articulate what they want!)
adam.
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On 13/07/2015 01:20:59, Mark Nagel <mnagel@willingminds.com> wrote:
Folks (managers particularly) like to get daily or weekly snapshot summaries in email form. Perhaps something like RT's dashboard feature to present sets of charts periodically? We usually would just roll our own so nothing I particularly need, but the desire is understood.
Mark
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On Jul 12, 2015, at 5:11 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama@memetic.org> wrote:I've honestly never understood what people mean by "reporting".
Can you... explain?
adam.
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On 13/07/2015 01:10:11, Josh Hopper <joshhopper@protectplus.com> wrote:
Your software gets better and better.
The metrics are wonderful but I spend a lot of time screenshotting them to send to our executives.
Can you put a print button in? Or, even better, CRON a print job to send say a week/month/day’s worth of bandwidth on a specific port or server to an email address?
That would be amazing. Or, is that something we could pay for and have added to the version(s) for everyone? I’m on subscription if that matters.
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