Python Metrics Observer v0.02

This is a very basic simple metrics collection tool.

This is a python port of a script originally written to see if I can implement python collection. A much improved php version will be released at some point

consider this more a demo of flask, subprocess & paramiko to collect metrics than a full fledged tools

version 0.02 ... my two cents. No warranty, use at your own risk ;)

Features:

• Plugin based, easy to extend
• Simple Flask UI
• SSH Collection of remote metrics
  • Plugin for Nokia2425 router
  • Plugin for Linux servers
• Mail que display
• Ping to check if the internet is up
• Multi Lingual support (French/ English)
• ping a subnet and see who responds

Usage

./pytrack -c [plugin] -a [action] - call tdc with plugin and run specified action ./pytrack --update - run data collection on all plugins python3 web.py - Run the simple gui

Cron

Rather than running pytrack manually, it is suggested to run the plugin in cron like this:

*/2 * * * * /var/www/html/server-control/backend/tdc --update >/dev/null 2>&1

for now, collected data is stored in data folder

config.json

To configure pytrack, you use data/config.json

{
        "ping-subnets": ["192.168.1.0/24"],
        "connection-name": "The Internet",
        "ping-address": "8.8.8.8",
        "lang": "fr",
        "credentials": {
                "router": {
                        "type":"nokia",
                        "user":"admin",
                        "pass":"admin",
                        "host":"192.168.1.1",
                        "port": 22
                }
        }
}

• language : Either "fr" or "en" unless you create a translation
• ping-subnets : comma separated list of subnets for nmap, used by the Network Plugin
• ping-address : address to check if we are connected, used by the Vitals Plugin
• credentials : list of credentials, reserved for future plugins to store credentials for hosts (used by unreleased nokia router plugin). Put here as an example of storing credentials for now

adjust to your network

web ui

There is an experimental web ui, run it with the following:

python3 web.py

Though the menus don't work, from the web browser, you can call http://localhost:5000/?plugin=vitals&action=default

Web UI requirements

pip install flask