SNMP::Monitor::Install - Create a config file for SNMP::Monitor module


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NAME

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SNMP::Monitor::Install - Create a config file for SNMP::Monitor module

SYNOPSIS

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    require SNMP::Monitor::Install;

    # Create a new config file
    SNMP::Monitor::Install->Install($file, $prefix);

    # Save a config file
    SNMP::Monitor::Install->Save($file, $config);

DESCRIPTION

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This module is used to create config files for the SNMP::Monitor module. It offers class methods for creating new files and adding hosts. It tries to guess system defaults and queries the user for settings.

All methods throw a Perl exception in case of errors.

Install($file, $prefix)

(Class method) This method is called to create a completely new config file. It suggests the prefix $prefix as a default for directory locations and stores the configuration in the file $file.

Save($file, $config)

(Class method) Saves the configuration $config in the file $file.

CONFIGURATION FILE

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The configuration file is created by the Data::Dumper module. See Data::Dumper(3). This means that it contains valid Perl source: You have both the restrictions that Perl puts on you and the full power of Perl available.

However, the first thing to keep in mind when manually editing the file is: Do yourself a favour and let Perl do a syntax check for you by executing

    perl -e 'require "/etc/snmpmon/configuration"; print "ok\n"'

In general, the configuration file contains a hash ref, thus a lot of key/value pairs. Available keys include:

dbi_dsn
dbi_user
dbi_pass

The DSN, user name and password for accessing the database.

email

The administrators email address. Messages will be sent to this address. It is overridable in the router and interface configuration. Multiple, comma separated recipients can be used.

etc_dir

Path to the directory where the configuration file is stored.

facility

The syslog facility to use for syslog messages, by default daemon.

hosts

An hash ref routers that are being monitored, in other words: Yet more key/value pairs, the keys being router names and the values being router configurations.

See "Router configuration" below for a description of the values.

path_gnuplot
path_ppmtogif

The paths to the gnuplot and ppmtogif binaries

pid_file

Path of the PID file. By default /var/run/snmpmon.pid.

users

A list of users that may view information. Can be overwritten in the router or interface configuration.

Router configuration

For any router in the list of routers an SNMP::Session instance will be created. Thus the router is configured by a hash ref of key/value pairs that merely describe the SNMP session:

Community

The community string being used for accessing the routers SNMP server; defaults to public.

description

A one line description of the router, from time to time being used in output.

DestHost

The routers host name (resolvable via DNS) or IP address.

email

This attribute, if present, overrides the global email attribute.

interfaces

A list of interfaces being available at the router. Configuring an interface here doesn't necessarily mean, that a session is watching this interface. For example, you definitely don't want to receive an email any time when a dialup line goes up or down. :-)

See "Interface configuration" below for a detailed description of interfaces.

name

A short, unique name of the router. This name is used for identifying the router in the database, thus it has to be short (10 characters).

RemotePort

The service name or port number where the routers SNMP server is listening. Defaults to 161.

users

A list of users that may view information about this router. Can be overwritten in the interface configuration.

Interface configuration

Interfaces are yet more key/value pairs, the keys being:

description

The interface number, as returned by the SNMP variable interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr.

email

This attribute, if present, overrides the routers email attribute.

events

An array list of events being created for monitoring this interface. Currently available are:

SNMP::Monitor::Event::IfStatus

This is for watching the interface status. Whenever the administrative or operative status changes, then a mail will be sent to the interfaces admin. You definitely don't want this for a dialup line ... :-)

The status will be queried every minute.

SNMP::Monitor::Event::IfLoad

This is for logging accounting information. Every 5 minutes the module will query the interfaces status and the ifInOctets and ifOutOctets. The interface utilization in percent will be calculated and written to the database, together with the status information and the counter differences.

num

The interface number, as returned by the SNMP variable interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifIndex.

speed

The interface speed in Bits per second, as returned by the SNMP variable interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifSpeed.

short_message

A textual description of the interface, being used in reports and other output.

type

The interface type, as returned by the SNMP variable interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.

users

A list of users that may view information about this interface.

AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT

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SEE ALSO

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snmpmon(1), SNMP::Monitor(3)


SNMP-Monitor documentation Contained in the SNMP-Monitor distribution.

# -*- perl -*-
#
#
#   SNMP::Monitor - a Perl package for monitoring remote hosts via SNMP
#
#
#   Copyright (C) 1998    Jochen Wiedmann
#                         Am Eisteich 9
#                         72555 Metzingen
#                         Germany
#
#                         Phone: +49 7123 14887
#                         Email: joe@ispsoft.de
#
#   All rights reserved.
#
#   You may distribute this module under the terms of either
#   the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as
#   specified in the Perl README file.
#

package SNMP::Monitor::Install;

use strict;
require SNMP;
require SNMP::Monitor;
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker qw(prompt);


$SNMP::Monitor::Install::VERSION = '0.01';


sub Install ($$$) {
    require Sys::Hostname;

    my($class, $file, $prefix) = @_;

    my $config = { hosts => {} };

    my $default = $prefix;
    if ($default !~ /etc/) {
	$default .= "/etc";
    }
    $config->{etc_dir} = prompt("\nWhich directory should be used for the"
				. " config file?", $default);
    if (! -d $config->{etc_dir}) {
	if (prompt("\nA directory " . $config->{etc_dir} . " does not exist."
		   . "\nCreate it?", "y")  !~  /y/i) {
	    die "etc_dir is not a valid directory, cannot continue.";
	}
    } else {
	my $target = $config->{etc_dir} . "/configuration";
	if (-f $target) {
	    my $reply = prompt("\nA file $target already exists. Read"
			       . " configuration from this file?", "y");
	    if ($reply =~ /y/i) {
		$config = SNMP::Monitor->Configuration($target);
	    }
	}
    }

    my $pidFile = $config->{pid_file} || "/var/run/snmpmon.pid";
    $config->{pid_file} = prompt("\nWhere to store the PID file?", $pidFile);
    require File::Basename;
    my $dirname = File::Basename::dirname($config->{pid_file});
    if (! -d $dirname) {
	if (prompt("\nA directory $dirname does not exist."
		   . "\nCreate it?", "y")  !~  /y/i) {
	    die "pid_file is not in a valid directory, cannot continue.";
	}
    }

    my $facility = $config->{facility} || 'daemon';
    $facility = prompt("\nEnter the syslog facility for logging messages: ",
		       $facility);
    require Sys::Syslog;
    if (Sys::Syslog::xlate($facility) == -1) {
	die "Unknown syslog facility: $facility";
    }
    $config->{facility} = $facility;

    $config->{dbi_dsn} = prompt("\nWhich DBI DSN should be used for"
				. " connecting to the database?\n",
				($config->{dbi_dsn} || "DBI:mysql:snmpmon"));

    my $user;
    if (exists($config->{dbi_user})) {
	$user = defined($config->{dbi_user}) ? $config->{dbi_user} : "undef";
    } else {
	$user = "undef";
    }
    $user = prompt("\nWhich user name should be used for connecting to"
		   . " the database?\n", $user);
    $config->{dbi_user} = ($user eq "undef") ? undef : $user;

    my $pass;
    if (exists($config->{dbi_pass})) {
	$pass = defined($config->{dbi_pass}) ? $config->{dbi_pass} : "undef";
    } else {
	$pass = "undef";
    }
    $pass = prompt("\nWhich password should be used for connecting to"
		   . " the database?\n", $pass);
    $config->{dbi_pass} = ($pass eq "undef") ? undef : $pass;

    require DBI;
    print "Connecting to the database ... ";
    my $dbh;
    if (!($dbh = DBI->connect($config->{dbi_dsn}, $config->{dbi_user},
			      $config->{dbi_pass},
			      { PrintError => 0 }))) {
	die "\nCannot connect to database " . $config->{dbi_dsn} . " as user "
	    . $config->{dbi_user} . " with password " . $config->{dbi_pass}
	    . ": " . $DBI::errstr;
    }
    print "ok\n";

    print "Checking for an 'SNMPMON_IFLOAD' table ... ";
    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM SNMPMON_IFLOAD");
    if (!$sth) {
	die "\nCannot prepare query: " . $dbh->errstr();
    }
    if ($sth->execute()  &&  $sth->fetchrow_arrayref()) {
	print "ok.\n";
	$sth->finish();
    } else {
	$sth->finish();
	require SNMP::Monitor::Event::IfLoad;
	if (!$dbh->do($SNMP::Monitor::Event::IfLoad::CREATE_QUERY)) {
	    die "Cannot create table 'SNMPMON_IFLOAD': " . $dbh->errstr();
	}
    }
    undef $sth;
    $dbh->disconnect();

    my $email;
    if (exists($config->{email})) {
	$email = $config->{email};
    } else {
	$email = ($ENV{'USER'} || "root") . '@' . Sys::Hostname::hostname();
    }
    $config->{email} = prompt("\nWhat email address should be used for"
			      . " problem reports?\n", $email);


    my $searchSub = sub {
	my($prog) = @_;
	my $dir;
	foreach $dir (split(/:/, $ENV{'PATH'})) {
	    if (-x "$dir/$prog") {
		return "$dir/$prog";
	    }
	}
	undef;
    };

    my $path;
    if (exists($config->{path_gnuplot})) {
        $path = $config->{path_gnuplot};
    } else {
	$path = &$searchSub("gnuplot");
    }
    if (!$path) {
        $path = "none";
    }
    $path = prompt("Enter the path to the gnuplot binary, version 3.6 beta\n"
		   . "or later:", $path);
    if ($path eq 'none'  ||  !$path) {
        $path = undef;
        print("Ok, but you won't be able to display the interface\n",
	      "utilization in that case.\n");
    }
    $config->{path_gnuplot} = $path;

    if (exists($config->{path_ppmtogif})) {
        $path = $config->{path_ppmtogif};
    } else {
	$path = &$searchSub("ppmtogif");
    }
    if (!$path) {
        $path = "none";
    }
    $path = prompt("Enter the path to the ppmtogif binary: ", $path);
    if ($path eq 'none'  ||  !$path) {
        $path = undef;
        print("Ok, but you won't be able to display the interface\n",
	      "utilization in that case.\n");
    }
    $config->{path_ppmtogif} = $path;

    if (!%{$config->{hosts}}) {
	my $name = prompt("Do you want to configure a router?\n"
			  . "Enter the routers name: ", "none");
	if ($name ne 'none') {
	    SNMP::Monitor::Install->AddRouter($config, $name);
	}
    }

    SNMP::Monitor::Install->SaveFile($file, $config);

    $config;
}


sub SaveFile ($$$) {
    my($class, $file, $config) = @_;

    require Data::Dumper;
    my $dumped = Data::Dumper->new([$config], ['CONFIGURATION']);
    $dumped->Indent(1);
    my $cstr = $dumped->Dump();

    my (@comments) =
        (['etc_dir',
          'The directory where to create router configurations'
         ],
	 ['pid_file',
	  'Where to store the PID file.'
	 ],
	 ['facility',
	  'The syslog facility.'
	 ],
         ['dbi_dsn',
          'A DBI DSN declaring the database being used for accouting.'
         ],
         ['dbi_user',
          'A user name for connecting to the accounting database.'
         ],
         ['dbi_pass',
          'A user name for connecting to the accounting database.'
         ],
	 ['email',
	  'The Snmpmon administrators email address.'
         ],
	 ['hosts',
	  <<'NOTICE'
A hash ref of hosts that are monitored by snmpmon. The hash values are
again hash refs with the following attributes:

    name        - router name; same as the primary hash's key
    description - a one-line description of the router
    DestHost    - the DNS name or IP address of the router
    RemotePort  - the SNMP agent's port, by default 161
    Community   - the SNMP agent's community string, for example "public"
    interfaces  - an array ref of interfaces that are monitored on this
                  router; the elements are hash refs (you guessed it? :-)
                  with the following attributes:

			num           - Interface number
			description   - Interface name, as returned
                                        by the router in SNMP queries
                        short_message - One line text describing the
                                        interface in reports
			speed         - Interface speed; for calculating the
				        interface load
			type          - Interface type
                        events        - List of Event objects being created
                                        for that interface

NOTICE
         ],
         ['path_gnuplot',
          'Path to the GNUplot binary, 3.6 beta or later'
         ],
         ['path_ppmtogif',
          'Path to the ppmtogif binary'
         ]
	 );

    my $ref;
    foreach $ref (@comments) {
        my $attr = $ref->[0];
        my $comment = '';
        my $line;
        foreach $line (split(/\n/, $ref->[1])) {
            $comment .= "# $line\n";
        }
        $cstr =~ s/^(  \'\Q$attr\E)/$comment$1/m;
    }

    my $fh;
    $@ = '';
    eval { require IO::AtomicFile; };
    if ($@) {
        $fh = IO::File->new($file, "w");
    } else {
        $fh = IO::AtomicFile->open($file, "w");
    }
    if (!$fh) {
        die "Cannot create configuration file $file: $!";
    }
    if (!$fh->print($cstr)) {
        if ($fh->isa("IO::AtomicFile")) {
            $fh->delete();
        }
        die "Error while writing $file: $!";
    }
    if (!$fh->close()) {
        die "Fatal error while writing $file, contents may be destroyed: $!";
    }
}


############################################################################
#
#    Name:    AddRouter
#
#    Purpose: Add a new router to the list of machines by querying its
#             values interactively.
#
#    Inputs:  $class - This class
#             $config - SNMP-Monitor configuration
#             $name - Routers name
#
#    Returns: Modified configuration
#
############################################################################

sub AddRouter ($$$) {
    my($class, $config, $name) = @_;
    if (exists($config->{hosts}->{$name})) {
	die "A router $name already exists in the configuration.\n";
    }
    if (length($name) > 10) {
	die "Internal router names must have 10 characters or less.\n";
    }

    my $router = { name => $name };
    while (!$router->{description}) {
	$router->{description} = prompt("Enter a one-line description of"
					. " router $name:", undef);
	if (!$router->{description}) {
	    print STDERR "A non-empty description is required.\n";
	}
    }
    while (!$router->{DestHost}) {
	$router->{DestHost} = prompt("Enter router ${name}'s host name or IP"
				     . " address:", undef);
	require Socket;
	if (!Socket::inet_aton($router->{DestHost})) {
	    print STDERR ("Cannot resolv host name: ", $router->{DestHost},
			  "\n");
	    delete $router->{DestHost};
	}
    }
    while (!$router->{Community}) {
	$router->{Community} = prompt("Enter router ${name}'s community"
				      . " string: ", "public");
	if (!$router->{Community}) {
	    print STDERR "A community string is required.\n";
	}
    }

    while (!$router->{RemotePort}) {
	$router->{RemotePort} = prompt("Enter router ${name}'s SNMP port: ",
				       161);
	if (!$router->{RemotePort}) {
	    print STDERR "A non-zero port number must be given.\n";
	} else {
	    if ($router->{RemotePort} !~ /^\d+$/) {
		my $port = getservbyname($router->{RemotePort}, 'udp');
		if (!$port) {
		    print STDERR ("Unknown service: ", $router->{RemotePort},
				  "\n");
		    undef $router->{RemotePort};
		} else {
		    $router->{RemotePort} = $port;
		}
	    }
	}
    }

    require SNMP;
    my $session = SNMP::Session->new(%$router);
    if (!$session) {
	die "Cannot create session object." . ($! ? " ($!)" : "");
    }

    my $vb = SNMP::Varbind->new(["interfaces.ifNumber", 0]);
    $session->get($vb);
    if ($session->{ErrorNum}) {
	die "Failed to open SNMP session to " . $router->{DestHost} . ": "
	    . $session->{ErrorStr};
    }
    if (!$vb->[2]) {
	die "Router " . $router->{DestHost}
	    . " doesn't seem to have any interfaces.";
    }


    print "I have found the following interfaces:\n";
    my $j = 0;
    my $iList = [];
    my $nLen = length("Nr");
    my $dLen = length("Description");
    my $aLen = length("AdminStatus");
    my $opLen = length("OperStatus");
    my $iLen = length("InOctets");
    my $oLen = length("OutOctets");

    for (my $i = 1;  $i <= $vb->[2];  $i++) {
	my $table = "interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry";
	my $vl = SNMP::VarList->new(["$table.ifDescr", $i],
	                            ["$table.ifAdminStatus", $i],
				    ["$table.ifOperStatus", $i],
				    ["$table.ifInOctets", $i],
				    ["$table.ifOutOctets", $i],
				    ["$table.ifSpeed", $i],
				    ["$table.ifType", $i]);
	$session->get($vl);
	if ($session->{ErrorNum}) {
	    die "Failed to retrieve interface list: " . $session->{ErrorStr};
	}

	my $hash = { num => $i };
	$hash->{descr}       = $vl->[0]->[2];
	$hash->{adminStatus} = $vl->[1]->[2];
	$hash->{operStatus}  = $vl->[2]->[2];
	$hash->{inOctets}    = $vl->[3]->[2];
	$hash->{outOctets}   = $vl->[4]->[2];
	$hash->{speed}       = $vl->[5]->[2];
	$hash->{type}        = $vl->[6]->[2];
	push(@$iList, $hash);
	if (length($hash->{num}) > $nLen) {
	    $nLen = length($hash->{num});
	}
	if (length($hash->{descr}) > $dLen) {
	    $dLen = length($hash->{descr});
	}
	if (length($hash->{adminStatus}) > $aLen) {
	    $aLen = length($hash->{adminStatus});
	}
	if (length($hash->{operStatus}) > $opLen) {
	    $opLen = length($hash->{operStatus});
	}
	if (length($hash->{inOctets}) > $iLen) {
	    $iLen = length($hash->{inOctets});
	}
	if (length($hash->{outOctets}) > $oLen) {
	    $oLen = length($hash->{outOctets});
	}
    }

    my $format = sprintf("%%%ds  %%-%ds  %%-%ds  %%-%ds  %%%ds  %%%ds\n",
			 $nLen, $dLen, $aLen, $opLen, $iLen, $oLen);
    printf("$format\n", "Nr", "Description", "AdminStatus", "OperStatus",
	   "InOctets", "OutOctets");
    for (my $i = 0;  $i < @$iList;  $i++) {
	printf($format, $iList->[$i]->{num}, $iList->[$i]->{descr},
	       $iList->[$i]->{adminStatus} ? "Up" : "Down",
	       $iList->[$i]->{operStatus} ? "Up" : "Down",
	       $iList->[$i]->{inOctets}, $iList->[$i]->{outOctets});
    }

    my $ifStatusRequest = prompt("\nFor which interfaces do you want messages"
				 . " if the interface status changes?\n"
				 . "Enter a comma separated list of numbers:",
				 join(",", (1 .. @$iList)));
    my $ifLoadRequest = prompt("\nFor which interfaces shall I log the"
			       . " utilization into a database?\n"
			       . "Enter a comma separated list of numbers:",
			       join(",", (1 .. @$iList)));


    $router->{interfaces} = [];
    for (my $i = 0;  $i < @$iList;  $i++) {
	my $ref = { description => $iList->[$i-1]->{descr},
		    short_message => $iList->[$i-1]->{descr},
		    num => $iList->[$i-1]->{num},
		    speed => $iList->[$i-1]->{speed},
		    type => $iList->[$i-1]->{type},
		    events => []
	};
	my $r;
	foreach $r (split(/,/, $ifStatusRequest)) {
	    if ($r eq $ref->{num}) {
		push(@{$ref->{events}}, "SNMP::Monitor::Event::IfStatus");
		last;
	    }
	}
	foreach $r (split(/,/, $ifLoadRequest)) {
	    if ($r eq $ref->{num}) {
		push(@{$ref->{events}}, "SNMP::Monitor::Event::IfLoad");
		last;
	    }
	}
	push(@{$router->{interfaces}}, $ref);
    }

    if (!@{$router->{interfaces}}) {
	print("No interfaces selected.\nI won't add router $name.\n");
    } else {
	$config->{hosts}->{$name} = $router;
    }
}


1;


__END__