2007 May 17 - Thu
HTML Page Template Framework
'Glue' web pages on the monitoring server are generated through the Mason Delivery Engine. In other words, Mason is a Perl based template system used for formatting
the primary web pages of this server. It requres the use of Apache and mod_perl. Here is what I do to install Mason
for my needs. As the monitoring server relies on tables from two databases, OneUnified and NetDisco, the
installation process revolves around getting things ready for these two types of databases.
Installation
Install the packages:
apt-get install libhtml-mason-perl
apt-get install speedy-cgi-perl
apt-get install libfcgi-perl
apt-get install libdbi-perl
apt-get install libdbd-pg-perl
apt-get install apache2-dev
apt-get install libapache2-mod-apreq2
apt-get install libapache-dbi-perl
apt-get install libmasonx-request-withapachesession-perl
apt-get install libapache2-request-perl
ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/apreq.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/apreq.load
Add the following line into '/etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_hba.conf':
local netdisco netdisco trust
local oneunified oneunified trust
Create and load database:
/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 restart
su - postgres
psql template1
create user netdisco;
create group netdisco user netdisco;
create database netdisco with owner netdisco;
create user oneunified;
create group oneunified user oneunified;
create database oneunified with owner oneunified;
\q
psql netdisco -U netdisco < netdisco.dump
exit
Add the following lines into /etc/apache2/sites-available/default:
PerlModule HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
<Directory /var/www/liveprobe>
PerlSetVar MasonArgsMethod CGI
PerlSetVar MasonDataDir /var/local/mason
PerlSetVar MasonDeclineDirs 0
</Directory>
# Decline access to mason internals
<LocationMatch "/liveprobe/.*(\.mc|autohandler|dhandler)$">
SetHandler perl-script
PerlInitHandler Apache::Constants::NOT_FOUND
</LocationMatch>
<LocationMatch "/liveprobe/.*(\.html)$">
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler
</LocationMatch>
Include /usr/local/netdisco/netdisco_apache.conf
Include /usr/local/netdisco/netdisco_apache_dir.conf
Restart Apache:
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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Debian based Open Source Network Monitoring Server
In giving back to the wealth of tools the open source community has provided, I have created a number of pages describing how
I have assembled a set of open source based network monitoring tools.
The set of tools is in two sections. The first step has to do with the installation of the Debian distribution:
Once the base is in place. Make it easy on your self to log in to the server to carry out various command line tasks:
Here are some entries for maintaining and upgrades of the distribution:
The next section has to do with the add-on tools:
There are a few optional tools, not fully integrated into the overall plan yet:
The next portion of the plan includes developing a database for maintaining circuit, patch panel, and floor diagram layout information. This will integrate with an IP
Address management scheme I've come up with, and should work with Cricket and NetDisco to provide a fully integrated visual troubleshooting guide to an organization's
network.
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