Re-inventing Cacti might be worth the time… Its ugly, clunky and very difficult to properly extend.
Maybe if you spent the time to take Cacti to an all new 1.0 first... Sincerely, Joshaven Potter MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, UACA Google Hangouts: [email protected] Cell & SMS: 1-517-607-9370 [email protected] > On Nov 8, 2015, at 1:36 AM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don't reinvent the wheel, if you want to do this I would build it on top of > cacti + network weathermap. > > Network weathermap already does a lot of this. > > http://network-weathermap.com/ <http://network-weathermap.com/> > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I've always thought the network map could be generated automatically....at > least at the layer3 level. If you grab the routing table off each router > (via SNMP or API) then where you have matching directly connected prefixes is > where you have adjacency. On the surface it sounds straightforward......I > wish I had time for stuff like that. > > > On 11/6/2015 7:36 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote: >> I would like some people to come together who have the time, talent, >> interest in creating a small(ish) project >> >> It could sit atop an existing NMS type system. The dude almost has the >> capability already. Our old SNMPc platform Im pretty sure can do it with >> some creative rules and relation trees >> >> Basically just lay out a network map. >> SNMP poll for an interface list >> SNMP poll for the routing table >> SNMP poll for the bridge table >> SNMP poll for the IF IP list >> >> Populate the port list on the device icon dynamically >> Populate the port links between the devices, with an override of course >> >> Input a target IP space with the default always being 0.0.0.0/0 >> <http://0.0.0.0/0> >> >> Parse the routing table for the route and the interface associated with that >> route >> >> Change the link line from that interface to an arrow line, bonus points for >> nifty animations >> >> I like the sourceforge type open source project idea >> >> If its not something people would be willing to do as a small group project >> on the free shoot me an offlist quote if its something youre capable of, >> though I doubt the bosses budget idea will meet the demand, but per the >> conversation with him today, he wouldnt be opposed to entertaining an >> affordable solution. >> >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as >> part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > >
