[Orca-users] Re: Customizing Orca Web Page

Liston Bias list2002 at bias.org
Wed Oct 9 12:18:41 PDT 2002 

You could avoid putting orcallator data in separate dirs if your hosts
contains uniq string base on system type.  For example, app server is
atlapp00, dev servers is atldev00, oracle server is atlora00.  Then you
could have the find files search for (atldev.*) in one cfg, (atldev.*) in
another, etc.

If your servers aren't already named like this then you certainly don't
want to rename them.


By the same accord, they could share rrd directory if the state file were
a different name.


- Liston



On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Mukarram Syed wrote:

> Thanks to all who responded.
>
> Liston, I like your solution.
> I will have to have 3 orcallator.cfg files, one for
> test, one for dev and one for prod with the correct
> find_files, html_dir and base_dir.  Mirgrate the
> appropriate files from find_files, html_dir and
> base_dir to the new directories.
> Also, I have to modify the orcallator.se file on the
> client and send my data to the correct location in the
> line:
> fprintf(stderr, " setenv OUTDIR
> /orca/orcallator/<new_directory> directory to write
> log files, output to stdout if not set\n");
>
> As you all said, managing become a chore when
> upgrading.  I agree!
>
> Greatly Appreciate the help.
>
> -Mukarram Syed.
>
> --- Liston Bias <list2002 at bias.org> wrote:
> > As Sean indicates, you could alter the config files
> > (orcallator.cfg) so
> > you have a separate one for each group of data.  As
> > indicated, you would
> > have to keep track of delts if you upgrade cfg.
> >
> > An example of doing these changes to orcallator.cfg:
> >
> > 1) Put your orcallator data into separate
> > directories and define:
> >
> >     find_files
> >
> > 2) Alter the following dirs as desired also.
> >
> >     html_dir
> >     base_dir
> >
> > 3) Then, just start your orca process separately.
> >
> > - Liston
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Sean O'Neill wrote:
> >
> > > At 09:27 AM 10/9/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >Thanks Nicholas,
> > > >But only one server is at my disposal for Orca.
> > > >I am sure there is another way to do it by
> > modifying
> > > >the config file or any of the html files.
> > > >Regards,
> > > >-Mukarram Syed.
> > >
> > > I think that point Nicholas is making below is its
> > up to you.  Just create
> > > a simple web page breaking this up as he
> > describes.  Just because
> > > everything is being collected/graphed on the same
> > machine doesn't matter.
> > >
> > > The problem with modifying the config files and/or
> > html files is you are
> > > going to have to manage the deltas when you
> > upgrade to the next release of
> > > Orca - not something I would look forward to.
> > >
> > > Sounds like you are looking that uses a config
> > file to categorize machines
> > > into classes (dev, prod, whatever).  It then
> > generates a HTML page with
> > > whatever template you want pointing to the
> > existing Orca HTML
> > > files.  Shouldn't be that hard to create.
> > >
> > > Assuming you create this, I'm sure other Orca
> > users would be interested in
> > > using something like this - I know I would.
> > >
> > > Sean
> > >
> > > >--- Nicholas Penney <nicholas at the-front.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I had the same dilemma a while back and
> > resolved it
> > > > > by splitting my
> > > > > orca processing by running it on three
> > servers, 1
> > > > > dev, 1 test and 1
> > > > > prod and producing my own simple web page on
> > one of
> > > > > the servers that
> > > > > just lists dev/test/prod (and how many of each
> > are
> > > > > being plotted) and
> > > > > links to the relevant orca server.
> > > > >
> > > > > Simple, but it works!
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In orca-users at y..., Mukarram Syed
> > <muksyed at y...>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > > Can I get any help on this?  Any references?
> > > > > > Appreciate it.
> > > > > > -Mukarram.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- Mukarram Syed <muksyed at y...> wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi All.
> > > > > > > I have Orca running for a few months, it's
> > a
> > > > > great
> > > > > > > tool and runs perfectly.  But I haven't
> > tweaked
> > > > > it
> > > > > > > much and now is my chance.
> > > > > > > I would like to know to create a web page
> > which
> > > > > will
> > > > > > > classify my servers.  Like, I would like
> > to have
> > > > > it
> > > > > > > as
> > > > > > > Production servers, under which all my
> > > > > production
> > > > > > > servers would reside, Test server, under
> > which
> > > > > all
> > > > > > > my
> > > > > > > test servers would reside and the same
> > with
> > > > > > > Development servers.
> > > > > > > Should I modify the index.html file under
> > > > > > > htdocs_orca
> > > > > > > or should I modify the orcallator.cfg
> > file?  I
> > > > > guess
> > > > > > > the index.html file dynamic and I should
> > not
> > > > > touch
> > > > > > > it.
> > > > > > > I am sure you have this question asked
> > before,
> > > > > but I
> > > > > > > could not find it in the archives.
> > > > > > > Please help.
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > > -Mukarram Syed.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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