I like Aljoša suggestion of a RESTful interface. Nothing could be easier on the client side. On the server side, data often does not fit an n-tuple schema and MySQL is a hammer for which every collection of data looks like a nail.
Jim On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Benoit des Ligneris < benoit.des.ligne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Well, if you have already nagios, I suggest you install NDOUtils and NDO2DB > : > http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/ndoutils/NDOUtils.pdf > http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/ndoutils/NDOUtils_DB_Model.pdf > > Then the data will be in a nice SQL database and you can easily build > complex query > with SQL. > > > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Aljoša Mohorović < > aljosa.mohoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> i'm looking for software that provides things like nagios (my current >> option) but provides an API or some kind of service (rest, soap, ...) >> which would enable me to retrieve data using some programming language >> (preferably python). >> few examples: >> - "get data for all network traffic via http" >> - "get data for all network traffic via http that was requested for >> domain example.com" >> - "get data for all network traffic via http that was requested for >> domain example.com in time frame 1/1/2008 - 1/2/2008" >> >> what i'm looking for is some software that does system monitoring and >> alerting stuff but also provides high level api/service to retrieve >> data useful for creating reports. >> any ideas? or should i stick with nagios and use nagios options? >> >> Aljosa Mohorovic >> >> -- >> ubuntu-server mailing list >> ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server >> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >> > > > > -- > Benoit des Ligneris Ph. D., CEO > Revolution Linux > http://www.rlnx.com/ > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > -- Rev. Jim Tarvid, PCA Abajo Y A La Izquierda Esta El Corazon
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