Creating a GUI for Host Monitor

oryagel · Post by **oryagel** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:00 am

Hi,

I want to display some of the data to many users as a dashboard, so they will be able to view the current system status.

The issue is that the current GUI is ancient and not attractive.

I want to use Host Monitor as a backbone for the data collecting and alerts, but create a web application which will display the data in a different way.

Is it possible? Which files should I read the data from?

Thanks

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:21 am

HostMonitor stores test results in memory, saves stats into your HML file with tests from time to time (I don't know name of the file because you could use any name).

I don't think you can find this file useful for your needs. If you do not like HostMonitor reports/web interface/etc, you may setup ODBC log or setup HostMonitor to create DBF or Text reports and use these tables for your application.
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mframe.htm#logs.htm

Regards
Alex

thomas.mueller@envers.de · Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:22 am

We created a dashboard-website for our reqiurements for the same reasons you mention. We simply use one of our Linux-Servers to provide a website that collects, consolidates and displays the information we can get from the web-services of HM.

oryagel · Post by **oryagel** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:29 am

Thomas,

I would like to get as many details as you would like to give

Can you explain your configuration and how do you get the information from HM?

I would love to email you if you prefer.

Thanks!

thomas.mueller@envers.de · Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:39 am

You can contact me by mail on thomas.mueller@envers.de, if you like.

clocktowertx · Post by **clocktowertx** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:02 pm

We are currently piloting using Groundwork with the odbc output to a MYSQL table to present monitoring, trending, and dashboards through its customizable presentation layer.