NAME
ttproclist - Process a template with a nodelist
SYNOPSIS
torrus ttproclist --tmpl=TFILE --out=OFILE --nodes=NFILE [options...]
DESCRIPTION
This command takes a Template-Toolkit template and a list of nodes
(usually SNMP devices) as input. The output file is a result of
template substitution, according to the specified options. Command-
line options --tmpl, --out and --nodes are mandatory.
This utility can be used to generate the discovery instructions XML out
of a predefined template and a dynamically generated list of devices.
Alternatively, it can produce Torrus XML configuration for a given list
of objects, etc.
The following variables are predefined when the template is processed:
· "nodes"
Hash array of nodes. Hash keys are the node names. Values are
symbolic names. If symbolic names are not defined, values are the
same as keys.
· "param"
Hash array of command-line parameters given in --param option.
· "nodesfile", "creator"
Informative variables. They can be used to produce the creation
note in the resulting files. "nodesfile" returns the file name of
nodes, and "creator" returns a detailed information how the file
was generated, with timestamp and command line options.
OPTIONS
--tmpl=TFILE
The file name of the input template. Relative names are looked in
the current directory and in /etc/torrus/templates. The file name
may also be an absolute path.
--out=OFILE
Output file name. If no absolute path given, the file is written in
the current directory.
--nodes=NFILE
The name of the nodes list. Nodes should be separated by space or
tab character or newline. Additional information, referred to as
symbolic name, can be supplied after a colon, of the form
NODENAME:SYMBOLICNAME.
--param=NAME:VALUE,NAME:VALUE...
List of optional parameters that may be used in the template.
EXAMPLES
The following example gerenates "devdiscover" input file from a
template. The template is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF8"?>
<snmp-discovery>
>>> usual DDX parameters here, like SNMP community and data-dir
<param name="snmp-community" value="private"/>
<param...
>>> This loop generates per-host entries
[% FOREACH n = nodes.keys.sort %]
<host>
<param name="snmp-host" value="[% n %]"/>
<param name="symbolic-name" value="[% nodes.$n %]"/>
<param name="output-file" value="nodes/[% n %].xml"/>
</host>
[% END %]
>>> Generate the bundle file, so that you need only one
>>> entry in torrus-site-config.pl
<param name="output-bundle" value="[% param.BUNDLE %].xml"/>
</snmp-discovery>
The following command would generate MY.ddx from template file
MY.ddtmpl as described above. The file MY.nodes is a list of SNMP
devices, one per line. Then "devdiscover" is launched with MY.ddx as
input. Note also the short form of the command line wrapper.
torrus ttproclist --tmpl=MY.ddtmpl \
--nodes=MY.nodes \
--out=/usr/local/etc/torrus/discovery/MY.ddx \
--param=BUNDLE:MYNODES
torrus dd --in=MY.ddx --verbose
In addition, you may put some common parameters in Template BLOCK
statement in a separate file, and INCLUDE it in your templates. See the
Template-Toolkit documentation for more detail.
NOTES
See more documentation at Torrus home page: http://torrus.org
SEE ALSO
Template-Toolkit documentation: http://template-toolkit.org/
torrus(8), torrus_devdiscover(8)
AUTHOR
Stanislav Sinyagin <ssinyagin@yahoo.com>