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NAME

rrdcgi - Create web pages containing RRD graphs based on templates

SYNOPSIS

"#!/path/to/"rrdcgi [--filter|-f]

DESCRIPTION

rrdcgi is a sort of very limited script interpreter. Its purpose is
to run as a cgi-program and parse a web page template containing
special <RRD:: tags. rrdcgi will interpret and act according to these
tags. In the end it will printout a web page including the necessary
CGI headers.

rrdcgi parses the contents of the template in 3 steps. In each step
it looks only for a subset of tags. This allows nesting of tags.

The argument parser uses the same semantics as you are used from your
C-shell.

--filter|-f
Assume that rrdcgi is run as a filter and not as a cgi.

Keywords

RRD::CV name
Inserts the CGI variable of the given name.

RRD::CV::QUOTE name
Inserts the CGI variable of the given name but quotes it,
ready for use as an argument in another RRD:: tag. So even
when there are spaces in the value of the CGI variable it
will still be considered to be one argument.

RRD::CV::PATH name
Inserts the CGI variable of the given name, quotes it and
makes sure it starts neither with a '/' nor contains '..'.
This is to make sure that no problematic pathnames can be
introduced through the CGI interface.

RRD::GETENV variable
Get the value of an environment variable.

<RRD::GETENV REMOTE_USER>

might give you the name of the remote user given you are
using some sort of access control on the directory.

RRD::GOODFOR seconds
Specify the number of seconds this page should remain valid.
This will prompt the rrdcgi to output a Last-Modified, an
Expire and if the number of seconds is negative a Refresh
header.

RRD::INCLUDE filename
Include the contents of the specified file into the page
returned from the cgi.

RRD::SETENV variable value
If you want to present your graphs in another time zone than
your own, you could use

<RRD::SETENV TZ UTC>

to make sure everything is presented in Universal Time. Note
that the values permitted to TZ depend on your OS.

RRD::SETVAR variable value
Analog to SETENV but for local variables.

RRD::GETVAR variable
Analog to GETENV but for local variables.

RRD::TIME::LAST rrd-file strftime-format
This gets replaced by the last modification time of the
selected RRD. The time is strftime-formatted with the string
specified in the second argument.

RRD::TIME::NOW strftime-format
This gets replaced by the current time of day. The time is
strftime-formatted with the string specified in the argument.

Note that if you return : (colons) from your strftime format
you may have to escape them using \ if the time is to be used
as an argument to a GRAPH command.

RRD::TIME::STRFTIME START|END start-spec end-spec strftime-format
This gets replaced by a strftime-formatted time using the
format strftime-format on either start-spec or end-spec
depending on whether START or END is specified. Both start-
spec and end-spec must be supplied as either could be
relative to the other. This is intended to allow pretty
titles on graphs with times that are easier for non RRDtool
folks to figure out than "-2weeks".

Note that again, if you return : (colon) from your strftime
format, you may have to escape them using \ if the time is to
be used as an argument to a GRAPH command.

RRD::GRAPH rrdgraph arguments
This tag creates the RRD graph defined by its argument and
then is replaced by an appropriate <IMG ... > tag referring
to the graph. The --lazy option in RRD graph can be used to
make sure that graphs are only regenerated when they are out
of date. The arguments to the RRD::GRAPH tag work as
described in the rrdgraph manual page.

Use the --lazy option in your RRD::GRAPH tags, to reduce the
load on your server. This option makes sure that graphs are
only regenerated when the old ones are out of date.

If you do not specify your own --imginfo format, the
following will be used:

<IMG SRC="%s" WIDTH="%lu" HEIGHT="%lu">

Note that %s stands for the filename part of the graph
generated, all directories given in the PNG file argument
will get dropped.

RRD::PRINT number
If the preceding RRD::GRAPH tag contained any PRINT
arguments, then you can access their output with this tag.
The number argument refers to the number of the PRINT
argument. The first PRINT has number 0.

RRD::INTERNAL <var>
This tag gets replaced by an internal var. Currently these
vars are known: VERSION, COMPILETIME. These vars represent
the compiled-in values.

EXAMPLE 1
The example below creates a web page with a single RRD graph.

#!/usr/local/bin/rrdcgi
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>RRDCGI Demo</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>RRDCGI Example Page</H1>
<P>
<RRD::GRAPH demo.png --lazy --title="Temperatures"
DEF:cel=demo.rrd:exhaust:AVERAGE
LINE2:cel#00a000:"D. Celsius">

</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>

EXAMPLE 2
This script is slightly more elaborate, it allows you to run it from
a form which sets RRD_NAME. RRD_NAME is then used to select which RRD
you want to use as source for your graph.

#!/usr/local/bin/rrdcgi
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>RRDCGI Demo</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>RRDCGI Example Page for <RRD::CV RRD_NAME></H1>
<H2>Selection</H2>
<FORM><INPUT NAME=RRD_NAME TYPE=RADIO VALUE=roomA> Room A,
<INPUT NAME=RRD_NAME TYPE=RADIO VALUE=roomB> Room B.
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT></FORM>
<H2>Graph</H2>
<P>
<RRD::GRAPH <RRD::CV::PATH RRD_NAME>.png --lazy
--title "Temperatures for "<RRD::CV::QUOTE RRD_NAME>
DEF:cel=<RRD::CV::PATH RRD_NAME>.rrd:exhaust:AVERAGE
LINE2:cel#00a000:"D. Celsius">

</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>

EXAMPLE 3
This example shows how to handle the case where the RRD, graphs and
cgi-bins are separate directories

#!/.../bin/rrdcgi
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>RRDCGI Demo</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>RRDCGI test Page</H1>
<RRD::GRAPH
/.../web/pngs/testhvt.png
--imginfo '<IMG SRC=/.../pngs/%s WIDTH=%lu HEIGHT=%lu >'
--lazy --start -1d --end now
DEF:http_src=/.../rrds/test.rrd:http_src:AVERAGE
AREA:http_src#00ff00:http_src
>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Note 1: Replace /.../ with the relevant directories

Note 2: The SRC=/.../pngs should be paths from the view of the
webserver/browser

AUTHOR

Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>

1.8.0 2022-03-14 RRDCGI(1)