[RADIATOR] Monitor commands

Wed Dec 5 19:00:33 CST 2012

That's where I was headed with the original question. Whether the commands can be run locally against the server itself.  Make the call to itself essentially..

Thoughts

MH
On 2012-12-05, at 5:31 PM, Hugh Irvine wrote:

> 
> Hi Michael -
> 
> In that case I would probably just write a little Perl script to run whatever command(s) you wish against the Monitor port.
> 
> You don't need to use Radar - you can use anything to connect to the Monitor port.
> 
> regards
> 
> Hugh
> 
> 
> On 6 Dec 2012, at 09:24, Michael Hulko <mihulko at uwo.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Hugh..
>> 
>> Thought of that, but the StatsLog records ALL statistics not just from the server but all the Realms; Clients; AuthBy's etc.....not that it is large in our case...after testing this, we are left with approx. 10 entries plus the header per interval cycle, however, since the log is Appended, we would need to write something a little more sophisticated to
>> grep the values we want and to ensure the timing between the StatsLog interval and the SNMP call for the data is synchronized as not to cause problems which is why we were looking into the Monitor language to execute on demand and respond only with the Server level information.  Unless I missed something in the docs
>> related to the StatsLog that weeds out the additional details.  We are contemplating just programtically removing the Statistics file after each call just to keep it pruned.  
>> 
>> What would be best is to be able to have RADAR write these values as they are monitored into a RRD type  flat file/database for reading by other systems from a historical perspective.
>> 
>> Thanks anyway, I thought I would just ask.  Is there anything that would prevent us from adjusting the RADAR code to facilitate our needs by our developers?
>> 
>> regards;
>> 
>> MH :)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2012-12-05, at 5:05 PM, Hugh Irvine wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello Michael -
>>> 
>>> Why don't you just use the StatsLog clause?
>>> 
>>> See sections 5.94 and 5.95 in the manual ("doc/ref.pdf").
>>> 
>>> regards
>>> 
>>> Hugh
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 6 Dec 2012, at 03:29, Michael Hulko <mihulko at uwo.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> It describes the command language from an external source point of view ( if I read correctly ).. not from the Radiator server itself.
>>>> 
>>>> What the challenge is we want to monitor the Radius servers from another source such as Nagios, Whatsup Gold etc.  We were looking at Radar and as impressive as it is,
>>>> it does not store the data historically, which is what our requirements are.  The SNMP side of the monitoring does not give us the complete picture, as it there is no oid for
>>>> the "Response Time" value that Radar <-> Monitor <-> StatsLog provides unless I am missing something.  So, what we have done in the past is created a local custom SNMP variable through various means for us to
>>>> monitor and collect stats from other systems.  We could parse through the StatsLog, however, this requires a fair bit of logic and programming and not to mention timing.
>>>> 
>>>> Having tested the Monitor command language running the command "STATS ." we find we can parse the values simply.  In order for us to define a custom SNMP oid variable
>>>> we need to be able to run this locally on the server itself.
>>>> 
>>>> If there is a way that Radar could provide historical and / or write the values into a log file for extraction would be easier.
>>>> 
>>>> Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your time and input
>>>> 
>>>> MH
>>>> 
>>>> On 2012-12-04, at 4:19 PM, Heikki Vatiainen wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 12/04/2012 09:43 PM, Michael Hulko wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just wondering if there is a way to execute the Monitor command language
>>>>>> local to the Radiator server?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does section 25 "Monitor command language" in doc/ref.pdf describe what
>>>>> you are looking for?
>>>>> 
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>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Hugh Irvine
>>> hugh at open.com.au
>>> 
>>> Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server 
>>> anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, 
>>> Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP, TLS, 
>>> TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP,
>>> DIAMETER etc. 
>>> Full source on Unix, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, VMS, NetWare etc.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Michael Hulko
>> Network Analyst
>> 
>> Western University Canada
>> Network Operations Centre
>> Information Technology Services
>> 1393 Western Road, SSB 3300CC
>> London, Ontario  N6G 1G9
>> 
>> tel: 519-661-2111 x81390
>> e-mail: mihulko at uwo.ca <mailto:mihulko at uwo.ca>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Hugh Irvine
> hugh at open.com.au
> 
> Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server 
> anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, 
> Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP, TLS, 
> TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP,
> DIAMETER etc. 
> Full source on Unix, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, VMS, NetWare etc.
> 

Michael Hulko
Network Analyst

Western University Canada
Network Operations Centre
Information Technology Services
1393 Western Road, SSB 3300CC
London, Ontario  N6G 1G9

tel: 519-661-2111 x81390
e-mail: mihulko at uwo.ca <mailto:mihulko at uwo.ca>

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