Hi Michael -
Sure - telnet or whatever to the Monitor port.
regards
Hugh
On 6 Dec 2012, at 12:00, Michael Hulko <mihu...@uwo.ca> wrote:
> 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 <mihu...@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 <mihu...@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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>>>> Hugh Irvine
>>>> h...@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,
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Hulko
>>> Network Analyst
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Hugh Irvine
>> h...@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: mihu...@uwo.ca <mailto:mihu...@uwo.ca>
>
>
>
>
>
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TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP,
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