remove_device.php & remove_graph.php CLI scripts

[aimonb]

Given the advent of cloud computing and the ultimate reality that servers will disappear forever having the ability to use the CLI to remove devices and graphs has become quite useful. So I have created remove_device.php & remove_graph.php CLI files which i would like to contribute. I used as much as possible the programming style of the add_device.php and add_graph.php files.

I will add the remove_graph.php file soon.

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A very simple command line utility to remove a device or multiple devices from Cacti

Remove device usage: remove_device.php --device-id=[device ids] 
Required:
    --device-id    comma separated list of host/device IDs.

List devices usage: remove_device.php --list-devices

List Options:
    --list-devices    Lists all devices

[satish_kumarp2k1]

Hi,

Can you also upload the script to delete graphs?

Thanks

[aimonb]

Hi,

Can you also upload the script to delete graphs?

Thanks

I have yet to write it. The other script only took me a couple of hours. This should be about as easy. I am mid sprint for a release though. I will get it up after Oct 1st.

[TheWitness]

Make sure you provide an option to either Delete Graphs and Data Sources for both scripts. The default should be "yes", even though the default in Cacti for deleting Graphs is "no".

You should also allow specifying either a substring range, or regular expression, and provide the user the ability to confirm before delete. Like do the query, show the rows and then delete if the response comes back to proceed. Provide an option to "force".

There are lot's of example on how I have written argument handling in the add* scripts.

Thanks for contributing.

TheWitness

[aimonb]

Make sure you provide an option to either Delete Graphs and Data Sources for both scripts. The default should be "yes", even though the default in Cacti for deleting Graphs is "no".

You should also allow specifying either a substring range, or regular expression, and provide the user the ability to confirm before delete. Like do the query, show the rows and then delete if the response comes back to proceed. Provide an option to "force".

There are lot's of example on how I have written argument handling in the add* scripts.

Thanks for contributing.

TheWitness

Thanks for the info. I have very limited time to work on this, but i certainly will add these features if nobody beats me to it. I finally had a chance last night to do the remove_graph.php. I will upload it shortly.

Aimon

[aimonb]

Hi,

Can you also upload the script to delete graphs?

Thanks

Hi I finally had a chance to work on this. I will be uploading the remove_graph.php shortly.

[sluke]

Was this remove_graph.php ever posted?

I'm running 0.8.7b and the SVN version seems to be for a later release (and I'm not up to upgrading just yet)

Thanks!

[aimonb]

this project died a bit internally, but we need it again. I will post soon.

[gandalf]

I'm just reworking ALL cli scripts for 088.
So code and/or ideas are welcome just NOW.
R.

[rgreening]

I would love the ability to delete graphs from cli. THe delete device is great also.

[billcooper]

remove interface graphing from cacti, basically copied the other script and changed it a bit


Remove Interface Script 0.1

CLI utility to remove interface from Cacti

Remove interface usage: remove_interface.php --device-id=[device id] --snmp-index=[snmp id]
Required:
--device-id host/device ID.

--snmp-index snmp index / if index.

List devices usage: remove_device.php --list-devices

List Options:
--list-devices Lists all devices

[billcooper]

nothing.

[neovox]

Make sure you provide an option to either Delete Graphs and Data Sources for both scripts. The default should be "yes", even though the default in Cacti for deleting Graphs is "no".

You should also allow specifying either a substring range, or regular expression, and provide the user the ability to confirm before delete. Like do the query, show the rows and then delete if the response comes back to proceed. Provide an option to "force".

There are lot's of example on how I have written argument handling in the add* scripts.

Thanks for contributing.

TheWitness

Was there ever an update to this cli script that incorporated these items?

[mithandra]

testing the scrtipt against 8.7g and it seems to remove the graph, although when going back into the interfaces on the device and choosing 64 bit counters the interface which had the 64 bit graph running on it is still greyed out so i am assuming that there are more modifications required to the db to remove this lock?

Looks like the data source has not been remove so that is why the lock is still in place.

thanks Mithandra

[gandalf]

In this case, the cli script seems to delete the graph only, not the data source. As long as the data source exists, the according line will be greyed out.
R.